Know It All Wine (eBook)

The 50 Essential Topics, Each Explained in Under a Minute

Gerard Basset (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
160 Seiten
Wellfleet Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6122-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Surrounded by mystique, the world of wine can be intimidating for the novice. What's the difference between bouquet and nose? Is Rioja a wine or a region? Are you prepared to answerany of those questions at a dinner party?Know-It-All Wine demystifies the subject, decanting the knowledge you need in palatable sips. Compiled by wine experts, it's organized in a sequence of well-thought-out chapters, taking you from terroir to the technicalities of winemaking, introducing you to the important grapes and iconic regions, offering an overview of the business of wine and how it works, and concluding with a section on the enjoyment of wine. Every entry has been edited into a neat and effective 300 words and an image, it will leave you plenty of time to put your new-found expertise into practice. The Know It All seriestakes a revolutionary approach tolearning about the subjects you really feelyou should understand but have never gotten around to studying.Each book selects a popular topic and dissects it into the50 mostsignificant ideasat its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, isexplained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in under a minute. Other titles in this series include: Know It All Anthropology, Know It All Chemistry, Know It All Classical Music, Know It All Energy, Know It All Fashion, Know It All Great Inventions, Know It All Jazz, Know It All Medicine, Know It All Shakespeare, Know It All Whiskey, Space In 30 Seconds, Sports in 30 Seconds.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.4.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Know It All
• Reihe/Serie: Know It All
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken
• Schlagworte: appellations • Barossa Valley • Bordeaux • bordeaux's rise to prominence • brokers & merchants • Burgundy • Cabernet Sauvignon • carole p. meredith • chardonnay & le montrachet • château latour • classic grapes & wines • élevage • Fermentation • fortified wines • henri jayer • making champagne • making red wine • making white wine • Marlborough • Mendoza • michel rolland • miguel a. torres • Napa Valley • nebbiolo & barolo • phylloxera • pinot noir & la romanée-conti • regional grapes & wine styles • riesling & scharzhofberger • Rioja • Robert Mondavi • sauvignon blanc & pouilly fumé • Sommeliers • Stellenbosch • sulphur dioxide • sweet wines • syrah/shiraz & hermitage • tempranillo & ribera del duero • Terroir • the business of wine • the judgment of paris • The Vineyard • Tuscany • vigneron • viticulture • why champagne sparkles • wine agents • wine & medieval monks • wine closures • wine emerging economies • wine history • wine iconic regions • wine organic & biodynamic • Wine producers • wine retailers • Winery • wine's spiritual beginnings • wine training & pruning • wine writers
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6122-3 / 0760361223
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6122-1 / 9780760361221