World Wine Almanac & Wine Atlas: Complete Wine Buying Guide & Catalogue of Wine Labels - Hardcover

Trebor, Grace Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892190019 ISBN 13: 9780892190010

Publisher: International Wine Society, 1976

Synopsis

Everything you need to know to appreciate and enjoy wine to the fullest, including: vintage charts; how to read wine labels of 20 countries; how to select, choose, store, open, serve, and decant wine; how to order in a restaurant; hold a wine tasting; start a wine cellar; arrange wine glasses and a bottle on your table; select the proper glasses and much, more more. · A complete Wine Course in Print. Like attending a great wine school, visiting the world's finest vineyards. Here is the origin and history of wine; all the grape varieties and types of wine; how grapes are grown and wine is made. Complete with beautiful, detailed maps of every wine growing country and region It's an excyclopedia of wine lore, legend and fact, unquestionably the most complete wine book ever published. · Learn how' to read wine labels from 20 countries. A wine label, when you know hew to read it, tells you all about the wine inside. Takes away the guesswork. · 4,100 wines described in detail as to taste, country and region, serving temperature, complementary foods, and when the wine is ready to drink. Not only will you be able to wisely choose exactly to your taste but you'll get full enjoyment from the wine you bought,. The Story Behind The Wine Almanac It look five years to research and write the World Wine Almanac. In all, over a million miles were traveled to vineyards and wineries in California, South America, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary and many other countries. Every single one of the more than 4,100 wines listed was bought and paid for . tasted .. and evaluated. What is more, practically every wine was evaluated with a variety of foods to determine the best wme-and food combinations. Important, too, is the fact that every judgment in the Almanac is completely independent and objective. There is no affiliation of any kind with any vineyard, bottler, importer, distributor or wine associated trades.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Wine Society
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0892190019
• ISBN 13: 9780892190010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 135