Wine category: 1427 books
The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine
An Entertaining Companion for Tasting It, Ordering It and Enjoying It
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
From choosing a bottle of wine to bring to a dinner party to ordering from a restaurant wine list, many Americans are intimidated by the unpronounceable names and highbrow image of wine. Jennifer Rosen arms readers with the knowledge necessary to approach wine with confidence rather than fear. Through...
The Colour of Wine
Tasting Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
The Colour of Wine isn’t just another book about picturesque Cape Winelands vineyards in South Africa. Instead, it tells the remarkable story of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy through the personal journeys of black winemakers. Woven through their stories are interviews with...
by Halliday, James
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Keenly anticipated each year by winemakers, collectors and wine lovers, the Australian Wine Companion is recognised nationally as the industry benchmark. The 2015 edition has been completely revised to bring you up-to-the-minute information.In his inimitable style, James Halliday shares his...
Make Your Own Wine
The Complete Guide To Wine Making, Wine Making Kits, Make Your Own Wine Kit and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
How to craft superb wine by learning secrets to wine making, how to make your own wine kit and much more.
The Wild Vine
A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters, The Wild Vine is the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today.
Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery...
by Elizabeth Poyet
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
The Little Black Book of Wine: A Simple Guide to the World of Wine serves up everything you need to know about wine, minus the pretense. Demystifies lingo and lore and teaches how to serve, preserve, store, and evaluate wines. Covers wine terms, developing your wine sense, types of grapes, and wines...
by Nicholas Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
It is extraordinary enough that one small area in north-eastern France, on the northern edge of Europe’s wine-growing regions, should be capable of producing the finest sparkling wine in the world, one of the few worth discussing as a wine and not merely as a sparkling beverage. Yet champagne fascinates...
by Tony Aspler
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The story of Canada's entry into the world of world-class vintages. In the late 1980s, the Canadian wine industry embarked upon a radical transformation. Faced with free trade, the end of government subsidies and Ontario legislation that banned native grape varieties from table wine, vintners...
The Wine Snob's Dictionary
An Essential Lexicon of Oenological Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
A nicely structured, lightly acidic addition to the handy Snob’s Dictionary series, decoding the baffling world of winespeak from A to Z.
Wine Snob. The very phrase seems redundant, doesn't it? When faced with this snobbiest of snobberies, the civilian wine enthusiast needs the help of savvy...
Best White Wine on Earth
The Riesling Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
A celebrated wine journalist presents a comprehensive, entertaining primer on one of the most beloved wines of our time: Riesling.
Diverse, drinkable, aromatic, and refreshing, Riesling is a chameleon among white wines. From its food-friendly flavor and favorable price point to its ability...
In Vino Duplicitas
The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
“An engrossing account of wine fraud and forgery . . . Hellman clearly knows his stuff.”—The Wall Street Journal
“[Hellman] presents . . . the macho, competitive, one-upmanship world of the collectors, an atmosphere that perhaps contributed to their gullibility in the high-rolling economy...
by David Honig
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Palate Press: The online wine magazine, is one of the most recognized and read wine publications available on line. Now, with Palate Press: The magazine, readers can get a month of Palate Press' award-winning stories and wine reviews in a book format. Read "Ten Things I Learned in the Wine Business,"...
American Wine
A Coming-of-Age Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The story of how the United States came to dominate fine wine In 1976, the bicentennial year of American Independence, the nation's wine was an international afterthought—stylistically and commercially. Within a generation, however, the United States would stand unquestionably at the world vanguard...
Liquid Memory
Why Wine Matters
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even...