Wine Heritage is the story of Italian immigrants whose descendants now dominate American wine making. Editorial Reviews “A must for anyone interested in our wine culture, how we got here and how we can go farther.” — Wine Business Monthly, March 2001 About the Author Dick Rosano is a wine, food, and travel writer with long-running columns…
How Collecting Fine Wines Can Yield Greater Returns Than Stocks and Bonds After a long and beguiling climb, the stock market dive of 2000-2002 put phrases like “irrational exuberance” and “speculative bubble” back into common usage and was a stinging reminder of the importance of portfolio diversification. Financial wizard Mahesh Kumar shows how to guard…
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…
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…
Wine and cooking enthusiasts will know immediately that they have uncorked something truly magical with Karen MacNeil’s Wine, Food & Friends. This book combines the culinary expertise of Cooking Light with the wine connoisseurship of Karen MacNeil, today’s preeminent wine authority. Award-winning author, lecturer, and television personality, Karen is a champion when it comes to…
If you read wine reviews, you’re already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what they’re smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed what’s so colorfully described as a peacock’s tail? Have you ever savored…