Winewise: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine - Hardcover

Steven Kolpan; Brian H. Smith; Michael A. Weiss; The Culinary Institute Of America

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471770647 ISBN 13: 9780471770640

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

A guide to wine covers such topics as buying and storing wine, understanding labels, grape varieties, wine styles, and how to taste wine.
Title: Winewise
Author: Kolpan, Steven/ Smith, Brian/ Weiss, Michael
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2008/10/13
Number of Pages: 360
Binding Type: HARDCOVER
Library of Congress: 2007022432

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Review

WineWise is a must-have for anyone seeking the knowledge and confidence to select and enjoy great wines. It will give readers a basic introduction to wine: how to select different varieties and identify their flavors, how to read wine labels, and how to identify grapes from wine-growing regions all over the world. The interior features detailed maps, examples of wine labels, and hundreds of four-color photos. Chapters include Enjoying Wine, White Grapes, Red Grapes, Living with Wine, Wine and Food, and Wine in Restaurants, as well as chapters on wine-growing regions from France, Italy, and Germany to California and New York State to South America, Australia, Spain, and Portugal. There is also a chapter on Bargains, featuring the greatest inexpensive wines from around the world. Detailed information on grapes, flavor profiles, regions, and food and wine pairings makes it easy for consumers to choose the right wine for any occasion and any budget. Filled with understandable, consumer-friendly, expert advice, this book is the ideal companion for any wine enthusiast.

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From the Inside Flap

Are point-system ratings a reliable way to choose wines? Is a $50 Bordeaux invariably better than a $15 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile? Does a screw-cap indicate a poor-quality wine? Should you always serve white wine with seafood? Are rosés and blush wines déclassé? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need to read WineWise.

Written by three renowned wine professors at The Culinary Institute of America, WineWise gives you the knowledge and confidence you need to get more enjoyment out of wine. It shows you how to get past conventional wisdom and wine snobbery, broaden your wine horizons, and find delicious, affordably priced bottles that make everyday meals more pleasurable.

Illustrated throughout with full-color maps and photographs and written in a lively, down-to-earth style, WineWise gives you a complete course in wine basics. You'll find out what goes into making wine and why some wines cost $5 while others cost $500 (hint: stratospheric prices have more to do with scarcity than quality). You'll learn about all of the major wine grapes and take a grand tour of the world's wine regions, including Canada, Greece, and other up-and-coming locales that are now producing impressive wines. You'll explore the ins and outs of pairing wine with food (in a pinch, sparkling wine and Pinot Noir go with almost everything), discover how to navigate a restaurant wine list and avoid rip-offs (some places actually charge a 500% mark-up!), and learn how to organize your own home wine tasting.

Most of all, WineWise teaches you how to trust your taste buds and follow your nose to wines that you truly enjoy. The book is peppered with tips and advice that you'll find nowhere else—surprising insights that encourage you to step off the beaten path and explore all that the world of wine has to offer. To help you in your journey, the authors offer their own personal lists of great WineWise bargains—more than 650 mostly $15-and-under bottles from around the world. With this cornucopia of terrific choices and the savvy guidance WineWise provides, you have everything you need to boost your wine IQ and get more pleasure out of every bottle you drink.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0471770647
• ISBN 13: 9780471770640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360