Author : Kevin Zraly
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781402767678
Looks at how and where wine is made and how this affects its quality and pricing, including information on how the professionals taste and rate wine and a country-by-country tour of the latest vintages.
Author : John Baker
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Georgia (Republic)
ISBN : 1761043668
The adventure of a lifetime to buy Stalin's secret multimillion dollar wine cellar located in Georgia; it is the Raiders of the Lost Ark of wine. In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. He was the perfect person for an occasional business partner to approach with a mysterious wine list that was different to anything John, or his second-in-command, Kevin Hopko, had ever come across. The list was discovered to be a comprehensive catalogue of the wine collection of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. The wine had become the property of the state after the Russian Revolution of 1918, during which Nicholas and his entire family were executed. Now owned by Stalin, the wine was discreetly removed to a remote Georgian winery when Stalin was concerned the advancing Nazi army might overrun Russia. Half a century later, the wine was rumoured to be hidden underground and off any known map. John and Kevin embarked on an audacious, colourful and potentially dangerous journey to Georgia to discover if the wines actually existed; if the bottles were authentic and whether the entire collection could be bought and transported to a major London auction house for sale. Stalin's Wine Cellar is a wild, sometimes rough ride through the glamorous world of high-end wine.
Author : John Turi
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2014-09-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780692231227
What Happens When You Turn a Great Writer Loose on One of His Favorite Topics? John Turi's A Drinker With a Writing Problem is just not some collection of wine reviews. Instead it is a collection of Turi's best wine writing. Each piece is really a story of and about a specific wine. Each chapter reads like the most interesting wine history lesson in print and simultaneously like a page ripped from the private diary of the most interesting person you know. After reading a review you will not only want to go and find the wine right away, you will find yourself wishing you could share a bottle with the author. Some reviews increase your knowledge and shape your opinion. These reviews do that, but more importantly they infect the reader with the same passion for wine that radiates from every one of Turi's paragraphs. If you love wine you need this book. If you love great writing you need this book. If you love great wine writing your life will not be complete until you add this collection to your personal library. Praise for John Turi and A Drinker With a Writing Problem: "Whether they know a great deal or nothing about wine, listeners will enjoy John Turi's views--he reviews only wines he loves." - AudioFile Magazine John's wine reviews are part history lesson, part personal epiphany, part peep show, part discovery, and they are always peppered with a dash of enthusiastic admiration. - Ken Robidoux, Founding Editor-in-Chief of ConnotationPress.com Get Your Copy Right Now
Author : Reese Ling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 17,67 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1612436889
A delightfully illustrated spoof that demystifies wine and helps you understand the key traits of different varietals When Penguin finishes work for the day, he hurries off to the wine bar in search of his ideal wine. With the help of Bunny, Cat, Wolf, Bear and his other friends, Penguin samples and learns about the most popular wine varietals. Follow Penguin’s journey in this delightfully illustrated spoof that simplifies and demystifies wine while teaching you tasting notes, food pairings and other interesting facts.
Author : My Wine Reviews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,79 MB
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781091911062
This is your individual beautiful wine review book. Its difficult to become a wine expert, even its not so easy to find and remember the good wines. To collect this special moments we created the "My Wine Reviews" Wine review Journal. 110 Pages, 110 sites for your wine reviews: Wine Name Winery Region Grapes Vintage Alcohol Content Appearance (Ratings) Aroma (Ratings) Body (Ratings) Taste (Ratings) Finish (Ratings) Pairs with Serving Temperatures Notes Ratings (1-5)
Author : Hugh Johnson
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1784727865
The world's most trusted annual wine guide. Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 45th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide. It provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. It reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both. This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book includes a colour supplement: The Ten Best Things About Wine Right Now.
