"A better and more entertaining introduction to wine would be hard to find... Highly recommended."
--Wine & Spirits Magazine
"Wine is one of life's great pleasures... I hope more people will relax and simply enjoy wine after this book."
--Francis Ford Coppola, Proprietor, Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery
"Mulligan and McCarthy will make you smarter with every page.At the next dinner party you will impress your friends."
--Adam M. Strum, Editor and Publisher Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Do you panic when the waiter hands you the wine list because you don't know a Chardonnay from a Cabernet Sauvignon?Do you know what to do when the waiter hands you the cork?
Well you don't have to be intimidated anymore! Wine for Dummies is the down-to-earrth, one-stop wine resource that teaches you everything:
Open , serve, and store wine properly
Read and understand a wine label
Distinguish good wine from bad with ease
Tast the "elements of wine" like body, flavor, and balance
Select wine for any meal or special occasion with confidence
Navigate your way through a wine shop like a pro
Enjoy fine wine without spending a lot of money
In Wine for Dummies, Mary Ewing-Mulligan teams up with hubby and fellow wine educator Ed McCarthy to guide us on an exhaustive, entertaining trip around the enological--that's right, enological--world. Though clearly experts themselves (Ewing-Mulligan is one of a handful of Americans holding the rare title Master of Wine), the authors assure us that even the most basic knowledge will undermine the very notion of wine pretension. It's as simple as this: "This wine is named for a grape variety. This wine is named for a geographical region. When they make this kind of wine, it goes into this kind of bottle." And so on.
By providing the context in which to begin exploring wine, Wine for Dummies can easily become the send-off for a lifelong education. McCarthy and Mulligan deflate many of the wine snob's attitudes; they assure us that most wine sold today is "good wine," and that any further distinctions made about wine are ultimately subjective. The practical, jovial mentoring the authors provide encourages readers to chart their own course toward drinking great wine (although the authors naturally recommend dozens of their own favorites along the way). In later chapters, McCarthy and Mulligan delve into more serious topics such as investing in and cellaring wine. Even these discussions seem appropriate, given that you'll probably find the allure of wine growing as its mystery subsides to the force of this superb introductory text. --Todd Gehman
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
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