Discovering Wine or Making It Easy

Discovering Wine: A Refreshingly Unfussy Beginner's Guide to Finding, Tasting, Judging, Storing, Serving, Cellaring, and, Most of All, Discovering Wine

Author: Joanna Simon

Discovering Wine has been hailed by new and experienced wine lovers everywhere as the classic, approachable introduction to the luscious world of wine. In this revised and updated edition, Simon addresses the latest wine trends and provides brand-new information on vintages recently established in countries and continents around the globe.

More than 250 full-color photographs, maps, and charts beautifully complement Simon's effervescent approach to the fascinating world of wine, and help to dispel the mystique that so often surrounds the subject. She provides the crucial hints that will help you to become a wine aficionado -- virtually overnight. You will learn how to

• Taste and judge wine like an expert
• Correctly match food and wine
• Follow the newest guidelines for serving and storing your wines
• Discern classic wines from those that emulate them
• Understand the importance and role of grapes
• Know when a particular wine is ready to drink

In addition to demystifying wine, Simon explores famous vineyards and explains how the winemakers use grapes to their most delicious advantage. And after a concise but thorough roundup of today's wine styles, Simon conducts a tour through the wine regions of the world -- from Chianti to Coonawarra, from Médoc to Moldova, and everywhere in between.

As entertaining as it is informative, Discovering Wine is destined to remain the definitive beginner's guide to wine.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

PART ONE

How to get the most out of every glass

Why and how to taste
A perspective on serving
Matching food and wine
Ways to store your wine
The hardest question: when to drink

PART TWO

The making of first-class wine

The importance of grapes
The main classic wine styles,and alternatives
The vineyards: where and why
Choices in the vineyard: tending vines
The winemaker's role

PART THREE

Where the best wines are made

France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Portugal
USA and Canada
South America
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Austria and Switzerland
Eastern Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
UK and Other countries

Index

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Making It Easy

Author: Food Network Staff

Savory recipes that cooks can prepare with little time and effort, yet with fabulous results. Delicious meals for busy families or impromptu crowds. Dozens of irresistible appetizers, main dishes, sides, and desserts for any occasion. Great tips and shortcuts for faster meal planning and preparation.