Winner of The Wine Book of the Year Gold Label Award (Le Prix due Champagne Lanson); the Glenfiddich Award for Best Drink Book; and the Best Drink Book of the Year by the coveted Andre Simon Memorial Fund Awards."Schuster knows how winetasting works...how real people respond to it, and has the skills to explain it clearly..."--Wine Spectator"...something we haven't really seen before: a beautifully designed and intelligently organized wine primer..."--Boston GlobeOne of the most respected lecturers on wine tells you everything you need to know in a comprehensive, structured course. The big feature: 10 instructive tastings that use a variety of widely available and affordable wines.

The U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, is returning from a mission to deliver medical supplies to Deep Space Station C-15, one of Starfleet’s most distant installations. All is routine until the Enterprise comes within a light-year of the planet Mu Arigulon, when the ship is suddenly thrown from warp and suffers a momentary power cut, having run aground on a spatial distortion not revealed in previous scans of the system. When the pride of Starfleet hits another, much worse distortion, Dr. Leonard McCoy has his hands full caring for officers who have suddenly fallen into comas for no apparent reason. The Enterprise medical team soon discovers that the dying officers are espers—humans with a rare and abnormal level of telepathic and psychic ability. With no choice but to link to the officers’ minds in order to come to their aid, McCoy is plunged into a nightmarish dream-world . . . with the end result being nothing short of the possible destruction of the Enterprise and all aboard her. . . .

Product Description: Host your own wine tasting session using these tips and techniques for tasting, describing, and enjoying various kinds of wines. Inside you’ll find: - Nine step-by-step wine tasting lessons covering varying styles and grape varieties- A detailed glossary of wine-tasting terms- Advice for paring wine and food- Descriptions of various red and white grapes (and tips for distinguishing them)- A list of tools you need or hosting your own tastin...read more

An introductory course in wine covering wine tasting techniques, wine making, the major grapes and wines made from them, and methods of storing and serving (view table of contents)