Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition |  | Author: Kevin Zraly
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 25 Anv
Pages: 224
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 1402767676
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9781402767678
ASIN: 1402767676
Publication Date: September 29, 2009
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| • | Tasting more than 4,000 wines and meeting 500 winemaking professionals | | • | Hardcover. 224 pages |
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This new edition Kevin traveled to eighty wine regions in twenty countries, tasting more than 4,000 wines and meeting 500 winemaking professionals. To assure that he had all the latest wine-producing news, he recently visited vineyards in Austria, Hungary, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. Plus, he has updated Wine-Buying Strategies, best vintages, wine lists, and labels. As always, the book includes Wine Basics, Tasting Wine, Matching Wine and Food, Frequently Asked Questions About Wine, and a Selected Glossary. Zraly goes region-by-region, with the wines organized from simple to complex. Hardcover. 224 pages.
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The Best! Increase Your Enjoyment of Wines November 9, 2009
Keith E. Webb (Singapore)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition is the number one book to learn about wine. It's a complete, readable guide to wine regions, grape varietals, wine pairing, and much much more. You'll learn about all the major wine regions, their typical grape varietals, and distinguishing characteristics.
Throughout the book specific, easily available, and affordable wines are profiled by winery. Special sections take this further: wine tasting "courses" of flights of different wines to compare; 101 favorite wines; and wines to begin a wine cellar.
Now, in it's 25 Anniversary edition it's been enlarged further with new sections on Austria, Hungary, and Greece. The wine lists have been updated and enlarged, and sections Chile, Argentina, and New Zealand have been expanded given their influence in the world of wine today.
I've completed two levels of the excellent Wine and Spirit Education Trust's wine programs. I'm amazed that Kevin Zraly's Windows on the World is just as thorough and is basically the intermediate level - in a book. I refer back to it often, and give it as gifts to friends who want to increase their appreciation of wine.
Excellent Introduction to Wine November 3, 2009
B. O'NEILL (Southern California, USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is a great introduction for anyone new to wine, as I was. This is not intended to be the most complete reference for all wine, but is instead a colorful, focused, entertaining overview of wine today. Each chapter focuses on a different region or type of wine, providing background information on each wine area, the author's favorite wineries/producers from the area, a sample tasting (he picks several wines for you to try and also suggests alternatives if you can't find those particular bottles) and a quiz at the end to help you retain some of that information. A great book for any wine lover!
great for yourself, great as a gift! December 13, 2009
depcharrge (Peoria, IL)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I had a previous edition of Kevin Zraly's book that was recommended to me by a gentleman who was the regional buyer of wine for a large, national chain of high end steak-house restaurants. This is a wonderful book for people just getting into wine, as well as your "above average" fans of wine. Just this weekend, I purchased 2 copies as gifts for friends. The book is sophisticated yet personal and approachable. The only better gift would have been to actually buy bottles of wine!! Enjoy!
Sipping and slipping into great wine - information February 14, 2010
S. Barrett (Northern California)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read lots of wine books over the years and considerable myself pretty knowledgeable. And yet Zraly's book made it brand new for me. The side bars brought together interesting facts and the text was chunked into easily digestable and sippable bits. My new favorite wine book, after my own - Wine's Hidden Beauty.
Good Info January 30, 2010
Rick W. Hill (Mid -Michigan, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not quite an anthology, but enough information to keep you well versed on the grape growing process & how it becomes a delectable drink. Mr. Zraly covers the globe with recommendations for both the famous French regions, to the up & coming new players, what vintages are considered better to his palate, & vintners he considers to be a bit better than the others.
Wine is a highly subjective matter, as some will immediately identify with a particular type or taste they like. Such as sweet or dry, red, white, or blush, French, Italian, or American, etc. So this is an excellent guide book to expand your tastes & try something new & different.
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