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Wine Spectator rates over 15,000 wines per year, in every price range, to fit every occasion. Read about the world's great wineries and winemakers and visit restaurants with outstanding wine lists. Plus, each issue features delicious recipes and pairs them with the perfect wines.
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Workman Publishing
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English
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A lively course from an expert teacher, The Wine Bible grounds the reader deeply in the fundamentals while layering on informative asides, tips, amusing anecdotes, definitions, glossaries, photos, maps, labels, and recommended bottles. Karen MacNeil's information comes directly through primary research; for this second edition she has tasted more than 10,000 wines and visited dozens of wine regions around the world. New to the book are wines of China,...
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Fully updated and revised for the first time since 2011, this new 800-page edition of Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia reflects the most recent trends in the dynamic world of wine, written by experts around the globe. Beautifully illustrated with more than 400 images and 100 brand-new National Geographic maps, this definitive guide is arranged geographically to highlight the regions and climates that produce the best vintages. From the countries of Southeast...
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It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, a 1787 bottle of Chat̂eau Lafite Bordeaux--one of a cache unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson--sold at auction for $156,000. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location...
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Ryland Peters & Small
Pub. Date
2019.
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Abridged edition.
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208 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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Former International Wine Communicator of the Year, Jane Parkinson, gives you the lowdown on wine and how to make the most of it.
Wine offers an exciting look at the global scene with detailed information on all of your favourite grapes and styles. Jane makes sure that once you have read through this manifesto, you will know exactly how to pick the right wine every time. Over the last decade, the way we buy, serve and enjoy wine has changed drastically,...
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"Now completely revised and updated, this new edition of the essential consumer guide to wine features all the most current information for today's wine landscape. The authors, longtime wine educators at The Culinary Institute of America, have added all the latest and most relevant information to their award-winning book, including new picks for the best regional producers, off-the-beaten-path finds, and bargain bottles. With a practical, anti-snob...
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Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the...
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the...
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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Improved and expanded edition.
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317 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
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English
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"Wine Folly became a sensation for its inventive, easy-to-digest approach to learning about wine. Now in a new, expanded hardcover edition, Wine Folly: Magnum Edition is the perfect guide for anyone looking to take his or her wine knowledge to the next level"--
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Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
©2008.
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First edition.
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144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"...Wine and food journalist Laura Holmes Haddad guides your exploration of scores of other well-known and not-so-well-known varieties of wine grapes: albariño and falanghina, riesling and tempranillo, carbernet franc and malbec (and many, many more). Haddad recognizes that gaining knowledge about wine can be an intimidating prospect, and so she's written her timely new guide in a style that's smart, lively, and very accessible to the non-expert...
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Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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ix, 310 pages ;. 19 cm
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English
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"Celebrated wine critic Tom Stevenson lifts the lid on branded wines, revealing which of the most widely available varieties are consistently the best-whatever the vintage or price. He groups wines by cost, rates them by style (so you can see which ones are similar to your favorites), and provides an A-Z of recommended, highly recommended, and to-die-for choices."--www.Amazon.com.
18) The book of wine
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SMITHMARK Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
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272 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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English
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