Learn wine like you read manga
Burgundy, Piedmont and Champagne, one page at a time. Mud tasting monks, a furious duke, the Barolo Wars and the widow who changed Champagne. The stories make the villages and the producers stick: for the exam, for the floor and for the next bottle.
Champagne Uncorked is free. All five volumes, 80 pages. Your email is the key.
Burgundy and Piedmont are €20 each, or €30 for both. Pay once, read on any device.
- 3regions
- 15volumes
- 240pages
- 0snobs
Three regions. Fifteen volumes.
Each series goes from the whole region down to the villages, the growers and the houses. Every volume ends with a tasting dojo and a final exam.
Tap a page. Read it full size.
Real pages from all three regions, open to anyone.
Works on every screen. Best on a tablet.
Nothing to install. Your email is the key, so a volume follows you from your phone in the queue to a tablet on the sofa to the laptop at your desk.
スマホEven on your phone
Scroll down through the pages while the kettle boils, and zoom in on anything small.
タブレットBest on a tablet
A manga page at the size it was drawn for. Swipe through a volume like a paperback.
ノートPCOr at your desk
Full page in the browser, arrow keys to turn, contents one tap away. Handy for revision.
Wine books are dry. Wine is not.
One page, one idea
Every page stands alone: a village, a grape, a soil, a feud. Read one on the train and you have something you can use tonight, at the bottle shop or at table six.
Stories make it stick
You will forget a list of 33 grands crus. You will not forget the duke who banned a grape, or the monks who tasted the soil. Every fact is tied to a story so it stays put.
Study level, not dumbed down
Volume 01 gets a beginner fluent. Volumes 02 to 05 go deep: soils, vineyard work, cellar choices, the producers to know and an exam in every book. Pitched at WSET 2 and 3 and French Wine Scholar depth.
Built for four kinds of wine people
The student
WSET 2 and 3, French Wine Scholar, or your own syllabus. Villages, crus, soils and producers you can revise a page at a time, with an exam at the end of every volume so you know what stuck.
The floor
Sommeliers, bar and restaurant teams. Enough about each village and producer to talk about the bottle with confidence, and a story to tell while you pour it.
The curious drinker
Start with Champagne Vol. 01. In 16 pages you will know what the label means, what to expect in the glass and what to order with dinner.
The traveller
Read the region before you land. Know which hill you are standing on, whose cellar you are in and what to ask for.
Pay once. Keep reading.
No subscription. One payment in euro, VAT included, and the series is yours in the reader on your phone, tablet and laptop.
- All five volumes, 80 pages
- The region, the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne, the Côte des Blancs and the Côte des Bar
- Tasting dojo and exam in every volume
- All five volumes, 80 pages
- Bourgogne, the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune, Chablis and the south
- Tasting dojo and exam in every volume
- All five volumes, 80 pages
- The region, Barolo, Barbaresco, the Langhe and Roero, and the north
- Tasting dojo and exam in every volume
Burgundy and Piedmont together
Both series, ten volumes, 160 pages. Champagne comes free either way.
Prices include VAT. Checkout is by Stripe. Already bought? Sign in with the email you paid with.
Fair questions
What is free?
Champagne Uncorked, all five volumes. Enter your email, tap the link we send and it opens on that device. Burgundy and Piedmont are €20 each, or €30 for both.
What do I get when I buy a series?
All five volumes of that region in the online reader: 80 illustrated pages you can read on a phone, tablet or laptop, scrolling or swiping page by page. It is tied to your email, so it follows you to any device.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once and the series stays in your library.
Can I get a refund?
If the reader does not work on a device we say it works on, or a volume is not what we described, email us and we will put it right or refund you. Because a series opens the moment you pay, you agree at checkout to give up the 14 day right to change your mind that applies to other online purchases in the EU and the UK. Your rights under consumer law where you live are not affected.
I signed up before. Do I have to pay?
No. If you signed up before Burgundy and Piedmont went on sale, you keep all three regions. Sign in with the same email and everything is there.
Why do you want my email?
It is how the reader knows you. We use it to send your sign in link and to keep your devices signed in. Tick the box under the field and we will also tell you when a new region comes out and give you a vote on the next one. One click unsubscribes you from the news, and you keep reading either way.
Can I read it on my phone?
Yes. The reader works on every screen, even your phone: scroll down through the pages or swipe across them one at a time, and zoom in on anything small. A tablet is the best seat in the house, because a manga page fits it at the size it was drawn. On a new device, enter your email and tap the link.
How deep does it go?
Volume 01 of each region assumes you know nothing. Volumes 02 to 05 cover soils, vineyard work, cellar technique, classifications and key producers at the depth WSET 3 and French Wine Scholar students work at.
Is this an official study guide?
No. Uncorked is an independent 75cl publication and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any wine education or exam body. Use it alongside your course materials.
Which regions are next?
You pick. Tick the news box when you sign in, then reply to any of our emails with the region you want. The most asked for region gets made next.
Can my shop, school or tour company use the pages?
Yes, with a licence. Email [email protected] and tell us what you have in mind.