{"product_id":"9780684822570","title":"Wine Avenger","description":"Irreverent, informative, and controversial, The Wine Avenger is indispensable guide to wine for beginners and enthusiasts alike.  A longtime champion of the victimized wine consumer, Willie Gluckstern debunks the myths and misinformation surrounding the (allegedly) complex subject of wine. His straightforward advice includes:  *The wines that go BEST with food-and why. *A cure for label worship: \"There are just as many lousy $60 bottles as $3.99 bottles.\" *How to avoid getting ripped off in stores and restaurants. *How to choose a great wine shop: \"Do they know where Italy is?\" *Dreary housekeeping tips, such as storage, decanting, saving opened wine, and \"that sulfite thing.\"  Plus, the straight poop on oak, \"the MSG of wine,\" a few well-chosen words for greedy restaurants and retailers (\"Those bastards!\"), and an unprecedented expose of mass-market Champagne, including how to find the good stuff by cracking the secret label code.","brand":"Willie Gluckstern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45803707826494,"sku":"9780684822570","price":469.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780684822570_99dfb534-1e7d-4485-9173-0b4318d63a3c.jpg?v=1707308927","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780684822570","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}