Champagne. For some, the word conjures up the holiday season and a small sprinkling of other festive events. For others, it s dollar signs and anxiety the pressure to spend a lot without knowing what you re in for. For too few according to Ariel Arce, owner of Air s Champagne Parlor does Champagne say fun. Drawing on her decade of experience selling, drinking, and exploring the world of sparkling wine, Better with Bubbles educates, amuses, inspires, and empowers readers to make Champagne and spa...
Discover the delicious world of white wine with profiles of all the must-know varieties and styles, from Albariño to Viognier, and dive deep into popular favourites, such as Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. Peppered with engaging facts and figures, each chapter surveys one grape or style, featuring all-inclusive at-a-glance information that tells you what to expect in the glass, suggested food pairings and recommended wines, from cheerful bargains to worthy splurges. Detai...
A comprehensive guide to affordable Aussie wines. Intended as a domestic guide, "Quaff" is also invaluable for anyone who buys Australian wines - wherever they live. Sometimes, the locals know best. And sometimes, it pays to buy in to their expertise. This is the guide to affordable wines that Australians buy. So, if you want to know whether that ubiquitous Cab Sauvignon is a steal or you should go for a Barbera, Bastardo, or Bonvendro, this'll tell you. From Alicante Bouschet to White Frontigna...
Dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted food & drink related media. Over the past decade, Australia has become Britain's favorite wine producing country - in 2007, it exported close to 300 million liters of wine to the UK market!"Quaff 2009" is the essential guide for the savvy wine drinker, providing up-to-date tasting notes on more than 400 wines - as well as featuring a 'Top 100' and a list of the top budget wines for each grape variety.Using Peter Forrestal's guide and substituting...
Former International Wine Communicator of the Year, Jane Parkinson, gives you the lowdown on wine and how to make the most of it. Wine offers an exciting look at the global scene with detailed information on all of your favourite grapes and styles. Jane makes sure that once you have read through this manifesto, you will know exactly how to pick the right wine every time. Over the last decade, the way we buy, serve and enjoy wine has changed drastically, here you will find everything you need in...
In this comprehensive book, award-winning wine author Susy Atkins shares her knowledge and wealth of experience, encouraging the modern-day enthusiast to explore the many and varied wines of the world. Aiming to provide beginners with key knowledge, it gives the lowdown on wine in three progressive stages, equipping the reader with everything they need to know to distinguish their Chardonnay from their Cabernet. Written in an approachable, modern style, Susy injects passion and fun into learning...
Wines of the Languedoc (The Classic Wine Library) (The Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library)
by Rosemary George
The first vineyards of the Languedoc were planted by the Greeks in the 5th century BC. Viticulture has flourished in the Languedoc ever since, particularly in the nineteenth century, when it became France's largest vineyard area. It still claims that honour today, but its profile is very difficult. Gone are the days of industrial mass production. The Languedoc of the twenty-first century is a vibrant, innovative wine area, where everything vinous is possible. For the purposes of The wines of Lan...
Ancient Wine (Princeton Science Library, #76)
by Patrick E McGovern
The history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. This book is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the earliest stages of vinicultural history and prehistory, which extends back into the Neolithic period and beyond. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, "Ancient Wine" opens up whole new chapters in the fascinating story of wine and the vine by drawing upon recent archaeological discoveries, molecular and DNA sleuthing, and the texts and art of long-forgotten pe...
A MUST-HAVE VOLUME FOR ALL WINE LOVERS Written by renowned orange wine expert and award winning writer Simon J. Woolf, Amber Revolution is the world's first book to tell the full, forgotten story of this ancient wine (white wine made like a red wine) and its modern struggle to gain acceptance. It is a tale of lost identity, the fight for survival, and pioneering winemakers from the Caucasus to the Adriatic. White grapes are left in contact with their skins for days, weeks or months during fe...
