Tells you how to find various flavors in the wines you buy, regardless of whether the wine is labeled by grape variety or by country. This book explains how to get maximum enjoyment out of every bottle you buy, from dealing with broken corks, to learning basic tasting techniques, spotting faulty wine, and matching food and wine.
Offers a directory of some of the best places to buy wine in the UK. This book contains: wine finder by country and by producer; storing, serving and tasting; and buying for the long term.
We're a nation of drinkers but what do we drink? The authors travel round Britain and explore the best and worst of British beers and move on to other drinks: whisky, wine and cider, as well as the less well known perry, mead, ginger beer, the great British cuppa, punch, gin, fruit cordials, delicious milk and even which is the best water and why.
Every producer in the world with ambitions to make great red wine looks to Bordeaux for inspiration. This is a guide to Bordeaux, the world's most famous wine region.
A wine guide, which covers storing, serving and tasting; guidance to wine flavours; wine finder by country; buying for the long term; and a directory of UK's retailers, from fine wine merchants to supermarkets and high street chains. It includes special occasion and good value fizz.
Oz Clarke, Britain's most popular wine writer, is absolutely in tune with what wine drinkers want today - flavour, individuality, excellent value for money and wines that are readily available. Oz has tasted thousands of wines and here are his tips for great white wines and roses for 2008.
Provides an informative guide to the French regions and their wines. Illustrated with over 80 landscape photographs and location shots, this book includes information on wine-making, wine culture and regions.
Here the author gives essential information on the varied flavours and styles of hundreds of wines from around the world. The book takes as a starting point the premise that good wine is, above all, what gives you pleasure. Each chapter includes an introduction to the regions, with wine maps and information on grape varieties and wine style.