Wine & beverages - Introductory
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Virgin Wine Guide  by Chris Orr
Bewildered by wine? Too many labels, grapes and styles to contemplate? Would you like to be confident and knowledgeable about your choice of wine whatever the occasion? The Virgin Wine includes: How to find a bottle of wine that suits your taste plus how to develop those tastes - How to buy the best bottle of wine for the least cash - The top wine myths exposed - A bluffers' guide to wine - the right phrases to impress - Finding new wines off the beaten track - An easy to use matrix shows you varieties and styles of wine you're likely to take a shine to, based on the ones you know you like - Matching the right food with the right wine - Negotiating your way around a wine list - Troubleshooting - how to spot a corked wine - and much more.

Paperback,  224 pp,  $29.95. Buy now

Discovering Wine: A Refreshingly Unfussy Beginner's Guide to Finding, Tasting, Judging, Storing, Serving, Cellaring  by Joanna Simon
Thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest information on recent vintages and new wine trends, this beginner's guide to the world of wine provides a close-up look at wines from around the world, as well as tips on tasting, serviving, storing different types of wines, and matching wine with food. Original. 30,000 first printing

Paperback,  160 pp,  $30.95. Buy now

Red and White: Wine Made Simple  by Max Allen
This is a pleasure guide to wine - an unashamed romp through the flavours, sensations and joy that wine can give us. It shines a light into the darkest cellars of wine appreciation, illuminating the mysterious delights to be found within. Max Allen's breezy style provides for an enjoyable read where the ideas flow clearly and effortlessly, making a complex subject simple. Max Allen's shares insights about grape varieties and food and wine matching. Wine is first made in the vineyard. Chapters on Air, Earth, Water and Sun explain how these vital elements effect the outcome of the grapes and thus the wine. How to select, taste and enjoy wine is simplified into chapters called: Nose, Babble, Cash, Space, Time, Breath, Belly, Blood and Globe!

Paperback,  154 pp,  $45.00. Buy now

Exploring Wine  by Steven Kolpan
Written by expert instructors at the Culinary Institute of America, this revised and updated second edition covers key aspects of the subject, wine production, wine appreciation, wine purchasing and storage, and major characteristics of wines of the world.

Hardback,  832 pp,  $79.95. Buy now

White Wine for Dummies  by Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan
Following on from "Wine for Dummies", this guide concentrates on white wine. The book covers all the basics from how to choose a good wine to how to read a label. A glossary of terms, a pronunciation guide and a vintage chart are included.

Paperback,  256 pp,  $17.95. Buy now

Homebrewing for Dummies  by Marty Nachel
Want to become your own brewmeister? This friendly, hands-on guide walks you through each step in the brewing process. Before you know it, you'll be boiling, bottling, storing, pouring, and kegging your own frothy, delicious suds. It fills you in on all the homebrewing basics with a comprehensive equipment list and loving descriptions of the essential beer ingredients.You'll also find out about additional ingredients and additives you can use to give your homebrew distinctive flavours, textures, and aromas. Create your own lager and ale, try your hand at cider, and even meade. Features more than 100 winning recipes that will have your friends and neighbors singing your praises and coming back for more.

Paperback,  432 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Wines of the World 
In this title, international wine experts bring the wine cellar of the world to your home. Follow the story of wine, from ancient to modern times and learn the process of making it today. You'll explore the flavours and characteristics of grape varieties and styles and discover all about wine making. From Alsace and Western Australia to the Valle d'Aosta and Stellenbosch, hop on a round-the-world tour of major wine-growing regions and explore the top thirty-five. You'll visit famous vineyards and wine producers, learn about the great wines of each region and take six tours from Burgundy to the Napa Valley. This title is packed with information on local foods, festivals and interesting places to visit as well as practical tips on buying, sto

,  688 pp,  $45.00. Buy now

Clueless About Wine  by Klemm Kitowski
This book will take you step by step through all the essentials, using a system of icons so that you can quickly locate the information you are looking for. This is a great book for anyone who wants to raise their IQ in wine

Paperback,  200 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

Anything But Chardonnay  by Laura Holmes Haddad
Wine and food journalist Laura Holmes Haddad guides your exploration of varieties of wine grapes: albario and falanghina, riesling and tempranillo, carbernet franc and malbec (and many more). Haddad recognizes that gaining knowledge about wine can be an intimidating prospect, so she�s written her timely new guide in a style that�s smart, lively, and very accessible to the non-expert reader. Anything But Chardonnay is organized by the basic types of wine: red, white, bubbly, and dessert. With her clear descriptions of each grape and the typical characteristics of the wines made from it, Haddad provides valuable information on wine regions, producers, prices, and pairing wines with food, with splashes of fascinating wine trivia and lovely ill

Paperback,  160 pp,  $29.95. Buy now

Australian and New Zealand Wine for Dummies  by Maryann Egan
The fun and easy way to say gidday to wine from Down Under Australia is now the world's fourth largest wine exporter, and it sends 30 percent of its exports 175 million liters in 2004 to the U.S. Its Pacific Rim neighbor, New Zealand, has seen wine exports to the U.S. rise from 145,000 liters in 1995 to over 7.2 million in 2004. But while many people like the taste (and price) of antipodean wines, few know much about them which can make it difficult to choose the perfect bottle. This book will change all that. Australian wine writer and winegrower Maryann Egan takes readers on a guided tour of the Down Under wine world, profiling wine regions, highlighting the best producers, pinpointing bargains and even offering tips for visitors who want

Paperback,  384 pp,  $39.95. Buy now

Wine: an Introduction  by Maynard A. Amerine
The first edition of this book was the winner of the Wine and Food Society Andr� Simon Prize for the best contribution, in English, to the literature of gastronomy, in 1965. For this revised edition the authors have included up-to-date statistical information and new material on grape growing and wine making techniques, reflecting the ever increasing importance of wine in American life

Paperback,  384 pp,  $47.95. Buy now

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