Comments on: Wine Book Club tackles Wine Politics – and a Korean edition!

By: Koreans work fast - and other book news | Dr Vino's wine blog

Koreans work fast - and other book news | Dr Vino's wine blog — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:35:47 +0000

[...] was only November when I first heard about the Korean edition of my book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, [...]

By: Lost in translation? | Dr Vino's wine blog

Lost in translation? | Dr Vino's wine blog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:43:06 +0000

[...] RSS, daily email, or free monthly updates by email (right sidebar). Thanks for visiting!As I have mentioned previously, my book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the [...]

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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:49:11 +0000

[...] Good Wine Under $20 did the round-up for the latest wine book club reviewing Dr. Vino’s book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink. Sounds like a perfect election day [...]

By: Joe Dressner

Joe Dressner — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:37:58 +0000

Congratulations!

Will you an addendum with recommendations of local Korean wines for your readership?

What is the local wine production like? Which local wines should your readers support? Is your T-Shirt being done in Korean?

Apparently, foreign wines account for over 95% of the market. The publication of your book might lead to the beginning of a vibrant local wine production. Let’s hope so.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:54:01 +0000

Brutal honesty is the only honesty that hurts and heals. I agree, the publisher will likely do their research to make sure it fits culturally. Aside from a poor translation, you wouldn’t want it to say anything vulgar in the language by accident. I’ve read too many of those case studies.

Congratulations on your international spread.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:54:32 +0000

Ha! Yes, it’s no surprise that Google translate turns a vase into shards of glass. So thanks for your translation–and support! I’m glad to hear that you think the book has good prospects in your country. Cheers,

By: Apple

Apple — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:27:56 +0000

Congratulations! Great news!

I’m Korean, which doubles my joy.

It is very hard to find a good read on wine in my country, though there are many many books on the subject.

I think your book will be one of the few ones – or maybe the only one – that tackle the wine politics in the sea of superficial, snobbish and inaccurate books on wine that overflow the bookstores in my country.

BTW, the google translation of the title of your book is…..horrible (sorry to say this bluntly, but I had to…).

I’m not good at translation, but the title could be translated roughly in:
“와인의 정치학: 우리가 마시는 와인에 정부와 갱, 환경보호주의자, 비평가들이 어떻게 영향을 미치는가.”

I’m sure that the Korean publisher will create a more eye- & ear-catching title, since in my country the title sells the book.

Look forward to seeing your book in the bookstores in my country.

Good luck!