Product Description: Andrew Jefford's "Wine Course" is written with warmth, wit and a deep love of the subject. It unfolds in 20 projects, so you learn the essentials in a helpful order. The first part, The Tools, introduces you to the kit you'll need for tasting and thinking about wine, including glasses and the colours of key wine types...read more

Product Description: This award-winning guide to France’s fourteen famed wine regions is now updated to reflect the rapidly evolving French wine industry. Extensive coverage of wines and producers from the grand chateaux of Bordeaux to local village vintners makes the information detailed enough for those in the wine trade, yet accessible to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of French wine and the personalities who make them...read more

Demystifies the world of wine by exploring both the tastes of wine and broader wine styles. This book describes wine styles according to their colour, weight and whether they are still, sparkling or fortified. It also discusses wine and food matching and choosing wine in a restaurant.

Product Description: In this book, acclaimed wine writer Andrew Jefford demystifies the world of wine by exploring both the tastes of wine and broader wine styles. He begins with the three things that determine a wine's taste. First, grapes; recognizing the taste of a dozen or so varieties will enable you to predict the taste of most wines...read more

Product Description: When you visit the wine store, you can buy wine from every corner of the globe. The choice of wines grows apace as old grapes are grown in new places and newer varieties become widely available. So while today's wine is still made according to ancient principles, today's wine drinkers may need a little guidance to find the best bottles around...read more

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Product Description: Wine enthusiasts are hungry for knowledge, and that is exactly what esteemed wine writer Andrew Jefford provides in Wine Tastes Wine Styles, Jefford has devised a two-pronged strategy that is based on a familiarity with wine tastes and wine styles...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "A colorful journey through the world of France's sparkling nectar"