The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines: Volume 3 - (Sipster's Wine Guides) by Luke Whittall (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"Outlandish advice and recommendations in an atypical wine book." --Kelowna Now

The eagerly awaited third volume in the offbeat BC wine guide the Vancouver Sun calls "the perfect go-to."

In the third volume in the popular, offbeat Sipster's Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the way shares his thoughts on wine country and common misconceptions about certain grapes, and offers up tangents on everything from scented candles to middle children to sweatshirt weather.

With food and activity pairings that range from Thai noodles and pool noodles to Schubert and hootenannies, and an index of attitudes that lets you choose a wine based on your mood, the Sipster's guides are equal parts freewheeling and focused.

Divided into chapters on sparkling, white, rosé, red, and dessert wines, the latest volume of Sipster's will snap you out of a catatonic funk in the liquor store and stick around for a quiet evening paging through a book--perhaps this book and perhaps there's even a wine for that.

Welcome to Volume 3, where a Viognier can be a lot like a bouncy castle, the right red blend can have you busting out your best cravat, and an adventurous evening calls for a certain Trebianno (not the guy from Friends . . . but then again, maybe?).

Review Quotes

Praise for The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines: Volume 3

"Outlandish advice and recommendations in an atypical wine book." --Kelowna Now

Praise for The Sipster's Wine Guide series

"The perfect go-to guide for those looking to sip and savour the province's best and brightest releases." --Vancouver Sun

"This may be the most original wine book you will read this year. Luke Whittall's iconoclastic tasting notes offer a new and thoroughly refreshing way to approach British Columbia wines." --John Schreiner, Canada's most prolific wine writer

"A fun and informative guide, useful for people just starting to explore BC wines, as well as long-time winos like myself." --Brian Glaum, Past President, BC Wine Appreciation Society

"Luke Whittall avoids the stuffiness and pretension all too common in wine writing and instead approaches the topic with humour and joy" --Montecristo Magazine

"Bravo to Luke Whittall for creating this user-friendly guide to entice readers to dive deeper into our exciting BC wine country and to encourage us go wild with our wine pairing descriptors . . . he has literally expanded our tasting note lingo while at the same time giving us permission to loosen up and have more fun with the whole wine experience. Words like'Operatic', 'In your face', 'studious' or 'happy' are clever and are also incredibly en pointe. Bravo Luke!" --Jennifer Schell, author The BC Wine Lover's Cookbook

The portable pocket guides to Ontario and BC wines are very approachable in style, zeroing in on experiences, good company, and "where a wine might take your thoughts" or attitudes." --Dean Tudor, food and wine writer

"Without dumbing down the knowledge. . . You can choose a wine to match your attitude. From happy to herbal. From rock star to romantic." --Mulligan Stew

"Sipster's Pocket Guide describes the experiences bound up in the tasting of 50 of the most amazing wines this province has produced" --My VanCity