Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

Kevin Zraly

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9781402767678: Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402767676 ISBN 13: 9781402767678

Publisher: Sterling, 2010

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Let s pop a cork and drink a toast to America s very best, most popular wine course! Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is celebrating its silver anniversary and this classic volume now has new, updated material that wine lovers will savour. For this new edition, Kevin traveled to 80 wine regions in 20 countries, tasting more than 4,000 wines and meeting 500 winemaking professionals. To ensure that he had all the latest wine-producing news, he recently visited vineyards in Austria, Hungary, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and Argentina. Plus, he has updated Wine-Buying Strategies, best vintages, wine lists and labels. As always, the book includes Wine Basics, Tasting Wine, Matching Wine and Food, Frequently Asked Questions About Wine and a Selected Glossary. Zraly goes region-by-region, with the wines organized from simple to complex. By following Kevin s order, readers will experience the best wines and a wide diversity of tastes, styles, regions and countries. It s not only a comprehensive and bargain-priced hands-on wine education and a superb catalogue from which to start a wine cellar or find the right bottle, it s also an inexpensive way to get the knowledge Kevin imparts in his outstanding course. This is clearly the wine guide against which all others are judged.

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Review:

Praise for Kevin Zraly and "Windows on the World Complete Wine Course" "Kevin Zraly is the finest wine educator I have known. Robert Parker
"One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written." Frank Prial, the "New York Times
" The great Zraly wit and his legendary front-of-the-classroom presence are integral parts of this fresh approach. "Wine Spectator
" A visually exciting, intelligently structured reference. Anthony Dias Blue, "Bon Appetit"
Brims with enthusiasm breezy, down-to-earth Reads like an interesting conversation. "Chicago Tribune
" The liveliest short course on wine ever wrapped between two covers. "Boston Globe
" As entertaining as it is informative. "New York Daily News""

Praise for Kevin Zraly and Windows on the World Complete Wine Course "Kevin Zraly is the finest wine educator I have known. Robert Parker
"One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written." Frank Prial, the New York Times
The great Zraly wit and his legendary front-of-the-classroom presence are integral parts of this fresh approach. Wine Spectator
A visually exciting, intelligently structured reference. Anthony Dias Blue, Bon Appetit
Brims with enthusiasm breezy, down-to-earth Reads like an interesting conversation. Chicago Tribune
The liveliest short course on wine ever wrapped between two covers. Boston Globe
As entertaining as it is informative. New York Daily News"

Book Description:

The beginners book on wines, which just keeps on getting better all the time!

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