Discusses the history of wine, grape varieties, winemaking techniques, and vintages.

Product Description: What to uncork tonight? There's Titus Vineyards' rich, softly textured zinfandel with lots of ripe raspberry, blackberry, and spice flavors. The captivating, complex, and just plain delicious cabernet sauvignon fromChimney Rock in Napa Valley, with hints of violet and clove...read more

Product Description: Drink easy. The Wine Lover's Calendar features a year of wine advice you can trust from Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible. Here are hundreds of fantastic recommendations, plus tips, advice, history, and lore. Baron de Lay's Rioja reserva, with lingering cherry, chocolate, and caramel flavors...read more

Product Description: From the author of The Wine Bible, this lively, authoritative calendar is packed with stellar recommendations plus tips, advice, history, and lore. Try Saintsbury's classic, exquisitely balanced "Toyon Farm" Pinot Noir. De Loach's smoky, intense "OFS" sauvignon blanc...read more

Product Description: Discover a year of fabulous wine advice and must-try recommendations from Karen MacNeil, the passionate and knowledgeable author of the bestselling The Wine Bible. Try Salentein's spicy, rugged syrah, bursting with black fig and dark cherry character...read more

This user-friendly and highly selective field guide features 273 winery reviews, 29 maps, and hundreds of travel, dining, and lodging recommendations. Whether you are planning a wine-tasting trip to Napa, the Central Coast, or the Sierra foothills, California Wine Country is sure to be an indispensable companion. Original.

The author of The Wine Bible combines thirty sumptuous menus and more than 150 kitchen-tested recipes with wine recommendations for every season of the year and handy tips on buying, ordering, and serving wine. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: Why California chardonnays tend to be so buttery. Getting wine prepared for the holidays. Romantic sips for non Champagne lovers (try a white Burgundy Grand Cru). A refined, balanced, and all-around magnificent pinot noir from Sea Smoke and Kunde’s lively and exotic Magnolia Lane Sauvignon Blanc...read more

Product Description: Cru Bourgeois, Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, and Cru Bourgeois Superieur explained. A luscious Madeira from Cossart Gordon, and the wine equivalent of lemon crème brûlée: Acacia’s refreshing yet rich chardonnay. From Karen MacNeil, author of the bestselling The Wine Bible, the passionate and spirited Wine Lover's Calendar delivers a year of advice, lore, and stellar recommendations, including an advice feature called Ask Karen...read more

Product Description: Grape Thoughts. Sip Tips. Wine Finds. Definitions and funny facts, serving suggestions, and what's happening at the vineyard. Plus for weekend celebrations, The Big Pour.From Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible and one of America's foremost authorities on wine, here is a passionate year of wine, including recommendations, knowlegeable asides, and 75 must-try bottles for the year ahead...read more

Explains how foods affect the human body, suggests how to select and prepare healthful foods, and offers guidelines for improving diet and nutrition