Aiming to help readers to find choosing wines an easier and enjoyable activity, this book is divided into four sections: winemaking and handling wine; how wine is made; the major grape varieties; and the world of wine. It covers topics such as tasting, choosing wine to suit specific occasions, buying, vintage wines, grape varieties and their growing regions, the vineyard calendar, fermenting and transporting wine, and how wines are made from a range of individual grape varieties. The final section of the book discusses the specific flavours, characteristics and ethos of the wine-growing regions of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and other countries.
- ISBN10 0563551313
- ISBN13 9780563551317
- Publish Date 2 September 1999 (first published 7 September 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 April 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher BBC Consumer Publishing
- Imprint BBC Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English