Simon & Schuster's Beginner's Guide to Understanding Wine

An introductory course in wine covering wine tasting techniques, wine making, the major grapes and wines made from them, and methods of storing and serving

Michael Schuster studied tasting in Bordeaux, gaining the Bordeaux University Tasting Diploma. In 1983 he won the top scholarship in the U.K. wine trade Diploma examinations. After creating an award-winning wine retail business, he now works independently as a writer and lecturer, and he offers a series of wine courses and tastings at his own tasting school. He has written for Wine & Spirit, Which? Wine Guide, Decanter, and Wine, and he is the wine correspondent for London Portrait Living.