Wine All-in-One For Dummies

Ed McCarthy, CWE, is a wine columnist for WineReviewOnline.com and for Beverage Media.Mary Ewing-Mulligan, MW, is President of the International Wine Center in New York.Maryann Egan is the wine writer for donna hay magazine, a leading food magazine in Australia, and is a regular contributor to the Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine.

• Introduction 1Book I: Understanding Wine 7Chapter 1: From Vine to Bottle: The Hows and Wines 9Chapter 2: Getting Familiar with Wine Tastes and Names 25Chapter 3: Buying Wine 41Chapter 4: Getting the Cork Out (And All That Comes After): Serving Wine 57Chapter 5: For Slurps and Gurgles: Tasting and Describing Wine 73Chapter 6: Pairing Food and Wine 87Chapter 7: Ordering Wine When You’re Dining Out 93Chapter 8: The Urge to Own: Collecting Wine 105Book II: France: A Wine Superstar 119Chapter 1: French Wine Today 121Chapter 2: Exploring Bordeaux’s Range 137Chapter 3: Burgundy, Queen of France 163Chapter 4: Beaujolais, the Fun Red 185Chapter 5: Robust Rhône Reds and Unique Whites 193Chapter 6: Champagne: The World’s Greatest Sparkling Wine 213Chapter 7: Other Wine Regions of France 231Book III: Italy: Small but Mighty 259Chapter 1: The Big Picture of Italian Wine 261Chapter 2: Perusing Piedmont’s Wines 275Chapter 3: Finding Sparkling Wines and More in North-Central Italy 303Chapter 4: Northeastern Italy: Where Whites Rule 317Chapter 5: Tuscany: Checking Out Chianti and Other Tuscan Reds 341Chapter 6: Getting Acquainted with Central Italy’s Wines 361Chapter 7: Southern Italy: “The Land of Wine” 379Chapter 8: Sicily and Sardinia: Focusing on Quality 397Book IV: California and Elsewhere in North America 411Chapter 1: Introducing California Wines 413Chapter 2: California’s Major Wine Regions: An Overview 421Chapter 3: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Sparkling Wines 443Chapter 4: California’s Standout Red Wines 461Chapter 5: Major Wine Regions in the Rest of North America 495Book V: Australia and New Zealand: Powerhouses of the Southern Hemisphere 507Chapter 1: Australian and New Zealand Wines: A Success Story 509Chapter 2: New South Wales: Home to Established Wineries and Upstarts 515Chapter 3: Taking In the Diverse Range of Wines from Victoria and Tasmania 527Chapter 4: The Wine Regions of South and South West Australia 549Chapter 5: New Zealand’s Islands and Their Wines 573Book VI: And More Wine Regions! 585Chapter 1: Intriguing Wines from Old Spain 587Chapter 2: Portugal: Port Wine and Beyond 601Chapter 3: Finding Little-Known Treasures in Greece 611Chapter 4: A Sampling of Wines from Germany, Austria, and Hungary 615Chapter 5: From South America to South Africa: Rounding Out the Top Wine Nations 625Index 635

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