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

✍ Scribed by Adesanya, Anna;Boehmer, Alan;Comet, Renée

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 257
Series: Knack make it easy
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Knack Wine Basics ; CONTENTS ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Serving Wine ; Popular Corkscrews ; Glassware ; The All-purpose Wine Glass ; Decanters ; Chapter 2: Wine Tasting ; How to Taste Wine ; A Home Wine-tasting Party ; Closures ; Chapter 3: Ordering Wine ; Restaurant Wine Service.

✦ Table of Contents

Knack Wine Basics
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: Serving Wine
Popular Corkscrews
Glassware
The All-purpose Wine Glass
Decanters
Chapter 2: Wine Tasting
How to Taste Wine
A Home Wine-tasting Party
Closures
Chapter 3: Ordering Wine
Restaurant Wine Service. Corkage When to Return a Wine
Common Wine Defects
Chapter 4: White Wine
Sauvingnon Blanc/Sémillon
Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc
Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio
Viognier/Roussanne
Riesling/Gewürztraminer
Chapter 5: Red Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Syrah. Zinfandel Petite Sirah
Chapter 6: Rosé Wine
The White Zinfandel Craze
Traditional French Rosé Wines
New World Rosé Wines
Vin Gris
Chapter 7: Sparkling Wine
Champagne: The Real Thing
Sparkling Vouvray
Cava: Spain's Inexpensive Bubbly. Prosecco: Italy's Festive Sparkler U.S. Sparkling Wines
Sparkling Wine Styles
Chapter 8: Reading Labels
What Wine Labels Tell You
French & American Wine Labels
German & Italian Wine Labels
Chapter 9: California
Mendocino County
Sonoma County
Napa Valley
Monterey County. San Luis Obispo County Santa Barbara County
Southern California
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Chapter 10: Pacific Northwest
Columbia Valley
Puget Sound
Walla Walla
Lake Chelan
Columbia Gorge
Willamette Valley
Southern Oregon.

✦ Subjects

COOKING--General;Wine and wine making;Electronic books;Handbooks and manuals;Wine and wine making -- Amateurs' manuals;COOKING -- General

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