Fear of Wine: An Introductory Guide to the Grape
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, 1995
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In this friendly introductory guide, food and wine writer Leslie Brenner tells how to: Pour and taste wine Develop a taste memory Order from a wine list Select a wine at the store Match food with wine In addition, helpful sidebars illuminate such subjects as: How--and why--to swirl without sloshing Disarming a snotty waiter Ten great wines to bring to a dinner party Going beyond California Chardonnay Starting your own cellar for under $100 Along the way, Lettie Teague's funny and informative cartoons enhance the text and make great devices for remembering the most important facts. Before long, your old standby, Chateau Screwtop, will be a distant memory. Accessible and concise, Fear of Wine will appeal to anyone who wants to know a little bit about a subject that can bring great pleasure. At last, a guide that is as fun to read as wine is to drink.
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- Title
- Fear of Wine: An Introductory Guide to the Grape
- Author
- Leslie Brenner
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0553374648
- ISBN 13
- 9780553374643
- Illustrator
- Teague, Lettie
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Pour and taste wine
Develop a taste memory
Order from a wine list
Select a wine at the store
Match food with wine
In addition, helpful sidebars illuminate such subjects as:
How--and why--to swirl without sloshing
Disarming a snotty waiter
Ten great wines to bring to a dinner party
Going beyond California Chardonnay
Starting your own cellar for under $100
Along the way, Lettie Teague's funny and informative cartoons enhance the text and make great devices for remembering the most important facts. Before long,
your old standby, Chateau Screwtop, will be a distant memory. Accessible and concise, Fear of Wine will appeal to anyone who wants to know a little bit about a subject that can bring great pleasure.
At last, a guide that is as fun to read as wine is to drink!
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About the Author
Lettie Teague is a staff writer and wine columnist for The Wall Street Journal. The author of Wine in Words: Notes for Better Drinking, she is the recipient of three James Beard Foundation Awards, and has been honored with an induction into the Wine Media Guild’s Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame.
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