Description:
A globetrotting tour of the world's wine regions, from Bordeaux to Rioja, from The Lebanon to California, and from South Africa's Cape to Australia's Barossa Valley, including notes on the top vintages to look for
Focuses on 12 major grape varieties from Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon to Gamay, their aromas, flavours and characters
Explores the principles of tasting wine, identifying dryness, sweetness, acidity, tannin, oak and fruit, plus how to create your own collection in a cellar, a guide to corkscrews and glasses, how to let wine breathe, and which foods go best with which wines
Explains the conventions of bottle labelling, analysing features such as the name of the vineyard, the grape variety and style, alcohol content, vintage year and appellation contr?ll?e
Features over 450 beautiful colour photographs of wineries and grape varieties, wine labels and hand-painted maps showing the principal wine regions of the world
Fully revised and updated edition of a classic reference.
