Before the bottle; Introduction 7; 1 You and your senses 8; Sight 8; Smell 12; Taste and tasting 16; Words and qualities 24; Values 29; 2 Viticulture and vinification 34; In the vineyard 34; The grape 36; Dry white winemaking 40; Sweet white winemaking 42; Red winemaking 44; Oak 47; Winemakers 49; In the bottle; 3 Naming wines 53; 4 White.

    This handy little wheel pairs different California Varietals with complimentary foods. 28 different wines are listed with 4 foods per wine. Laminated and durable.

    His straightforward advice includes: *The wines that go BEST with food—and why. *A cure for label worship: "There are just as many lousy $60 bottles as $3.99 bottles." *How to avoid getting ripped off in stores and restaurants. *How to choose a great wine shop: "Do they know where Italy is?" *Dreary housekeeping tips, such as storage, decanting, saving opened wine, and "that sulfite thing." Plus, the straight poop on oak, "the MSG of wine," a few well-chosen words for greedy restaurants and retailers ("Those bastards!"), and an unprecedented expose of mass-market Champagne, including how to find the good stuff by cracking the secret label code.

    A superb collection of 100 cheese recipes from all over the world is presented in this colour illustrated encyclopedia that covers cheeses from all the major producers in the world.