Author : James Halliday
Publisher : Collins
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 22,35 MB
Release : 2006-07
Category : Wine and wine making
ISBN : 9780007240784
This is a guide for all lovers of Australian wines - who now form the majority of wine drinkers in the UK. It offers tasting notes, vintage-specific star-ratings, background information on particular wines, advice on optimal drinking and suggestions for complementary food dishes.
Author : Oz Clarke
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780156030250
Australian wine has become a major player in recent years, taking the American market by storm with its upfront fruit, clear flavors, and eminent drinkability. In this handy companion, internationally renowned wine writer Oz Clarke offers readers and travelers an extensive and entertaining look at one of the world's most exciting wine-producing countries. Here the wine lover will find the best Australian wines at every level, from everyday easy-drinking wines to truly great classic wines. With his signature wit and style, Oz shares personal anecdotes from his frequent trips to Australia, discusses key Australian grapes and key wine regions, profiles more than 160 of the country's top producers, and presents labels and tasting notes on more than a hundred wines. Major wine-growing areas are featured in full-color photographs, and top vineyard areas are illustrated with panoramic maps.
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Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 47,54 MB
Release : 2010-02
Category : Hotel management
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Author : Geralyn G. Brostrom
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313354014
Wine has been a beverage staple since ancient times, especially in Europe. Today's global wine business is thriving, and American consumption of wine has increased dramatically in recent years, with the health benefits touted in the media. More Americans are becoming interested in learning about wine, and they are taking winery tours and attending wine tastings. The Business of Wine: An Encyclopedia is a necessary part of wine education for everyone from the curious consumer to the oenophile or business student and industry professional. It appeals to even the casual browser who wants to be more informed about wine terminology such as terroir or varietal labeling or what constitutes a Pinot Grigio or a Cabernet Sauvignon. More than 140 entries illuminate the regions, grapes, history, wine styles, business elements, events, people, companies, issues, and more that are crucial to the wine industry. Today's wine industry is an unusually complex network of interrelated businesses that collectively serve to produce wine and get it into the hands of consumers all over the world. This A-Z encyclopedia shows how production, distribution, and sales segments work together to bring wine to the public and describes the trade in wine and its related subsidiary elements. Written by a host of wine professionals, this is the most up-to-date source to understand what goes into the enjoyment of a glass of wine. An appendix with industry data, sidebars, and a selected bibliography complement the A-Z entries.
Author : Jack Carlsen
Publisher : CABI
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1845931718
Wine regions are attracting increasing numbers of tourists through tours, wine festivals and events, and winery, restaurant and cellar door experiences. Using a host of case studies from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand this book reviews the latest wine tourism research and management and marketing strategies. The book highlights the lessons learnt for wine, tourism and related industries and concludes by examining the future of the wine tourism industry.
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Page : 856 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2009-03
Category : Alcoholic beverages
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Author : Tony Aspler
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0307372715
Tony Aspler returns with a book for anyone who has fallen under the spell of the glorious grape — and dreamed of having their very own wine cellar. Tony Aspler’s Cellar Book provides guidelines for anyone, whether their regular tipple is a $15-Australian or a $100-Bordeaux, who wants to keep a supply of wines that will age with grace and flavour and be ready to consume for a mid-week dinner or a spontaneous celebration. Tony’s suggestions for general approaches to establishing a cellar, specific bottles and even themes will help you create the perfect collection — big or small. Basic techniques for evaluating the right cellar for your needs are accompanied by sidebars of cellaring experience and advice from well-known wine celebrities. Follow Tony as he builds his own cellar in his condo, while picking up tips on how to build your own.
Author : Bernard Klem
Publisher : Board and Bench Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0980064805
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? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed what's so colorfully described as a peacock's tail? Have you ever savored a full-bodied red only to detect the ripe acrid smell of a horse stall? If not, you're in for a treat, because these terms and thousands more are all here to amuse, dismay, enlighten, inspire, puzzle, and utterly shock you . Welcome to the rich linguistic universe of wine speak: a world where words and wine intersect in an uncontrolled riot of language guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours. The author, a lifelong lover of both wine and words, has compiled and organized this unique thesaurus of 36,975 wine tasting descriptors into 20 special collections extracted from 27 categories so you can locate exactly the right term or phrase to express yourself clearly or to understand others. May your path across the galaxy of wine be paved only with labels from the very best bottles on earth. Or, much more cautiously, with wines that could introduce you to angel pee, citronella, eastern European fruit soup, Godzilla, iodine, ladies' underwear, mustard gas, old running shoes, rawhide, hot tar roads, bubblegum, sweaty saddles, crushed ants, kitchen drains, or even turpentine.
Author : Campbell Mattinson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2015-12-01
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ISBN : 9781743791271
Author : James Halliday
Publisher : Hardie Grant Books
Page : 1287 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Wine and wine making
ISBN : 1743583397
Keenly anticipated each year by winemakers, collectors and wine lovers, the Wine Companion is recognised nationally as the industry benchmark. The 2016 edition has been completely revised to bring you up-to-the-minute information. In his inimitable style, James Halliday shares his extensive knowledge of wine through detailed tasting notes, each with vintage-specific ratings and advice on optimal drinking as well as each wine’s closure, alcohol content and price. He provides information about wineries and winemakers, including vineyard sizes, opening times and contact details. The Wine Companion is an indispensable reference from the country’s leading wine authority and a must-have guide for anyone visiting a winegrowing region, or wanting to replenish their cellar or wine rack. FEATURING Full tasting notes for 3,859 wines Ratings, drink-to dates and prices for a further 2,629 wines 92 new wineries 1,317 winery profiles A list of the five-star wineries of each region Vintage rating charts for each region Regional index showing availability of food, accommodation, music events and cellar-door sales A full-colour map of the wine regions of Australia