Author : My Wine Reviews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 12,96 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781091105706
This is your individual beautiful wine review book. Its difficult to become a wine expert, even its not so easy to find and remember the good wines. To collect this special moments we created the "My Wine Reviews" reviewing Journal. 150 Pages, 148 Pages for your wine reviews, 2 Sites as index Index Wine Name Winery Region Grapes Vintage Alcohol Content Appearance (Ratings) Aroma (Ratings) Body (Ratings) Taste (Ratings) Finish (Ratings) Pairs with Serving Temperatures Notes Ratings (1-5)
Author : My Wine Reviews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 24,24 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781091105102
This is your individual beautiful wine review book. Its difficult to become a wine expert, even its not so easy to find and remember the good wines. To collect this special moments we created the "My Wine Reviews" reviewing Journal. 150 Pages, 148 Pages for your wine reviews, 2 Sites as index Index Wine Name Winery Region Grapes Vintage Alcohol Content Appearance (Ratings) Aroma (Ratings) Body (Ratings) Taste (Ratings) Finish (Ratings) Pairs with Serving Temperatures Notes Ratings (1-5)
Author : Tyler Colman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1416594140
A lively and informative guide to a year of wine enjoyment and appreciation from acclaimed wine expert and blogger Tyler Colman, a.k.a. "Dr. Vino." In A Year of Wine, award-winning educator Tyler "Dr. Vino" Colman, whose wine blog was hailed by Food & Wine magazine as "one of the seven best," views winter, spring, summer, and fall through the glass of his favorite impact-resistant stemware, pairing each month with its perfect ports, Pinots, and bubblies -- and offering good value recommendations for them all. Throughout, Colman reminds readers to try to pair their pours with context, which is wildly underrated when it comes to enjoying your favorite bottle. And while people tend naturally to drink lighter, more refreshing wines during the warm months and heavier, more serious wines during the winter months, Colman takes the seasonal approach a step further by offering innovative recommendations and enlightening facts that will allow readers to impress their friends for twelve months straight. Is there a perfect wine to serve with chips and salsa on Super Bowl Sunday? Which bottles will help you drown away your tax- day blues without blowing your new budget? Colman answers these questions and much more as he pairs wines with each season, occasion, and moment. Recommending thoughtful and affordable wines for special celebrations and everyday enjoyment, offering tips on beginning a wine collection or spring cleaning the one you have, exploring how to drink with the smallest possible carbon footprint, and explaining how to maximize your wine experience when you dine out, Colman makes wine easy to understand and, most important, to savor. Colman also shares the secret gems of his favorite wine tourism destinations -- where to find the best wine shops in Paris, which Portuguese vintners still crush grapes with their bare feet, and how you can take a ten-tasting-room tour with one stop in a tiny Oregon town -- and turns to some of the country's top sommeliers for their take on wine appreciation as well. Perfect for both seasoned wine enthusiasts and oenophobes, A Year of Wine is an innovative approach that will encourage readers to drink outside the bottle.
Author : Alice Feiring
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 2016-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1612348386
In 2011 when Alice Feiring first arrived in Georgia, she felt as if she'd emerged from the magic wardrobe into a world filled with mythical characters making exotic and delicious wine with the low-tech methods of centuries past. She was smitten, and she wasn't alone. This country on the Black Sea has an unusual effect on people; the most passionate rip off their clothes and drink wines out of horns while the cold-hearted well up with tears and make emotional toasts. Visiting winemakers fall under Georgia's spell and bring home qvevris (clay fermentation vessels) while rethinking their own techniques. But, as in any good fairy tale, Feiring sensed that danger rode shotgun with the magic. With acclaim and growing international interest come threats in the guise of new wine consultants aimed at making wines more commercial. So Feiring fought back in the only way she knew how: by celebrating Georgia and the men and women who make the wines she loves most, those made naturally with organic viticulture, minimal intervention, and no additives. From Tbilisi to Batumi, Feiring meets winemakers, bishops, farmers, artists, and silk spinners. She feasts, toasts, and collects recipes. She encounters the thriving qvevri craftspeople of the countryside, wild grape hunters, and even Stalin's last winemaker while plumbing the depths of this tiny country's love for its wines. For the Love of Wine is Feiring's emotional tale of a remarkable country and people who have survived religious wars and Soviet occupation yet managed always to keep hold of their precious wine traditions. Embedded in the narrative is the hope that Georgia has the temerity to confront its latest threat--modernization.
