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Houghton Mifflin Winewise Second Edition Your Complete Guide to
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Exploring Wine
Book SynopsisThe essential wine reference for food and wine aficionados, students, and professionals Written by the experts who train today's leading chefs and sommeliers, this invaluable guide thoroughly demystifies wine, from the basics of wine production to the nuances of wine lists, wine marketing, and wine service.Table of ContentsForeword 1 Part 1 Fundamentals: Growing Grapes, Making Wine, and Tasting Wine 3 Chapter 1 The Right Stuff: Grape Growing and Grape Types 5 Chapter 2 How Wine is Made 51 Chapter 3 Tasting Wine 87 Part 2 Wines of the New World 109 Chapter 4 United States: California 111 Chapter 5 Beyond California: Wines of North America 185 Chapter 6 The Southern Hemisphere 207 Part 3 Wines of the Old World 255 Chapter 7 France 259 Chapter 8 Italy 351 Chapter 9 Spain 415 Chapter 10 Portugal 447 Chapter 11 Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 487 Chapter 12 Wines of Eastern Europe 519 Chapter 13 The Eastern Mediterranean and Asia 527 Part 4 Wine, Food, and Health 553 Chapter 14 Wine and Food 555 Chapter 15 Wine and Health 633 Part 5 Wine Service and Storage 647 Chapter 16 Wine Service 649 Chapter 17 Purchasing and Storing Wine 673 Chapter 18 Wine Lists 695 Appendix A: Conversion Tables 732 Appendix B: How to Read a Wine Label 733 Appendix C: American Appellations (AVAs) 746 Glossary 748 Bibliography 765 Index 771 Figure and Photography Credits 792
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