The educational elements - be it around sensation and perception, affective neuroscience, or behavioral economics - were comprehensible for psychology grad students and civilian readers alike. In the book, Bosker describes finding a mentor in Morgan, an actual sommelier at a top New York City restaurant. Cork Dorkis remarkably entertaining. Bosker is a talented writer, a thorough reporter and is unfailingly funny.” Daily reminders and a streak heatmap keeps you motivated and helps you form good wine study habits one day at a time. Don't break the chain otherwise your wine study streak will reset to zero! Activities Arts & Entertainment Beauty & Fashion Charities Education & Training Health & Fitness Home & Garden / DIY Hotels & Hospitality Motors Pharmacies Recruitment Trades & Services

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive

Inside La Paulée de New York: ‘the most extravagant gathering of collectors anywhere on the planet’ Credit: lapaulee.comCork Dork is pitched as a ‘wine-fuelled adventure among the obsessive sommeliers, big bottle hunters, and rogue scientists who taught me to live for taste’. When you inform your friends and relatives that you have left your stable job as a journalist to stay home and taste wines, you will begin to get concerned phone calls. You say: I’m going to hone my senses and find out what the big deal is about wine. They hear: I’m quitting my job to drink all day and improve my chances of ending up homeless.” Bianca Bosker is an award-winning journalist and the author of Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste.

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Always perceptive, curious, and entertaining, the author describes her experiences with precision and a wry sense of humor…Readers will certainly come away from the book knowing more about wine and likely eager to explore it further, but even those less inclined to imbibe will be intrigued.”Cork Dorkis a brilliant feat of screwball participatory journalism and Bianca Bosker is a gonzo nerd prodigy.This hilarious, thoughtful and erudite book that may be the ultimate answer to the perennial question of whether or not wine connoisseurship is a scam.” –Jay McInerney, author of The Juice Fascinating nonfiction book about one woman’s journey to becoming a Cork Dork. Bianca Bosker is a journalist who decided to learn the secrets of sommeliers, and she takes her readers along with her on this crazy, obsessed, interesting and insightful experience. From NY to Napa Valley to Virginia Beach to South Korea and beyond, she studies what it takes to be one of the world’s experts on wine.

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Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn't know much about wine—until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a “cork dork.” An informative and riveting read that doesn’t take itself too seriously—a much needed dose of reality the wine world could benefit from.” In a poignant scene, Author Bosker describes taking the Certified Sommelier exam with Annie. Reading the book, tension is high as one is really rooting for the two of them. Personal feelings about sommeliers aside, I found this a very enjoyable and interesting book. I learned many things, including:

With boundless curiousity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist’s fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: What’s the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way you drink wine--and, perhaps, the way you live--forever. Bosker was the executive tech editor for The Huffington Post, when she chanced upon a man who was preparing for the World’s Best Sommelier Competition. I am a journalist by training and a type-A neurotic by birth, so I started my research the only way I knew how: I read everything I could get my hands on, carpet-bombed sommeliers' in-boxes, and showed up at places uninvited, just to see who I would meet." hours ago Suspended sentence for man convicted of sexually assaulting au pair too lenient, court finds

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But so much of this book irked me. While she milked the sommeliers for knowledge, she in turn paints sommeliers as merely out to milk their fat obnoxious customers. So much is just for hype and story that at times it comes across as glitz and glamour article in “Hello” magazine. She - somehow - gets into numerous exclusive events where instead of theatre we are presented with clownish pantomine. Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn’t know much about wine—until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a “cork dork.” Cork Dork Wine Study Pro subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period.Fascinating…Thanks to Bosker’s sensory descriptions, we get to taste and smell alongside her, without dealing with the thousands of hours of study and endless flashcards first.”