Wine

Author: Selden
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: After reading this book, you will learn to: appreciate wines from different regions and countries, store wine, and entertain guests with wine, choose the right wine to pair with meals, taste and identify wine, even hold a home wine tasting, deal skillfully with wine merchants or bar staff, appreciate fine wines, and confidently discuss wine. Of course, you're not a fool! Your novel ideas make your colleagues take notice, and you always spend your money wisely. When the mood strikes, you boldly try a new hairstyle. But if you're asked to pick a bottle of wine, you might not dare to show off. Don't lose heart! Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine will tell you everything you need to know about selecting and enjoying various wines. After reading this book, you will be able to confidently choose, taste, and discuss wine. This book will help you:
Clarify the complex world of grapes. Discover and buy the best wine at reasonable prices in local wine shops with confidence. Order wine in restaurants with confidence. Properly store wine in your own wine cellar. Learn when to refuse wine offered by a restaurant or when to return wine to a retail store. But, most importantly, whether you're in a restaurant, a wine shop, or with friends who claim to be wine experts, this book will make you feel at ease.