Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time - Softcover

Cole, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770852255 ISBN 13: 9781770852259

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2013

Synopsis

A new and remarkably easy way to choose and enjoy wine.

Complete Wine Selector aims to remove the fear and restore the fun and confidence in buying and enjoying wine. Presented in a compellingly original, visual "info-bites" format, it strips away wine's intimidating facade to convey all the information needed in a truly helpful way. Wine drinkers will be able to choose wine in any setting with complete confidence.

Complete Wine Selector presents information in a simple step-by-step sequence. Colorful visuals and pithy text, casebook examples and tutored tasting master classes progress to the practical mechanics of how to pick from a wine list, buy the right bottle for the right price, and serve it with confidence.

The book's features include:

• Introduction to Wine Styles -- How to determine your top 10 preferred wine styles
• Buying Wine -- How to find and buy the 10 wine styles from supermarkets, specialist wine shops, internet retailers, and at auction
• The Greatest Wine Shops -- 20 best wine shops in Europe, the USA, Australia & New Zealand, and Asia
• Restaurant Wine Lists -- Expert advice from sommeliers on how to use a wine list, what to look for, choices by cuisine, plus Q and As
• Do Vintages Matter? -- 10 top sommeliers and chefs reveal their favorite matches in style terms
• Storing Wine -- Top 10 dos and don'ts, wine cellars, wine fridges
• Tools of the Trade -- Wine accessories, tips on opening, decanting, pouring and serving; glasses and serving temperature for 10 wine styles; the 10 most common wine faults; a host's checklist
• The World of Wine Made Simple -- Visually arresting, easy-to-read charts for an at-a-glance guide to how red, white, sparkling and fortified wines are made; vineyard years
• Rules to Remember -- Easy-to-read graphical reminders summarize the most important points for easy reference.

Packed with expert advice from some of the world's best sommeliers and winemakers, and using vivid, content-rich layouts and graphics, Complete Wine Selector is a new classic guide for a new generation of wine drinkers. Older (and still anxious) wine drinkers will benefit too!

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Review:

The most useful wine book I've seen in ages.--Laurie Daniel"San Jose Mercury News" (12/02/2013)

You don't have to take a sommelier course to make good choices in your wine selection.--Terry Peters"North Shore News" (01/05/2014)

Cole manages to take on the wide world of wine both insightfully and helpfully... Her tips on pairings and bargain buys, coupled with informative takes on the winemaking process at large, make for an effective book. Both wine aficionados and novices can find something to admire... Of course, it would take multiple volumes to tackle it all, but Cole has put together a fairly compact and organized account... Overall, Complete Wine Selector is a worthwhile buy. The wide array of wine coverage creates mass appeal, especially for those who are used to dauntingly large wine stacks at grocery stores, restaurants or bottle shops... Credit Cole for the book's accessibility... It's imperative we recognize the monumental task at hand and simply enjoy what she has covered intelligently, which is quite a lot, even in the gaping world of wine .-- (11/01/2013)

Wine writer Katherine Cole's new book, Complete Wine Selector, aims to remove readers' fears and restore the fun and confidence in buying and savoring wine. She provides readers with her top 10 preferred wine styles, 600 wine recommendations, expert advice from some of the world's best sommeliers and winemakers, and more, all to make choosing wine remarkably easy. The information is presented in a compellingly original and visual format, with practical step-by-step sequences that any wine lover will enjoy.-- (02/01/2014)

Buying wine can be a bewildering act for many. Cole has written a guide to make this common purchase a pleasure for even the novice wine buyer... Cole's narrative is easy and accessible; readers will feel as though they've got a close friend beside them as they enter the wine aisle... Highly recommended for any wine lover, from the novice to the seasoned connoisseur.-- (12/06/2013)

A terrific guide for buying wine that strips away the intimidation and pomposity, making it easier for everyday consumers to navigate a wine shop or the wine section of a grocery store with confidence.... One of the most-attractive aspects of Complete Wine Selector is its easy-to-navigate design, which breaks down information into easy to scan boxes and visual icons. That only adds to the unstuffy feel, emphasizing that wine is something that should be enjoyed, and that picking the right bottle isn't something to dread.-- (12/03/2013)

The realm of the wine primer is often a dicey one, but Katherine Cole, wine columnist for the Oregonian, handles it with aplomb... A particularly charming and detailed approach to the challenging task of wine education.-- (11/29/2013)

Not another wine primer, I thought when I picked up Katherine Cole's Complete Wine Selector. Yet I was immediately bowled over by how Cole, wine columnist for the Oregonian newspaper and author of Voodoo Vintners, has figured out a new way to present a familiar topic. By using Web publishing techniques -- heavy use of infographics and short snippets of text--she manages to convey an impressive amount of information on a single page.... Cole has created an essential reference for novice and aficionado alike.-- (12/11/2013)

Gosh, it sure does deliver on its promise to be complete. There is just so much useful and interesting information packed in these 250-plus pages.-- (10/24/2013)

How to "overcome your paralyzing fear of the world of wine" stands as Cole's basic principle in this gorgeous, highly informative guide that ranges in subject areas from the essential wine "styles" (including "crisp, lean whites" and "rich, full-bodied reds") and help in buying and serving. The text is presented, for the most part, in easy-on-the-eye chart format.-- (10/01/2013)

Book Description:

A modern wine guide for a new generation of wine drinkers, which restores the fun in buying wine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1770852255
• ISBN 13: 9781770852259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256