Books – Wine Hardware

Lineage: Life and Love and Six Generations in California Wine

winehardware — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:08:37 +0000

With his decades of winemaking expertise, and with his extraordinary gift for evocative writing, Steven takes us straight into the heart of his calling: how it looks and feels to be in a vineyard heavy with grapes, awaiting the dawn and the throbbing pulse of a harvest about to begin. It’s a magical moment, and it’s the beginning of a journey deep into the art, the craft, the passion, and the 8,000 years of history that lie inside the finest of wines.

Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine

winehardware — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:52:26 +0000

A visual wine book that uses infographics and illustrations to simplify the complex topics of wine. Wine Fundamentals Styles of Wine Wine Regions Extras:A few fun extras including page links, a glossary of wine words, an index section, and a personal tasting challenge.

My Drunk Kitchen Holidays: How to Savor and Celebrate the Year: A Cookbook by Hannah Hart

winehardware — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 02:20:34 +0000

A collection of recipes, activities, and suggestions about hilarious and joyous ways to celebrate with family, friends, pets, and your entire community, My Drunk Kitchen Holidays! will commemorate holidays from Valentine’s Day to Graduation, Pride Month and International Left-Handers’ Day (really!). The book will culminate with the fall holidays that get much deserved attention: recipes for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and a celebration of Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Christmas that is festive, inclusive, and incredibly hilarious.

Wine Style: Using Your Senses To Explore And Enjoy Wine

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

From the bestselling authors of Wine For Dummies, a different way to choose and enjoy wine

Because the choices in a wine store or on a wine list can seem limitless or intimidating, wine drinkers often stick with what they know, such as Merlot, or go with the choice made by a wine critic or a waiter. This appealingly straightforward and unintimidating guide will help wine drinkers discover what they like and make informed choices. The authors identify 12 wine styles, or taste categories, including four for red wine and four for white wine. For each style, the authors detail how it tastes, where it comes from, grape varieties that are common for the style, and a few recommended wines. The style “Soft, Fruity Red Wines,” for instance, includes U.S. Merlots, Beaujolais, Burgundies and other Pinot Noirs, and southern Italian reds, among other wines. Complete with tips on pairing wine with food and a pull-out wine wheel to help readers remember the styles, this is the refreshingly different book wine drinkers have been waiting for.

Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Master of Wine, and Ed McCarthy, Certified Wine Instructor (New York, NY), are among the best-known, most widely respected wine experts in the United States. They have appeared frequently in the media, including on television’s Food Network and CNNfn, and have written seven wine books in the For Dummies series.

Editorial Reviews

From The Inside Flap

Have you ever felt uneasy or overwhelmed when buying or ordering wine? Do you long for a different, more personal way to choose and drink wine? If the answer to either question is “yes,” then this is the book for you. It will help you discover wines you like and make informed choices by introducing you to wine styles.

From the Back Cover

Which Wine Style Matches Your Taste?Who knows more about great wine than you? No one—when it comes to what wines will actually be “great” to your taste. Wine labels and recommendations can help you make choices, but ultimately you are the best judge of the right wines for you.

Wine Style classifies and describes wines by different tastes, or styles—including four for red wines and four for whites—to make it easier for you to identify wines you like. You don’t have to memorize the details of wine regions and grape varieties or master wine vocabulary to select a good bottle of wine—though if you want to delve that deeply, this book is a great starting place. Wine Style inspires and empowers you to explore wine with an adventurous spirit and to discover wines that you enjoy. Cheers!

“Not only do we get the usual erudition and insight on the glory and beauty of wine from Mary and Ed, but in this inspired volume we get profound expertise in everyday terms. Drinking and learning about wine is stimulating and fun. Reading Wine Style is more than mouth-watering; it gets all the senses excited.”
—Charlie Trotter

“Finally, a (soon-to-be) grape-stained guide that speaks to wine lovers in their native tongue: Taste! In penning Wine Style, Mary Ewing-Mulligan and Ed McCarthy have crafted a book for everyone —and anyone—who ever felt frustrated connecting their palate preferences to a pleasing bottle of vino.”
—Joshua Wesson, Co-founder/Chairman of Best Cellars

