Wine Tasting

A complete guide to choosing and really enjoying wine, covering everything from tasting to buying, storing and entertaining with wines that you, your friends and your family will all love.

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Wine Tasting will help you to discover wines you enjoy, and to feel confident about your choices in every situation. It will give you a step-by-step guide to wine appreciation and explain the facts you need to find wines that suit your taste. It covers all the major grape varieties and wine-making styles, and offers plenty of practical information about how to buy, store and serve wine, whatever your personal preference.

Wine Tasting includes:

Part one: where to begin
Chapter 1: Getting started
Chapter 2: How to taste wine

Part two: the flavours of wine
Chapter 3: Grape varieties
Chapter 4: Climate and place
Chapter 5: The winemaker
Chapter 6: Understanding your own taste

Part three: Wines of the world
Chapter 7: How to identify wine styles
Chapter 8: Wine regions: Europe
Chapter 9: Wine regions: the new world

Part four: Buying, serving and storing wine
Chapter 10: Wine with food
Chapter 11: Serving wine
Chapter 12: Understanding wine labels
Chapter 13: Buying wine
Chapter 14: Storing wine