Alan Boehmer

Knack Wine Basics: A Complete Illustrated Guide to Understanding, Selecting & Enjoying Wine

Fotograf: Renée Comet

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Produktbeschreibung

Whatever your wine IQ, keeping a handle on all the essentials of the world's most captivating beverage is a sobering challenge indeed. Enter Knack Wine Basics. With 400 full-color photos, authoritative text, delicious recipes, and regional maps, this visually incomparable guide provides you with easy-to-follow, step-by-step advice on every facet of wine enjoyment. You'll learn the distinctions of each grape variety and the world's major wine-producing regions; how to read a label; how to entertain with, order, and serve wine; how to pair food with and cook with wine; and how you can interpret wine ratings.

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Produktdetails

• Knack: Make It Easy (Cooking)
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 215mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9781599215402
• ISBN-10: 1599215403
• Artikelnr.: 26281457

Autorenporträt

By Alan Boehmer - Photographs by Renée Comet

Inhaltsangabe

Knack Wine Basics Contents Chapter 1: Serving WineCorkscrewGlasswareThe
All-Purpose Wine GlassDecanters Chapter 2: Wine Tasting How to Taste Wine
The Cork Chapter 3: Ordering Wine in a RestaurantRestaurant Wine
ServiceChoosing the Right WineWhen to Return a WineCommon Wine Defects
Chapter 4: White Wine ProfilesPopular White WinesSauvignon
Blanc,SemillionChardonnayPinot
Gris/GrigioViognier/RoussanneRiesling/Gewürztraminer Chapter 5: Red Wine
Profiles Popular Red Wines Cabernet SauvignonMerlotPinot
NoirSyrahZinfandelPetite Sirah Chapter 6: Rosé Wine Profiles Sweet, Off
Dry, and DryThe White Zinfandel CrazeTraditional Rosé Wines from
FranceVarietal New World Rosè WinesVin Gris Chapter 7: Sparkling Wine
ProfilesChampagneVouvrayCavaProseccoU.S. Sparkling WinesStyles: Brut, Extra
Dry, Rosé, Doux Chapter 8: Understanding Wine Labels Domestic and
ForeignWhat a Wine Label Tells YouAmerican Wine LabelsFrench Wine
LabelsGerman Wine LabelsItalian Wine Labels Chapter 9: Wines of California
North Coast (Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino)Central Coast (Monterey County, San
Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County)Southern CaliforniaCentral Valley
NorthCentral Valley South Chapter 10: Wines of the Pacific Northwest
Washington State (Columbia Valley, Puget Sount)Eastern Washington/Walla
WallaOregon (Columbia Gorge, Willamette Valley, Southern Oregon) Chapter
11: Wines of New York StateFinger LakesLong IslandHudson River Valley
Chapter 12: Other North American Wine RegionsVirginia New MexicoTexas
Missouri Canada Chapter 13: Wines of France AlsaceLoire
ValleyBurgundyBeaujolaisRhône ValleyBordeauxSouthern France Chapter 14:
Wines of Italy PiedmontTrentino/Alto AdigeFriuliVenetoTuscanySouthern
ItalySicily and Pantelleria Chapter 15: Wines of Germany and Austria
MoselThe RhinelandWachau Chapter 16: Wines of Spain and Portugal Rias
BaixasLa RiojaRueda del DueroPenedesJerez (Sherry) La ManchaPortugal
Chapter 17: Wines of Australia and New Zealand Southeast AustraliaWestern
AustraliaHunter ValleyHawke¿s Bay (NZ)Marlbourough (NZ)South Island (NZ)
Chapter 18: Wines of South Africa & Other RegionsSouth
AfricaIsraelGreeceHungary Chapter 19: Wines of South AmericaArgentinaChile
Chapter 20: Classic Food and Wine Pairings Apértif and Party WinesWines for
Soup and Salad CoursesWines for Meat CoursesWines for Spicy and Ethnic
FoodsWines for Dessert CoursesWines for Cheese Courses Chapter 21: Cooking
with Wine White Wines Recommended for CookingRed Wines Recommended for
CookingFortified Wines Recommended for CookingFour Great Wine Reduction
Sauces Chapter 22: Resource Directory Index