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Wine basics in a day? Easy. Wine can be an intimidating topic, but doesn't have to be—and this handy little guide gives you just what you need to buy and serve wine with confidence. Buying & Serving Wine In A Day For Dummies covers everything from navigating wine shops, lists, and varietals to opening and serving wine properly. Plus, you'll get tips and advice for storing both unopened and leftover wine. Navigating wine shops and restaurant wine lists | How to open a bottle, choose a glass, and serve the wine | Serving temperatures for wine, and guidelines for storing leftover wine…mehr
Wine can be an intimidating topic, but doesn't have to be—and this handy little guide gives you just what you need to buy and serve wine with confidence.
Buying & Serving Wine In A Day For Dummies covers everything from navigating wine shops, lists, and varietals to opening and serving wine properly. Plus, you'll get tips and advice for storing both unopened and leftover wine.
Navigating wine shops and restaurant wine lists
How to open a bottle, choose a glass, and serve the wine
Serving temperatures for wine, and guidelines for storing leftover wine
Understanding more about wine from its label
Online component takes readers beyond the book with bonus content and features
Get set to impress your friends with your newfound knowledge in no time!
Ed McCarthy, CWE, (Baldwin, NY) is a regular contributor to Wine Enthusiast and The Wine Journal.
Mary Ewing-Mulligan, MW, (Baldwin, NY) is the owner and president of the International Wine Center, a New York City wine school that offers credentialed wine education for wine professionals and serious wine lovers. She's the U.S. director of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, and is also the long-standing wine columnist of the NY Daily News. Mary was the first female Master of Wine (MW) in the United States, and is one of only 31 MW's in North America (with 300 worldwide). Ed and Mary have co-authored six wine books in the For Dummies series and also share wine columns in Nation's Restaurant News and in Beverage Media, a trade publication. They are each columnists for the online wine magazine, WineReviewOnline.com. Ed and Mary are both accredited as Certified Wine Educators (CWE).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Unlocking the Mysteries of Wine 3
Wine 101 3
What Color Is Your Appetite? 4
(Not exactly) white wine 5
Red, red wine 6
Pink wines: From rosé to “blush” 7
Which color of wine when? 7
Other Ways of Categorizing Wine 8
Table wine 8
Dessert wine 9
Sparkling wine 9
The Special Technique for Tasting Wine 10
Savoring a wine’s appearance 11
The nose knows 11
The mouth action 12
Chapter 2: The Wine Label and What It Tells You 15
The Wine Name Game 15
One or the other: Naming a grape or a place 16
Hello, my name is Chardonnay: Varietal names 16
Hello, my name is Bordeaux: Place names 17
Wine Labels, Forward and Backward 17
The mandatory sentence 18
Phrases of origin 20
Some optional label lingo 20
Chapter 3: Buying Wine to Drink at Home 23
Wine Retailers, Large and Small 23
Supermarkets, superstores, and so on 24
Wine specialty shops 25
Online merchants 26
Criteria for Choosing Wine Merchants 27
In the wine shop 27
On the Internet 30
Strategies for Wine Shopping 31
Don’t be afraid to experiment 31
Explain what you want 31
Name your price 32
Asking the right questions 33
Chapter 4: Knowing the Necessary Wine
Gadgets and Glasses 35
Contemplating Corkscrews 35
The corkscrew not to use 36
The corkscrew to buy 36
Other corkscrews worth owning 37
Looking at Glass Matters 38
The right color: None 39
Thin but not tiny 39
Tulips, flutes, and other picturesque wine-glass names 40