About the Author

MARY EWING-MULLIGAN, Master of Wine, and ED McCARTHY are among the best-known, most widely respected wine experts in the United States. They are coauthors of the bestselling Wine For Dummies and six other wine books, and each is a wine columnist and frequent contributor to magazines, radio, and television. Mary, the first female Master of Wine in the U.S., is president of International Wine Center, a New York City school that trains hundreds of wine professionals and wine lovers each year. Ed is generally considered the leading U.S. expert on Champagne.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 244 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 21, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764544535
ISBN-13: 978-0764544538
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.8 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Wine Uncorked: A Practical Introduction to Tasting and Enjoying Wine

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Wine Uncorked is a practical introduction to the enjoyable art of tasting and drinking wine. With the aid of a unique, specially created flavor wheel, it helps you explore and identify the exciting and subtle flavors of wines and choose those you will like best, so that you can select wine with confidence to complement any mood or occasion. Covers all practical aspects of enjoying wine: tasting wine, matching wine with food, buying, storing, serving and how to determine if wine is faulty; includes practical tastings of wines from the six most important grape varieties; explains how grapes are grown, the crucial role of grape varieties and how they are transformed into wine; and includes a tour of the world’s major wine areas.

About the Author

Fiona Beckett is a prolific writer who contributes to a number of newspapers and food and drink magazines, such as Food Illustrated and Bon Appetit. She often appears on television and radio and frequently visits wine regions throughout the world.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Willow Creek Press (April 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572232013
ISBN-13: 978-1572232013
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

The Wine Bible

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

THE MOST COMPLETE WINE BOOK EVER. A must for anyone who loves wine, whether they are a pro or an amateur. Thorough, authoritative, and entertaining. (Robert Mondavi, founder and chairman emeritus of the Robert Mondavi Family of Wines)

“The most informative and entertaining book I’ve ever seen on the subject.” (Danny Meyer, co-author of The Union Square Cafe Cookbook)

The essentials: The romance and intrigue of Burgundy of sauvignon blanc and the surprising elegance of Spain’s top Riojas. Italy, one of wine’s most enchanting and ancient homelands. What makes a great wine great? The reason behind Champagne’s bubbles. The precise and food-friendly wines of Germany. California, wine’s Camelot. The lip-smackingly good wines of Australia. The complexities of Port revealed. How a vineyard profoundly affects a wine’s character.

Plus, matching wine with food – and mood. The secrets of professional wine tasters and how to expand your wine-tasting vocabulary. And everything else you need to know to buy, store, serve, and enjoy the world’s most captivating beverage.

Editorial Reviews

Think of this book as a lively course from an expert teacher, grounded deeply in the fundamentals and enriched with passionate asides, tips, anecdotes, definitions, glossaries, illustrations, maps, wine labels – everything, in fact, but the actual wine itself. By America’s renowned wine teacher and authority.

“A dazzling, comprehensive, modern guide to wine, free of elitism and pedantry. This thoroughly successful work sets a new standard and makes wine more accessible and user-friendly than it has ever been before.” (Anthony Dias Blue, wine and spirits editor, Bon Appetit)

About the Author

Karen MacNeil is the only U.S. winner of every major wine award in the English language, including the James Beard Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year (2004). She is the host of Wine, Food and Friends with Karen MacNeil (PBS nationally); a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, andTown & Country; and chairman emeritus of the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley. As a consultant, Karen creates wine seminars for corporate clients, including Lexus, Merrill Lynch, Disney, and GE. She lives in St. Helena, California, and online at karenmacneil.com.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 910 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; First Edition edition (February 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1563054345
ISBN-13: 978-1563054341
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds

Parker’s Wine Bargains: The World’s Best Wine Values Under $25

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, you can buy world-class wine on a budget. With Parker’s Wine Bargains, America’s most influential wine critic offers a guide to the world’s best wines priced at $25 or less.

Robert M. Parker, Jr., earned his international reputation and unprecedented influence as a dedicated consumer advocate — if a wine isn’t worth the money, he says so, regardless of the wine’s pedigree. In Parker’s Wine Bargains, for the first time he and his Wine Advocate team offer budget-minded wine buyers a handy guide to low-priced wines for both everyday drinking and special occasions.

