Wine for Dummies / by Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Ed.

Ewing-Mulligan, Mary, author.

Series:

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine and wine making.

Wine and wine making--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 pages)

Edition:

7th ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, c2019.

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

Wine enthusiasts: raise a glass! The global wine market has expanded rapidly in the past few years and is forecasted to increase through 2019. Consumption, new wine styles, online wine purchasing, and a growing younger population of wine enthusiasts are all contributing factors. In Wine For Dummies, the authors-both recognized wine authorities and accredited Certified Wine Educators-share their expertise, revealing the latest on what's in, what's out, and what's new in wine. Featuring information on both classic and cutting-edge wines, it's packed with everything you need to hold your own in tasting rooms, shops, and beyond! * Includes updated information on navigating wine shops and selecting wines in restaurants * Covers the latest expert advice on buying wine online thanks to the online retail boom * Provides updated vintage charts and price guidelines * Offers information on trends in wine, including packaging innovations such as wine in a can, kegs, and boxes Whether you're a beginner or intermediate wine enthusiast, this is your no-nonsense guide to choosing wine, understanding wine lists, exploring new varieties, serving, sharing, and more!

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1 Getting Started with Wine

Chapter 1 Wine 101

How Wine Happens

What Color Is Your Appetite?

(Not exactly) white wine

Red, red wine

Rosé wines

Choosing your color

Other Ways of Categorizing Wine

Table wine

Dessert wine

Sparkling wine (and a highly personal spelling lesson)

Chapter 2 A Matter of Personal Taste (Buds)

The Special Technique for Tasting Wine

Savoring a wine's appearance

The nose knows

The mouth action

Parlez-Vous Winespeak?

Deconstructing a wine's taste

The flavor dimension

The Quality Issue

What's a good wine?

What's a bad wine?

Chapter 3 Pinot Envy and Other Secrets about Grape Varieties

The Importance of Grape Varieties

Of genus and species

A variety of varieties

How grapes vary

Grape royalty

A Primer on White Grape Varieties

Chardonnay

Riesling

Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio

Other white grapes

A Primer on Red Grape Varieties

International superstars

Local heroes

Other red grapes

Chapter 4 Wine Label Lingo

The Wine Name Game

Grape names and place-names

Hello, my name is Chardonnay: Varietal wines

Hello, my name is Bordeaux: Place-name wines

Wines named in other ways

Decoding the Language of the Label

The mandatory sentence

Indications of origin

Some optional label lingo

Chapter 5 Winemaking Matters

Vineyard Jargon, Winemaking Talk

The World of Viti-Vini

Vine-growing variations

Winemaking wonder words

Even More Winemaking Terms

Part 2 Wine and You: Up Close and Personal

Chapter 6 Buying Wine to Drink at Home

Buying Wine Can Give Anyone the Jitters.

Wine Retailers, Large and Small

Supermarkets, superstores, and so on

Specialty wine shops

Online merchants

Criteria for Choosing Wine Merchants

In the wine shop

On the Internet

Strategies for Wine Shopping

Explain what you want

Name your price

Chapter 7 Buying Wine in Restaurants

By the Glass or Buy the Bottle

Just a glass, please

Choosing from the bottle list

Analyzing the Wine List

What the wine list should tell you

Tips for using the wine list

The end result: Choosing your wine

Managing the Wine Presentation Ritual

Restaurant Wine Tips

Long Live Wine Bars

Chapter 8 Serving Wine

Getting the Cork Out

The corkscrew not to use

Corkscrews to buy

Dealing with cork particles in your wine

A special case: Opening Champagne and sparkling wine

Screw Caps Are "In"

Does Wine Really Breathe?

How to aerate your wine

Which wines need aerating?

Does the Glass Really Matter?

Color, size, and shape

Tulips, flutes, trumpets, and other picturesque wine-glass names

Which glasses to buy?

Washing your wine glasses

Not Too Warm, Not Too Cold

Entertaining with Wine

First things first

How much is enough?

