Authors:Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator,
Publisher: Running Press
Keywords: wine, kit, tasting, complete, spectator
Published: 2001-10-17
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0762410779
ISBN-13: 9780762410774
From the editors of the critically acclaimed Wine Spectator magazine comes this revolutionary new idea for conducting at-home blind tastings the way the experts do. Kit includes everything you need to stage a blind tasting for six: Harvey Steiman’s Essentials of Wine, Wine Spectator’s Pocket Guide to Wine, Quick Guide to Wine Tasting, bottle bags, tasting checklists, stemware tags, corkscrew.
Author: John R. Fischer
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: wine, food, matching, art, comprehensive, guide
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2006-01-18
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1420883011
ISBN-13: 9781420883015
The purpose of this book is twofold: to supply the reader with a basic knowledge about wine, and to develop the expertise necessary to successfully match wine with food. It is a book of concepts, not a long list of wine-food pairings. The concepts are simple, logical, and easy to understand. After reading this book, the pleasure you derive in pairing wine with food will be greatly enhanced by your newly acquired knowledge of the culinary arts. " This book is extremely readable. I especially like the organization, which makes it a great educational tool for wine novices as well as connoisseurs.
Author: Wine Spectator
Publisher: Wine Spectator Press
Keywords: wine, buying, guide, ultimate, spectator
Number of Pages: 1152
Published: 1998-09
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 188165950X
ISBN-13: 9781881659501
Here’s something no wine aficionado should be without. The experts at Wine Spectator magazine have tasted tens of thousands of wines to provide oenophiles with a complete reference of exceptional wines from around the world. Because it guides its readers to only the most satisfying selections, the Wine Spectator, one of the foremost publications on the subject of wine, is valued for the select reviews that appear in each issue. This comprehensive buying guide includes more than 10,000 listings, representing all recent vintages from 40 countries, organized by both wine and country of orig
Author: Jolie Mouto
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: wine, makeover, image, women, chic
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 2003-12-23
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0595302890
ISBN-13: 9780595302895
Wine Chic Women takes you from wine geek to wine specialist using creative techniques and practical advice. The editors of Novelwines.com bring 18 years of wine dilemmas, budgets and solutions together into a resourceful, yet entertaining, guide for the novice or experienced wine drinker. Give yourself a wine image makeover and reap the benefits of being a wine chic woman. Soon, you’ll be serving, cooking with and buying wine confidently. Get ready to lift your wine confidence to a new elevation, renew your wine image and become a wine chic woman! "This book is divine! Very pleasant read
Author: Emile Peynaud
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: wine, appreciation, science, art, taste
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1996-09-30
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 047111376X
ISBN-13: 9780471113768
In this well-illustrated book, world renowned expert Emile Peynaud describes the process and practice of tasting wine—the essential element in evaluating a wine’s qualities. Intended for the oenologist, the wine merchant or restaurateur and the consumer.
Author: Adam Courtney
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: wine, maker, homemade, journal, making
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2006-11-25
List price: $21.98
ISBN-10: 1430303298
ISBN-13: 9781430303299
The Wine Making Journal is an easy to use journal to record all of your homemade wine batches. The journal has sections for recording the primary fermentation the secondary fermentation bottling and tast
Author: Thomas Pellechia
Publisher: Running Press
Keywords: wine, trade, story, old, year
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-08-01
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 1560258713
ISBN-13: 9781560258711
The grape pre-dates humans, so it’s hard to know who discovered wine. However, archeological and other discoveries have made it easier to find this out since wine was used to meet spiritual needs. At least, this is the story that is usually told. But when civilization began about 8,000 years ago it didn’t take long for wine to move from an instrument of spirituality to a dominant economic power; all it took was the development of trade. Thereafter, the life and death of certain cultures often depended upon the fortunes of wine trading. Wine may have even sparked the earliest wars. P
