Wine For Dummies, 7e

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Wine enthusiasts: raise a glass! The global wine market has expanded rapidly in the past few years and is forecasted to increase through 2019. Consumption, new wine styles, online wine purchasing, and a growing younger population of wine enthusiasts are all contributing factors. In Wine For Dummies, the authors--both recognized wine authorities and accredited Certified Wine Educators--share their expertise, revealing the latest on what's in, what's out, and what's new in wine. Featuring information on both classic and cutting-edge wines, it's packed with everything you need to hold your own in tasting rooms, shops, and beyond! Includes updated information on navigating wine shops and selecting wines in restaurants Covers the latest expert advice on buying wine online thanks to the online retail boom Provides updated vintage charts and price guidelines Offers information on trends in wine, including packaging innovations such as wine in a can, kegs, and boxes Whether you're a beginner or intermediate wine enthusiast, this is your no-nonsense guide to choosing wine, understanding wine lists, exploring new varieties, serving, sharing, and more!

מידע נוסף

מידע נוסף
מהדורה	7th Edition
עמודים	448
מחליף את פריט	1W119118840
פורמט	Paperback / softback
ISBN10	1119512735
יצא לאור ב	New York
תאריך יציאה לאור	18 בדצמ׳ 2018
תוכן עניינים	Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Started with Wine 5 Chapter 1: Wine 101 7 How Wine Happens 7 What Color Is Your Appetite? 9 (Not exactly) white wine 10 Red, red wine 11 Rose wines 13 Choosing your color 13 Other Ways of Categorizing Wine 15 Table wine 16 Dessert wine 17 Sparkling wine (and a highly personal spelling lesson) 17 Chapter 2: A Matter of Personal Taste (Buds) 19 The Special Technique for Tasting Wine 19 Savoring a wine's appearance 20 The nose knows 21 The mouth action 22 Parlez-Vous Winespeak? 25 Deconstructing a wine's taste 26 The flavor dimension 28 The Quality Issue 29 What's a good wine? 30 What's a bad wine? 32 Chapter 3: Pinot Envy and Other Secrets about Grape Varieties 35 The Importance of Grape Varieties 35 Of genus and species 36 A variety of varieties 36 How grapes vary 37 Grape royalty 39 A Primer on White Grape Varieties 40 Chardonnay 40 Riesling 41 Sauvignon Blanc 41 Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio 42 Other white grapes 42 A Primer on Red Grape Varieties 44 International superstars 44 Local heroes 46 Other red grapes 49 Chapter 4: Wine Label Lingo 51 The Wine Name Game 51 Grape names and place-names 52 Hello, my name is Chardonnay: Varietal wines 52 Hello, my name is Bordeaux: Place-name wines 53 Wines named in other ways 57 Decoding the Language of the Label 58 The mandatory sentence 58 Indications of origin 60 Some optional label lingo 63 Chapter 5: Winemaking Matters 67 Vineyard Jargon, Winemaking Talk 67 The World of Viti-Vini 68 Vine-growing variations 69 Winemaking wonder words 70 Even More Winemaking Terms 72 Part 2: Wine and You: Up Close and Personal 77 Chapter 6: Buying Wine to Drink at Home 79 Buying Wine Can Give Anyone the Jitters 80 Wine Retailers, Large and Small 80 Supermarkets, superstores, and so on 81 Specialty wine shops 82 Online merchants 82 Criteria for Choosing Wine Merchants 83 In the wine shop 84 On the Internet 86 Strategies for Wine Shopping 87 Explain what you want 87 Name your price 89 Chapter 7: Buying Wine in Restaurants 91 By the Glass or Buy the Bottle 91 Just a glass, please 92 Choosing from the bottle list 94 Analyzing the Wine List 95 What the wine list should tell you 96 Tips for using the wine list 98 The end result: Choosing your wine 99 Managing the Wine Presentation Ritual 100 Restaurant Wine Tips 102 Long Live Wine Bars 104 Chapter 8: Serving Wine 105 Getting the Cork Out 105 The corkscrew not to use 106 Corkscrews to buy 107 Dealing with cork particles in your wine 110 A special case: Opening Champagne and sparkling wine 110 Screw Caps Are "In" 111 Does Wine Really Breathe? 112 How to aerate your wine 112 Which wines need aerating? 113 Does the Glass Really Matter? 114 Color, size, and shape 115 Tulips, flutes, trumpets, and other picturesque wine-glass names 116 Which glasses to buy? 118 Washing your wine glasses 118 Not Too Warm, Not Too Cold 119 Entertaining with Wine 120 First things first 121 How much is enough? 