Keeping Leftover Wine

Chapter 9 Marrying Wine with Food

With Wine and Food, Rules Do Not Apply

The Dynamics of Food and Wine

Tannic wines

Sweet wines

Acidic wines

High-alcohol wines

Other Ways of Pairing Food and Wine

Classic Pairings of Wine and Food

Part 3 Wine's Classic Face: The "Old World" of Wine

Chapter 10 Knowing the Wines of France

The French Model

Understanding French wine law

Fine distinctions in the ranks

France's Wine Regions

Bordeaux: The Legend

The subregions of red Bordeaux

Classified information: Left Bank

Classified information: Right Bank.

Portugal: More than Just Port

Portugal's "green" white

Noteworthy Portuguese red wines

Germany: Europe's Individualist

Riesling and company

Germany's wine law

German wine styles

Germany's wine regions

Austria's Exciting Whites (and Reds)

Grüner Veltliner and company

Austrian wine names and label terms

The Glory That Is Greece

Greek grapes

Wine regions, producers, and label lingo in Greece

Three Other European Wine Hot Spots

Hungary: Unique Old World wines

Croatia: A wine renaissance in Eastern Europe

Slovenia: A surprisingly large wine country

Part 4 Wine's Modern Face: The "New World" of Wine

Chapter 13 America, America

The New World of American Wine

The grape variety as star

American Viticultural Areas

California, U.S.A.

Napa Valley: As Tiny as It Is Famous

The grapes of Napa

Who's who in Napa (and for what)

Down-to-Earth in Sonoma

Sonoma's AVAs

Sonoma producers and wines

Mendocino and Lake Counties

The San Francisco Bay Area

The Santa Cruz Mountains

What's New in Old Monterey

Gold Country: The Sierra Foothills

San Luis Obispo: Paso Robles to Edna Valley

Santa Barbara, Californian Paradise

Oregon: A Tale of Two Pinots

Oregon's other Pinot

Who's who in Willamette Valley

Two other Oregon wine regions

Washington State Reaches New Heights

Washington's wine regions

Who's who in Washington

The Empire State

The Finger Lakes region

Long Island and the Hudson Valley

Who's who in New York

Chapter 14 The Southern Hemisphere Explodes with Wine

Australian Wine Power

Winemaking, grapes, and terroir

Australia's wine regions

The Rise of New Zealand

Kiwi geography

Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir lead the way

Chile's Rapid Rise to Wine Fame

Chile's wine regions

The face and taste of Chilean wines.

Argentina, a Major League Player

Regions and grapes

Names to know

The South African Wine Safari

South Africa's principal wine regions

Steen, Pinotage, and company

Part 5 Wine's Exotic Face

Chapter 15 Champagne and Other Sparklers

All That Sparkles Is Not Champagne

Sparkling Wine Styles

The sweetness factor

The quality factor

How Sparkling Wine Happens

Tank fermentation: Economy of scale

Bottle fermentation: Small is beautiful

Tasting the difference

Champagne and Its Magic Wines

What makes Champagne special

Non-vintage Champagne

Vintage Champagne

Blanc de blancs and blanc de noirs

Rosé Champagne

Sweetness categories

Recommended Champagne producers

Grower Champagnes

Other Sparkling Wines

Italian spumante: Dry and Sweet

Spanish sparkling wines (Cava)

French sparkling wine

American sparkling wine

English sparkling wines

Buying and Serving Bubbly

Chapter 16 Wine Roads Less Traveled: Fortified and Dessert Wines

Timing Is Everything

The Growing Popularity of Sherry

The Jerez triangle

The phenomenon of flor

Communal aging

Two makes 12+

Serving and storing Sherry

Recommended Sherries

Montilla: A Sherry look-alike

Italy: Marsala, Vin Santo, and the Gang

Port: The Glory of Portugal

Home, home on the Douro

Many Ports in a storm

Storing and serving Port

Recommended Port producers

Long Live Madeira

Timeless, indestructible, tasty, and baked

Endless finish

Madeira styles and grape varieties

Sauternes and the Nobly-Rotted Wines

Sauternes: Liquid gold

Mining the gold

Recommended Sauternes

Letting baby grow

Sauternes look-alikes

Hungary's Tokaji Aszú and Tokaji Eszencia

Part 6 When You've Caught the Bug

Chapter 17 Buying and Collecting Wine

Finding the Rare and Collectible Wines.

Buying fine and collectible wines on the Internet.

Notes:

Includes index

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119512707

1119512700

9781119512769

111951276X

OCLC:

1061106220