Wine For Dummies 4th Edition
Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan | Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2006)
ISBN: 978-0-470-04579-4 | Pages: 432
PDF | English | 9.93 MB

Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The #1 wine book has been extensively updated! If you’re a connoisseur, Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition will get you up to speed on what’s in and show you how to take your hobby to the next level. If you’re new to the world of wine, it will clue you in on what you’ve been missing and show you how to get started. It begins with the basic types of wine, how wines are made, and more.

Then it gets down to specifics:

• * How to handle snooty wine clerks, navigate restaurant wine lists, decipher cryptic wine labels, and dislodge stubborn corks
  * How to sniff and taste wine
  * How to store and pour wine and pair it with food
  * Four white wine styles: fresh, unoaked; earthy; aromatic; rich, oaky
  * Four red wine styles: soft, fruity, and relatively light-bodied; mild-mannered, medium-bodied; spicy; powerful, full-bodied, and tannic
  * What’s happening in the “Old World” of wine, including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Greece
  * What’s how (and what’s not) in the New World of Wine, including Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, and South Africa
  * U.S. wines from California, Oregon, Washington, and New York
  * Bubbling beauties and medieval sweets: champagne, sparkling wines, sherry, port, and other exotic dessert wines