The Ultimate Wine Companion: The Complete Guide to Understanding Wine by the World's Foremost Wine Authorities - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402776667 ISBN 13: 9781402776663

Publisher: Sterling Epicure, 2010

Synopsis

Kevin Zraly, author of one of the best-selling wine books of all time, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course, has assembled the finest writers of the last 50 years to explain everything you need to know about wine. Each one addresses the subject he or she is most famous for, including decanting, tasting, grapes, matching food and wine, winemaking, sustainable vineyards, the various wine countries and regions, terroir, and much, much more. Complete with regional vintage charts, grape charts, a glossary, and vintage labels, this book is like an entire wine library in a single volume.

Includes:
o Hugh Johnson o Robert M. Parker, Jr. o Jancis Robinson o Lettie Teague o Alexis Bespaloff o Neal I. Rosenthal o Oz Clarke o Gerald Asher o Joshua Wesson o Andrea Immer Robinson o Molly Chappellet o Jay McInerny o Robert Mondavi o Francis Ford Coppola o Baron Philippe de Rothschild
o Joy Sterling o Michael Broadbent o Clive Coates o Kermit Lynch o Tom Stevensono Joseph Bastianich o David Lynch and Burton Anderson o Frank Prial o Matt Kramer o Karen McNiell

Publisher’s Note: The acknowledgement on page 343 for ?A Recent Overview of the South African Wine Industry” should be replaced with the following: ?From The Essential Guide to South African Wine: Terroir & Travel, by Elmari Swart and Izak Smit © 2006, Cheviot Publishing, ISBN: 0-6200-35500-X.”

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Zraly is the founder and teacher of the Windows on the World Wine School that has graduated more than 14,000 students. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Wine Council and the James Beard Award, among others. Zraly has been featured in the New York Times, People, the Wall Street Journal, GQ, Newsweek and USA Today and is a Georges Duboeuf Book Award Winner.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sterling Epicure
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402776667
• ISBN 13: 9781402776663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Zraly Kevin