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Kindle for Christmas?

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Did you get a new Kindle for Christmas?

Then you need something to read. If you are wine-inclined, download one or both of my books onto your new Kindle!

Cover for Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine TastingWine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting is a fun and easy book covering the basics of wine. You’ll never be intimidated by wine snobs again. More importantly, you will  find that wine is really not that complicated and can be confident your preferences. The Kindle edition is only $4.95.

wine, wine guide, gold country, napa, not napaPour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines is one of Amazon’s highest ranked books about California Wines. The Sierra Foothills are home to some of the best wines being made in California. All that wine and great Gold Rush era towns as well. The book covers the wines of Amador and El Dorado Counties, with entries for 68 different wineries. The Kindle edition is only $7.99.

No Kindle in your stocking? That’s not a problem. Amazon offers free Kindle apps for your Mac, PC and smart phones that allows you to read Kindle ebooks on almost any device. Downloading the guide book onto your smart phone is a great way to travel.

Happy Christmas and Merry reading!

Book Signing & Tasting Fees

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Stage Left Cellars, in Oakland. Their friendly tasting room.

I will be having a book signing in Oakland this weekend. There is also news about Amador County wineries instituting tasting fees.  Let’s chat a bit about both.

Book Signing

Saturday, December 1st, Stage Left Cellars in Oakland is hosting me for a book sale and signing.  I am honored to be included in their once monthly public tasting event. They make wonderful Rhone inspired wines in very small lots. I will have copies of both books, Pour Me Another and Wine 101, for sale and to sign. The tasting room will be open from 11am until 5pm, and I will be there the entire time or until all my books are sold, whichever comes first.

Here is a link to a map locating Stage Left Cellars.

Even if it is raining, come on out and taste some great wine and pick up some books and buy some wine to give as gifts or for yourself.

Tasting Fees

I recently learned that most of the Amador County wineries will be instituting tasting fees beginning December 1st.  Each of the wineries will have different policies about the amount of the fee and whether or not the fees are waived if you buy. While this sounds unfortunate, it is understandable from a business point of view.

I understand why wineries decide to charge for tastings, especially when they become popular and people show up to taste and do not buy. When a winery does not charge a tasting fee, I ALWAYS buy at least one bottle. It is part of the etiquette of wine tasting.

Most of the wineries that I visit and write about are small, family businesses. I want to support these small businesses. Running a winery is not an easy or profitable business. If you like their wines, and even if you weren’t wild about their wines, if there was no charge for the tasting, buy at least one bottle in exchange for having had a full tasting flight. Yes, even if you weren’t wild about their wines. Here’s why: I have learned that there are wines I disliked in the tasting room that I loved at home, and wines I loved in the tasting room and disliked at home. It is part of the mystery of wine. It is why you have to taste and drink a wine more than once to decide if you like it.

Support the small wineries. If they don’t charge a tasting fee, buy a bottle.  You get to taste 5 – 10 wines and they get to stay in business. That is a Good Thing, as the martyred St. Martha is wont to say.

 

Post, Post, Where Are The Posts?

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Cover for Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine TastingYes, it has been a while since I posted much here, which I feel bad about.  But no regrets. I’ve been working feverishly on completing my second book, Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting.  The book will be released at the end of this month.

It has been a sprint here at the end.  I’ve been completing the manuscript and now editing and designing this book so that it will look great as well as read great.

When Pour Me Another was published, I was approached by some people who confessed to me that they were intimidated about the idea of going wine tasting because they felt they didn’t know enough about wine.  They were afraid of being embarrassed or looking stupid at a wine tasting.

At the suggestion of a friend, I decided to write this book.  Wine 101 is an introduction to wine for those who are new to the subject or who, while they drink wine, want to know more about it.  It will help you understand the language used by wine snobs.  It will help you understand how wine is made, how to taste wine, and even how to read a wine label.

I’m excited about this book.  I will be launching the publication with a series of wine tasting classes.  More about the classes will be forthcoming.  But they should be fun and educational.  How can you lose?

Amazon.com: Pour Me Another At A Discount

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Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines

Pour Me Another is one of the highest rated books about California Wines at Amazon.com

Amazon.com has realized that Barnes & Noble is selling my book for only $15.45…so they have matched that price!

If you haven’t bought the best selling book, now’s a good time.  And remember, it makes a great gift!

Amazon.com: Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines 2011 9780615467832: David S Locicero: Books.

Pour Me Another Available at Barnes & Noble

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Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines

Pour Me Another is one of the highest rated books about California Wines at Amazon.com

Can you believe it? The 90 days in the Amazon Kindle Select program is over!  How much fun was that?

Not much as it turns out.  The 90 days of Amazon exclusivity is over and now I can let you know, once again, that  Pour Me Another is available not only at Amazon (as a paperback and a Kindle ebook), but also at Barnes & Noble.  Not only that, but B&N is selling my book for $1.70 LESS than Amazon.

Who knows how long that will be true?  Only the pricing algorithms at Amazon and B&N.

And if that isn’t enough to make you pant with desire, I’ve also made Pour Me Another available as a PDF ebook for those without Kindles. The PDF edition is complete with the blank tasting notes for each winery and includes color photos!  The PDF edition is available through Gumroad.com, who provide secure credit card processing and an easy and intuitive delivery system.

While the Kindle edition does not have the blank tasting note forms for each winery, which I find very useful, if you use a smart phone, iPad or computer for reading books using the free Kindle reading app, it’s a bargain.  Imagine the convenience of having Pour Me Another on your smart phone or iPad while you are touring Gold Country.

If you haven’t picked up a copy of Pour Me Another to guide you through your Summer Sierra Foothills wine tasting trips, now is as good a time as any.  Or get a copy for that friend or relative who might enjoy it.

Okay, enough sales chatter for today. Cheers!