Don’t know much about wine? The Little Wine Guide spans Cabernet to Chardonnay with tips on how to chill and store wine to buying wine among the vast options. This jam-packed little book removes the mystery and makes savoring a fine wine fun. Learn the lingo fast through an overview of wine to …
Varietal Wines: A Guide to 130 Varieties Grown in Australia and Their Place in the International
Profiling 130 wine grapes, covering classic, second tier and alternative varieties, Varietal Wines provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the varieties currently grown and made in Australia. James Halliday explores the history of classic and second tier varieties and their significance in both international and Australian wine landscapes, including detailed information on the characteristics of each …
Volcanic vineyards listed as UNESCO World Heritage, a “peace wine” blending over 600 varieties from around the world, vines standing 15 metres tall in Italy and Portugal, ice wines from Quebec, a wine from the Gobi desert, Taiwan’s huge yields, harvesting on 31 December, classical music among the vines, a Bordeaux made with dry ice, a sparkling wine …
The perfect gift–for yourself or the wine lovers in your life.Wine consumption is on the rise across the world–probably because it’s just so delicious. In the United States alone, we consume almost three gallons of wine per person every year, according to the Wine Institute. But with so many wines to choose from, it’s hard to remember your …
Rod Phillips is back with his hugely popular guide to the best wines currently on sale from the Liquor Board of Ontario’s General Purchase and Vintage Essential lists. Now in its ninth edition, Rod has sipped and re-sipped over 1500 wines to bring you his 500 top choices from the LCBO, adding over 100 new picks for 2017. …
New Zealand Wines 2017: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide (Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Ze)
Updated yearly with new tasting notes and vintage ratings, including the most current vintage, this is a must-have guide for the new initiate and the established wine-buff alike. Divided by grape variety to help selection, this comprehensive guide includes vintage ratings, star ratings for quality, dryness/sweetness guide, retail price and value-for-money ratings. Other features include Classic Wines (wines …
Rocket science is complicated, wine doesn’t have to be! With information presented in an easy, illustrated style, and chock-full of the fool-proof and reliable knowledge of a seasoned oenophile, Wine Isn’t Rocket Science is the guide you always wished existed. From how grapes are grown, harvested and turned into wine, to judging the color, aroma, and taste of …
Discover one of the most popular yet misunderstood wines—rosé—in this full-color guide and history from an award-winning sommelier, filled with advice on which producers to try, fun information on how it’s made, and a collection of recipes to wet your whistle and whet the taste buds. For years, rosé has struggled to achieve a serious place at the …
Gin takes the reader on a captivating and truly absorbing journey through the universe of this spirit and its evolution throughout the ages, from the first juniper-flavored medicines distilled in the Low Countries in the seventeenth-century to its recent revival as a fashionable drink and a popular ingredient for cocktails. It tells gin lovers everything they need to …
The Dirty Guide to Wine: Following Flavor from Ground to Glass
Discover new favorites by tracing wine back to its roots Still drinking Cabernet after that one bottle you liked five years ago? It can be overwhelming if not intimidating to branch out from your go-to grape, but everyone wants their next wine to be new and exciting. How to choose the right one? Award-winning wine critic Alice Feiring …