WINDOWS COMPLETE WINE COURSE 2006 (Windows on the World Complete Wine Course) - Hardcover

Zraly, Kevin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402726392 ISBN 13: 9781402726392

Publisher: Sterling, 2005

Synopsis

Kevin Zraly's incomparable course is still America's top-selling guide to wine. In his inimitable, irreverent style, Zraly answers all your questions; offers the most up-to-date recommendations; takes you on a country-by-country, region-by-region ratings tour of the latest vintages; and starts you on your way to becoming a wine connoisseur. Abundant full-colour labels and maps entice you. More current, more informative, more concise and precise than ever, this remains the wine guide against which all others are judged.

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Review:

"One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written." - Frank Prial, The New York Times. "A visually exciting, intelligently structured reference." - Bon Appetit "Are you intimidated by wine stewards? Read Kevin Zraly's new edition of Windows on the World Complete Wine Course and order with aplomb" - Playboy "The liveliest short course on wine ever wrapped between two covers" - Boston Globe "Brims with enthusiasm... breezy, down-to-earth...Reads like an interesting conversation." - Chicago Tribune "As entertaining as it is informative. A masterful job of simplifying a complex subject and making it fun in the process." - New York Daily News "The top introductory book available." - Booklist"

About the Author:

KEVIN ZRALY is the founder and teacher of the immensely popular Windows on the World Wine School that has graduated over 10,000 students since its inception in 1976. He has studied winemaking techniques in California and all the great wine regions of Europe. The recipient of the James Beard Award as the Wine & Spirits Professional of the Year and the Food & Beverage Association's Man of the Year Award, Kevin is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Culinary Institute of America and has been featured in The New York Times, People magazine, The

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1402726392
• ISBN 13: 9781402726392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272