121 Keeping Leftover Wine 122 Chapter 9: Marrying Wine with Food 125 With Wine and Food, Rules Do Not Apply 125 The Dynamics of Food and Wine 126 Tannic wines 127 Sweet wines 127 Acidic wines 128 High-alcohol wines 128 Other Ways of Pairing Food and Wine 128 Classic Pairings of Wine and Food 130 Part 3: Wine's Classic Face: The "Old World" of Wine 131 Chapter 10: Knowing the Wines of France 133 The French Model 133 Understanding French wine law 134 Fine distinctions in the ranks 135 France's Wine Regions 136 Bordeaux: The Legend 137 The subregions of red Bordeaux 139 Classified information: Left Bank 141 Classified information: Right Bank 142 Bordeaux to try when you're feeling flush 143 The value end of the Bordeaux spectrum 144 Practical advice on drinking red Bordeaux 146 Bordeaux also comes in white 147 Burgundy: The Incomparable French Wine 149 The grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Gamay 149 Districts, districts everywhere 150 From the regional to the sublime 150 The Cote d'Or: The heart of Burgundy 152 Cote Chalonnaise: Bargain Burgundies 157 Chablis: Exceptional white wines 157 Macon: Affordable whites 159 Beaujolais: As delightful as it is affordable 160 The Rhone Valley's Hearty Wines 163 Generous wines of the South 163 Noble wines of the north 164 The Loire Valley: White Wine Heaven 166 The Upper Loire 166 The central Loire Valley 166 Pays Nantais 167 Alsace: Unique Region, Unique Wines 168 The South and Southwest 169 France's bargain wines: Languedoc-Roussillon 169 Timeless Provence 170 Southwest France 170 Other French Wine Regions 171 Chapter 11: Italy, the Land of Great Vino 173 The Vineyard of Europe 173 The ordinary and the elite 174 Categories of Italian wine, legally speaking 176 Italy's wine regions 176 Reds Reign in Piedmont 178 Barolo and Barbaresco 178 Weekday reds 181 Piedmont's white wine 183 Tuscany the Beautiful 184 Chianti Classico and Chianti: Italy's iconic red wines 184 Monumental Brunello di Montalcino 186 The noble wine of Montepulciano 188 Three more wines of note from Central Tuscany 188 The Tuscan coast 189 The Tre Venezie 191 Three gentle wines from Verona, plus two blockbusters 192 Alpine Italy: Trentino-Alto-Adige 193 The far side: Friuli-Venezia Giulia 194 The Sunny South of Italy 196 Snapshots from the Rest of Italy 197 Chapter 12: Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Greece, and Other European Hot Spots 199 Intriguing Wines from Spain 200 Spain's classic wines start with Rioja 202 Ribera del Duero's serious red wines 204 Priorato: Emerging from the past 204 Other Spanish regions to know 205 Portugal: More than Just Port 208 Portugal's "green" white 208 Noteworthy Portuguese red wines 209 Germany: Europe's Individualist 210 Riesling and company 211 Germany's wine law 212 German wine styles 213 Germany's wine regions 215 Austria's Exciting Whites (and Reds) 218 Gruner Veltliner and company 219 Austrian wine names and label terms 219 The Glory That Is Greece 220 Greek grapes 221 Wine regions, producers, and label lingo in Greece 222 Three Other European Wine Hot Spots 223 Hungary: Unique Old World wines 223 Croatia: A wine renaissance in Eastern Europe 224 Slovenia: A surprisingly large wine country 225 Part 4: Wine's Modern Face: The "New World" of Wine 227 Chapter 13: America, America 229 The New World of American Wine 229 The grape variety as star 230 American Viticultural Areas 230 California, USA 231 Napa Valley: As Tiny as It Is Famous 234 The grapes of Napa 235 Who's who in Napa (and for what) 235 Down-to-Earth in Sonoma 237 Sonoma's AVAs 238 Sonoma producers and wines 240 Mendocino and Lake Counties 241 The San Francisco Bay Area 242 The Santa Cruz Mountains 243 What's New in Old Monterey 244 Gold Country: The Sierra Foothills 245 San Luis Obispo: Paso Robles to Edna Valley 246 Santa Barbara, Californian Paradise 247 Oregon: A Tale of Two Pinots 249 Oregon's other Pinot 249 Who's who in Willamette Valley 250 Two other Oregon wine regions 252 Washington State Reaches New Heights 252 Washington's wine regions 253 Who's who in Washington 255 The Empire State 257 The Finger Lakes region 257 Long Island and the Hudson Valley 258 Who's who in New York 258 Chapter 14: The