The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month Guide to Learning About Wine with Friends

Everything you need to know about starting a wine club. This sassy handbook teaches you and your girlfriends the art of selecting, sampling, and sipping the fruit of the vine (while you indulge in the latest gossip, of course).A foolproof month-by-month plan by Master Sommelier, Maureen Petrosky, highlights all the pesky details, so you and your girlfriends can sit back and sip. From still to sparkling and delicate whites to rich reds, each month's chapter singles out a grape for study and enjoyment-school was never like this! This course with class includes easy-does-it entertaining tips, taste-testing know-how, and tantalizing wine facts.Expert recommendations for brilliant wines at killer prices! What woman doesn't love a bargain? Wine-laden tidbits such as how to collect bottles for a personal wine stash.Outrageously scrumptious recipes that teach you simply to pair wine and food-it's a no-brainer.The latest on the snazziest wine gizmos and gadets. Shoppers, start your engines.Demystified terminology: a short course in winespeak makes any wine novice comfortable when shopping for and serving wine.

Certified by the Master Court of Sommeliers, Maureen Christian Petrosky is a contributing editor for Bon Appetit magazine and has worked as a spokesperson for Better Homes and Gardens(r) magazine. She has made regular appearances as a food, wine, and entertaining expert on the Today Show, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and The Food Network. Maureen graduated from Villanova University and the Culinary Institute of America. She lives in New York with her husband, Michael, and twin boys, Christopher and Elliot.