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The Wine Bible

by Karen MacNeil
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No one can describe a wine like Karen MacNeil.
 
Comprehensive, entertaining, authoritative, and endlessly interesting, The Wine Bible is a lively course from an expert teacher, grounding the reader deeply in the fundamentals—vine-yards and varietals, climate and terroir, the nine attributes of a wine’s greatness—while layering on tips, informative asides, anecdotes, definitions, photographs, maps, labels, and recommended bottles. Discover how to taste with focus and build a wine-tasting memory. The reason behind Champagne’s bubbles. Italy, the place the ancient Greeks called the land of wine. An oak barrel’s effect on flavor. Sherry, the world’s most misunderstood and underappreciated wine. How to match wine with food—and mood.
Plus everything else you need to know to buy, store, serve, and enjoy the world’s most captivating beverage.
 

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  • Release date

    October 13, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780761187158
      • File size: 65744 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780761187158
      • File size: 65260 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      August 1, 2015

      Multiaward-winning writer MacNeil (Wine, Food & Friends) here updates her comprehensive exploration of wine. She starts with the basics (grape varietals, production methods, food pairings) before traversing the world. France comes first (and at greatest length), as is usual in wine books, while a brief section on Asian producers (India, Japan, China) concludes the journey. The volume is not exhaustive--while Mexican wine is covered in a four-page section, there are curious omissions such as Lebanon, Algeria, Croatia, and Romania. Maps and illustrations add helpful detail, particularly in showing labels from recommended producers. MacNeil's prose is enlightening yet breezy, and the many sidebars provide terrific nuggets of supplementary and sometimes curious information. VERDICT Straddling the line between reference resource and leisure read, this guide merits a home in many libraries. Recommended where wine is a topic of interest.--Peter Hepburn, Coll. of the Canyons Lib., Santa Clarita, CA

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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