Wine Uncorked (Game & Fish Mastery Library)
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Book Description
A groundbreaking new introductory guide to buying and enjoying wine. Wine Uncorked offers a revolutionary color-coded flavor wheel as a visual tool to illustrate the key flavors of each wine featured throughout this remarkable book. The detailed narrative examines the many roles wine can play in your life to complement moods and occasions. Lush photography and a series of practical tastings of the wines from six of the most characteristic grape varieties--Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Syrah/Shiraz. A section of the book is devoted to a glamorous tour of the world's major wine producing regions. There are also examples of how to read the labels and terminology of many wines to ensure you know exactly what you are buying for maximum enjoyment. For connoisseurs and those whose just want to make drinking wine a pleasurable experience, wine lovers everywhere will find this book to be a valuable resource.
Card catalog description
Wine Uncorked is a practical introduction to the enjoyable art of tasting and drinking wine. With the aid of a unique, specially created flavor wheel, it helps you explore and identify the exciting and subtle flavors of wines and choose those you will like best, so that you can select wine with confidence to complement any mood or occasion. Covers all practical aspects of enjoying wine: tasting wine, matching wine with food, buying, storing, serving and how to determine if wine is faulty; includes practical tastings of wines from the six most important grape varieties; explains how grapes are grown, the crucial role of grape varieties and how they are transformed into wine; and includes a tour of the world's major wine areas.
Wine Uncorked (Game & Fish Mastery Library)
Wine Uncorked (Game & Fish Mastery Library),Fiona Beckett,Willow Creek Press,1572232013,Beverages - Wine & Spirits,Cooking,Cooking / Wine,Entertaining - General,Evaluation,Grapes,Wine,Wine and wine making
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