This popular classic, which is based on the author’s personal experiences of building a wine cellar in his home and collecting wines for fun and investment, is now completely updated for the modern wi
Founded in 1973, the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux is a partnership of 132 grands crus estates constituted under a shared standard of high quality. The Guide, available to the general public for t
The Cuirco, Maule, Itala, and Bio Valleys are the center of gravity of Chilean wine and due to their particularly favorable geographic characteristics, this area has led the national production since
Author and Master Chef Emilio Peschiera takes us on a brief tour through the history and evolution of Peruvian cuisine, from its beginnings with the Incas through the latest international influences,
The most widely used wine textbook for colleges and universities, this book provides a 12-week program for learning about wine in-depth, from sensory evaluation to the science of viticulture and winem
Italy has a very complex food culture, with distinctly different cheese, pasta, olive oil, and cured meats in each region and even within certain towns. The books in the An Italian Pantry take a geogr
If you read wine reviews, you’re already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what they’re smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean?
Sullivan, a teacher of California history and well-regarded author on wine and viticulture history, provides a detailed regional history of the rise of the Napa Valley from its earliest years dominate
Italy has a very complex food culture, with distinctly different cheese, pasta, olive oil, and cured meats in each region and even within certain towns. The books in the An Italian Pantry take a geogr
Amey (a founding member of the Southern California Society of Wine Educators) provides a guide to the wines, wineries, and winemakers of Mexico's Baja peninsula. Before discussing the particular winer
This book is a humorous, illustrated look at wine tastings florid, often baffling verbiage and it features some of history’s most poignant, strange, ironic, and hilarious quotes about wine and drink.
“Subliminally, the label raises one’s expectations of the wine: the uniqueness of the art anticipates the uniqueness of the wine…a rhetoric of display that enhances the value of what is already regard
This new and completely updated edition, by one of the wine world’s greatest authorities, sets out to teach you that wine, like anything else that gives us pleasure, can be enjoyed more fully by those
An unashamed romp through the flavors, sensations, and joy that wine can give us, this book shines a light into the darkest cellars of wine appreciation, illuminating the mysterious delights to be fou
Best-selling wine journalists John and Erica Platter explore the wines of Africa, from Ethiopia to Zimbabwe, in this one-of-a-kind travel and tasting book. While most readers will not have the opportu