Wine Blog

No cheers over beer, wine in Karnataka – Times of India
BANGALORE: In an election year, the safest sector to tax is alcoholic beverages if one desperately wants to prop up sagging tax receipts, as Karnataka does. Come April 1, get ready to pay more for your poison, be it hard liquor, beer, other low

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Wine Basics, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot’s Guide to)
From grape lover to grape aficionado.

The possibilities of learning about and buying wine have expanded and so has The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Wine Basics with a new edition. Here, readers can get their hands on new information such as ordering hard-tofind wine online, discussing the newest and most popular labels and vintages, and understanding the biggest trend in wine today—environmentally conscious wines and winemaking. Readers will find:

•Essentials about the winemaking process, key terms, tips for tasting, and buying advice
•Organic, biodynamic and natural winemaking
•Winemaking in states other than California, Oregon, and Washington
•Regions gaining popularity, such as South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Portugal

Customer Review: Clearly teaches the basics
This book gave all of the basics to wine tasting in a very easy to read, easy to remember format. The language of wine tasting was explained and many examples given. I would recommend it to friends.

Customer Review: great first book about wine
This was my perfect first book on wine, after this one I can now chose and read the others. In particular guided tastings are what I will be looking for when I will dig deeper into any given continent, country or region. Main chapters of this book are the 4 or 5 most known varietals for white and red. This way at your own pace you get to know the basics. This book will also help “red wine only” drinkers to discover the world of whites and, why not, vice-versa. I also liked the fact the author gave excellent suggestions to save money where possible. There is also information on different styles (like sparklings or porto for example), accessories and basic notions (one getting closer to this world would need to know something about how wine is produced). Great hints on organizing guided tastings, purchasing at the stores or reading wine lists at the restaurants.

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