Southern Hemisphere Explodes with Wine 261 Australian Wine Power 262 Winemaking, grapes, and terroir 262 Australia's wine regions 264 The Rise of New Zealand 267 Kiwi geography 268 Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir lead the way 268 Chile's Rapid Rise to Wine Fame 269 Chile's wine regions 270 The face and taste of Chilean wines 272 Argentina, a Major League Player 274 Regions and grapes 274 Names to know 276 The South African Wine Safari 277 South Africa's principal wine regions 278 Steen, Pinotage, and company 279 Part 5: Wine's Exotic Face 281 Chapter 15: Champagne and Other Sparklers 283 All That Sparkles Is Not Champagne 284 Sparkling Wine Styles 285 The sweetness factor 285 The quality factor 286 How Sparkling Wine Happens 287 Tank fermentation: Economy of scale 287 Bottle fermentation: Small is beautiful 288 Tasting the difference 289 Champagne and Its Magic Wines 290 What makes Champagne special 290 Non-vintage Champagne 291 Vintage Champagne 292 Blanc de blancs and blanc de noirs 294 Rose Champagne 294 Sweetness categories 295 Recommended Champagne producers 296 Grower Champagnes 298 Other Sparkling Wines 299 Italian spumante: Dry and Sweet 300 Spanish sparkling wines (Cava) 302 French sparkling wine 302 American sparkling wine 302 English sparkling wines 304 Buying and Serving Bubbly 305 Chapter 16: Wine Roads Less Traveled: Fortified and Dessert Wines 307 Timing Is Everything 308 The Growing Popularity of Sherry 308 The Jerez triangle 308 The phenomenon of flor 309 Communal aging 310 Two makes 12+ 310 Serving and storing Sherry 312 Recommended Sherries 313 Montilla: A Sherry look-alike 314 Italy: Marsala, Vin Santo, and the Gang 314 Port: The Glory of Portugal 316 Home, home on the Douro 316 Many Ports in a storm 317 Storing and serving Port 319 Recommended Port producers 320 Long Live Madeira 321 Timeless, indestructible, tasty, and baked 321 Endless finish 322 Madeira styles and grape varieties 323 Sauternes and the Nobly-Rotted Wines 324 Sauternes: Liquid gold 324 Mining the gold 325 Recommended Sauternes 325 Letting baby grow 326 Sauternes look-alikes 327 Hungary's Tokaji Aszu and Tokaji Eszencia 327 Part 6: When You've Caught the Bug 329 Chapter 17: Buying and Collecting Wine 331 Finding the Rare and Collectible Wines 332 Buying fine and collectible wines on the Internet 332 Some US wine stores worth knowing 334 Buying wines at auctions 335 The Urge to Own: Wine Collecting 338 Balancing your inventory 338 Organization is peace of mind 342 A Healthy Environment for Your Wines 343 The passive wine cellar 343 If you can't be passive, be bullish 343 Wine caves for apartment dwellers 346 Chapter 18: Continuing Education for Wine Lovers 347 Back to the Classroom 347 One wine school in action 348 Wine tastings of all shapes and sizes 349 Dinner with the winemaker 350 Winery visits 350 When in Rome 351 Armchair Travel 353 Recommended books 354 Wine magazines and newsletters 357 The blogosphere of wine 359 Chapter 19: Describing and Rating Wine 361 The Challenge of Putting Taste to Words 362 When It's Your Turn to Speak 363 Organizing your thoughts 363 Describing a wine 365 Rating Wine Quality 366 Part 7: The Part of Tens 369 Chapter 20: Answers to Ten Common Questions about Wine 371 What's the Best Wine? 371 Which Vintage Should I Buy? 372 What Grape Variety Made This Wine? 373 How Do I Know if a Wine Is Flawed? 373 Are There Any Wines without Sulfites? 374 What Are Organic Wines? 374 Should I Join a Wine Club? 375 How Should I Store My Wine? 376 Are Wine Experts Sommeliers? 377 How Do I Know When to Drink the Special Older Wines I've Been Keeping? 377 Chapter 21: Ten Wine Myths Demystified 379 The Best Wines Are Varietal Wines 379 A More Expensive Wine Is a Wiser Choice 380 The Palest Rose Wines Are the Best 380 A Screw-Cap Closure Indicates a Lower-Quality Wine 381 Red Wines Are More Sophisticated than White Wines 382 White Wine with Fish, Red with Meat 382 Number Ratings Don't Lie 383 The Quality of a Wine Is Objectively Measurable 384 Very Old Wines Are Good Wines 384 Champagnes Don't Age 385 Part 8: Appendixes 387 Appendix A: Pronunciation Guide to Wine Terms 389 Appendix B: Glossary of Wine Terms 397 Appendix C: Vintage Wine Chart: 1996-2015 407 Index 411
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