2010 California Wine Country Restaurants covers top restaurants in Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino County, plus a listing of noteworthy wineries. This pocket-sized guide contains Zagat Survey's trusted ratings and reviews for area restaurants based on the opinions of diners like you. The trademark reviews and corresponding ratings for Food, Dcor, Service and Cost are organized alphabetically in a user-friendly format. Use the indexes arranged by cuisine and location to find the perfect restaurant for any occasion.
Cabernet Sauvignon, the undisputed king of the red grape varieties, has a well-deserved reputation for producing some of the finest red wines in the world. This practical guide covers them all--from Europe and Australia to North and South America and beyond--guiding readers through the multitude of Cabernets available on the shelves and highlighting the top producers who manage to strike a perfect balance between quality and quantity to make the very best wine.
How did Chardonnay become the most popular white grape variety in the world? Award-winning author Dave Broom--honored as the Glenfiddich Drinks Writer of the Year--charts its evolution, covering where the grape grows and why; who the top winemakers are; how to buy, serve, and store the wine; and what food goes well with it. He provides an international perspective, looking not only at the traditional producing countries in Europe (France, Italy, and Spain), but also at Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, South Africa, and wherever else in the world the wine is found.
Praise for James Waller's Drinkology:\nThe most extensive and straightforward of the bar books...\n-""Minneapolis Star Tribune""\nThe one to reach for...\n-""USA Today""\nIn a restaurant, do you always let somebody else order the wine? When you hear someone say, ""Sherry, "" do you think, ""Who's she?"" Does trying to recall the difference between a Pinot Noir and a Pinot Gris defeat you? Does selecting a wine from a wine shop's shelves unnerve you? Suffer no more. With ""Drinkology WINE, "" James Waller, author of the successful cocktail handbook ""Drinkology, "" offers a guide to understanding wine that's written with you-the novice oenophile-in mind.\nWitty and accessible, ""Drinkology WINE"" begins with a basic wine vocabulary. To explain how wine is made, Waller then takes you on a visit to a working winery. He demystifies wine tasting, showing you how to do it just like a pro. Chapters on red and white wine grapes and on sparkling wines equip you with fundamental knowledge. And Waller's tour of the wine world is conducted from your local wine shop: the place you're most likely to encounter wine in all its breathtaking-sometimes intimidating-variety. Stylish in its presentation yet assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, ""Drinkology WINE"" is an invaluable resource for the wine neophyte and an entertaining refresher course for the more experienced oenophile.
In this friendly introductory guide, food and wine writer Leslie Brenner tells how to:\nPour and taste wine\nDevelop a taste memory\nOrder from a wine list\nSelect a wine at the store\nMatch food with wine\nIn addition, helpful sidebars illuminate such subjects as:\nHow--and why--to swirl without sloshing\nDisarming a snotty waiter\nTen great wines to bring to a dinner party\nGoing beyond California Chardonnay\nStarting your own cellar for under $100\nAlong the way, Lettie Teague's funny and informative cartoons enhance the text and make great devices for remembering the most important facts. Before long,\nyour old standby, Chateau Screwtop, will be a distant memory. Accessible and concise, ""Fear of Wine will appeal to anyone who wants to know a little bit about a subject that can bring great pleasure.\nAt last, a guide that is as fun to read as wine is to drink!
Create you own backyard winery! From breaking ground to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox's From Vines to Wines is the most complete and up-to-date guide to growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine. Wine connoisseurs, gardeners, and home winemakers will find the latest techniques in this fully revised and updated edition. With thorough, illustrated instructions, you'll learn how to: -- Choose and prepare a vineyard site -- Construct sturdy and effective trellising systems -- Plant, prune, and harvest the perfect grapes for your climate -- Press, ferment, age and bottle your own wine -- Judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, body, and taste
Written expressly for beginning and advanced amateurs, this guide explores home winemaking in practical terms, focusing on the latest fermentation techniques of both red and white wine grapes. This new edition is more user-friendly than ever, containing an expanded offering of tips and advice to help winemakers obtain the best possible yield as well as descriptions of new yeasts, chemicals, and additives available. Detailed information on equipment, supplies, and how to arrange a source for good grapes as well as mistakes to avoid makes getting started easy. Advanced winemakers will appreciate full explanations of sophisticated topics--such as malolactic fermentation, sparkling wines, concentrate kits, and blending--and listings of websites for supplementary information.
Currently considered one of the world's trendiest wines, Merlot has long been a staple from the vineyards of Bordeaux, used in blends with Cabernet Sauvignon to add soft, supple fruit to the final product. Susy Atkins, author of ""Girls' Guide to Wine, "" demystifies everything about this popular variety in an eye-opening and practical guide that's great for buying a bottle at home or taking on a wine-tasting trip.
Fasten your seat belts for a non stop, grape-by-grape tour of our wine planet! Combining witty words and provocative pictures, Stuart Pigott takes a simple, unique approach to describing how each of the major grape varieties taste. He provides invaluable information on their origins and flavors, where they are grown, the winemaker's intervention, winemaking techniques, and environmental issues.\n""Winner of the Gourmand Best Wine Education Book 2004""
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