The Learning Annex Presents The Pleasure of Wine

Learn what you need to know about wine-in a single evening!

Though more and more Americans enjoy wine each year, many still feel intimidated by the subject. The image of the wine snob - swirling glass in hand, taking luxurious sniffs, and spouting obscure factoids about the vintage - persists, making the rest of us feel lost in a seemingly elite world.

In fact, anyone and everyone can appreciate wine. The Learning Annex Presents the Pleasure of Wine is a straightforward guide that squeezes a seminar's worth of information into a book and answers questions such as:
* What are the different types of wine?
* What kinds of wine come from France, Italy, North America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and South America?
* How do I taste wine, and how do I pair wine with food?
* What are some fun ways to integrate wine into my life?


Full of sidebars and other special features, The Learning Annex Presents the Pleasure of Wine gives you the tools and knowledge you need to select, judge, and enj oy wine - and all in a single night's reading!

Ian Blackburn founded LearnAboutWineTM (www.LearnAboutWine.com), Los Angeles' first wine education and event Web site, in 1995. Blackburn holds local board positions with the American Institute of Wine and Food and serves as a consulting Wine Educator for the Cordon Bleu's California School of Culinary Arts, the Learning Annex, and other major Southern California Institutions.

Allison Levine is the Director of Marketing, Public Relations, and Events for LearnAboutWineTM. Levine also holds a position on the local board of the American Institute of Wine and Food.

The Learning Annex is the largest alternative adult-education organization in the United States. It offers short, inexpensive courses on personal growth, business and career opportunities, showbiz and media, health and healing, sports and fitness, spirituality, relationships, technology, and many other subjects.