From choosing a bottle of wine to bring to a dinner party to ordering from a restaurant wine list, many Americans are intimidated by the unpronounceable names and highbrow image of wine. Jennifer Rosen arms readers with the knowledge necessary to approach wine with confidence rather than fear. Through entertaining anecdotes, readers learn how to order with ease; what terms like "oak" and "earth" mean; what to expect from a sommelier; how to tame the red wine headache; how to cook with wine; storage and glassware tips; making wine at home; and much more. Witty and irreverent, Rosen sets novices at ease while delighting connoisseurs with her adventures and sophisticated palate.
Winner of the 2005 James Beard Award for Internet Writing, Jennifer Rosen writes the weekly wine column for the Rocky Mountain News and contributes to other publications around the world. Her first book, Waiter, There s a Horse in My Wine, won the 2005 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Wine Literature. Her internet newsletter goes out to 40,000 subscribers around the globe. Jennifer lives in Denver, Colorado and travels frequently to wine regions around the world. (she also does belly dancing and trapeze)