Organized by country, the book lists more than 1,500 quality wine producers, as well as abbreviated tasting notes for more than 3,000 of the best value wines. The book includes significant contributions from Wine Advocate reviewers David Schildknecht, Antonio Galloni, Dr. Jay Miller, Mark Squires, and Neal Martin. Chapters include an overview of each country’s wine-producing regions, highlight up-and-coming or underappreciated regions, and detail when wines can be consumed. Also featuring a vintage guide and lists such as “the best of the best,” Parker’s Wine Bargains is an accessible guide from the expert theNew York Times deems “the critic who matters most.”

Editorial Reviews

Being budget-minded in today’s wine market presents some real challenges. On one hand, a weak dollar and continued demand for wine tend to inflate prices; on the other, recession and overleveraged wineries depress prices. All of this makes for a volatile marketplace, and prices may change rapidly at the retail level. For Parker, a bargain wine is one that sells for less than $25. His main objective here is to recommend specific bottles from each listed region, but his influential, if controversial, 100-point rating system is notably absent. Within each country or region, Parker lists bargain wines by producer, describing each wine’s salient characteristics and giving an approximate price range. Indexes further assist in finding one’s way around this extensive catalog. Parker’s undisputed status as the preeminent wine critic gives cachet to any listing he produces, and his imprimatur represents a reliable standard for the consumer. –Mark Knoblauch

About the Author

Robert M. Parker, Jr., has been the author and publisher of The Wine Advocate for more than twenty-five years. He has won countless awards, including two of France’s highest presidential honors: in 1993, President Francois Mitterrand pronounced him a Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Merite. In 1999, President Jacques Chirac signed a decree appointing Parker a Chevalier dans L’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur, and in 2005, elevated his title to Officier. He is the author of many books about wine, includingBordeaux, Burgundy, The Wines of the Rhône Valley, and Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide. Visit the author online at www.eRobertParker.com.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Original edition (November 3, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439101906
ISBN-13: 978-1439101902
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.3 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

Napa Stories Wine Journal

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Companion journal to the book Napa Stories: Profiles, Reflections & Recipes from the Napa Valley (see pages 2-3)– Illustrated tabs divide sections into Tasting and Cellar Notes for red, white, and rose wines– Includes glossary of key wine terms and resource lists of best wine shops and Web sites– Built-in pocket provides safe keeping for favorite wine bottle labels and business cards.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang (September 15, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1584791314
ISBN-13: 978-1584791317
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

Hospices De Beaune: The Saga of a Winemaking Hospital

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

On the third Sunday of every November, the famous Hospices de Beaune perform their annual, 150-year-old act of altruism: the hospital puts its wines up for sale in the world’s oldest charity auction. These cuvées capture the attention of an entire profession and the passion of those who taste them. A new page in the chronicle of this unusual winemaking hospital is written each year, with each new vintage, and fascinates the entire world. Laurent Gotti reveals all the aspects of this extraordinary saga: its centuries of rich history, its vineyards, and its vignerons who, over time, allow the development of each vintage.

About the Author

Laurent Gotti is a wine enthusiast.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Board and Bench Publishing; Beaux livres edition (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 2351560493
ISBN-13: 978-2351560495
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.5 x 11.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.4 pound

Marilyn Merlot and the Naked Grape

Wine Hardware — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

A Peculiar Collection of Uncommon Wines

Within these pages are more than 100 of the oddest wines ever produced. Some have unusual names, like Fat Bastard Chardonnay and Lazy Lizard Shiraz. Others feature curious artwork of singing frogs and UFO invasions. Still others boast unique production features, such as Braille typography, heat-sensitive ink, and lenticular art.

Along with full-color reproductions of the original labels, author Peter F. May shares stories about the origins of the wines and provides helpful tasting notes. Readers will learn about unusual vineyards (like Cleavage Creek, which donates its proceeds to breast cancer research) as well as the most innovative artists working in the wine label medium. Finally, there’s an appendix of resources that will help you locate these wines—so you can savor them yourself.

About the Author

Peter F. May writes and lectures about wine. He is the creator of www.winelabels.org, a Web site devoted to unusual wines from around the world. He has judged the Veritas and Pinotage Top 10 competitions in South Africa and the International Wine Challenge in England, but his favorite way to enjoy wine is with friends over dinner. He lives in England.

Product Specifications

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Quirk Books (April 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594740992
ISBN-13: 978-1594740992
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 6.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pound