KISS Guide to Wine (Keep It Simple Series) - Softcover

Margaret Rand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789459817 ISBN 13: 9780789459817

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Provides guidelines on choosing and tasting wine based on its various flavors, origin, age, and type of occassion, and describes wine properties and vineyards from all the regions of the world including France and North America.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Joseph is the wine correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph in London and founding editor of WINE Magazine. Among his many achievements, he has won writing awards from the Marques de Caceres, Glenfiddich, and the Wine Guild of the UK. Robert Joseph is the author of several books, including French Wines, also published by Dorling Kindersley. Margaret Rand is an award-winning wine writer and former editor of WINE Magazine, Wine and Spirit International and Whisky Magazine. She contributes to a wide range of publications, including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, WINE Magazine and the web site winetoday.com. She also wrote the audio guide for Vinopolis, London's major wine exhibit. Robert Mondavi, now in this mid-80's, is American's foremost ambassador of wine. In 1966, he set up the now celebrated Robert Mondavi Winery in California, and single-handedly has popularized new styles of wine, such as Chenin Blanc. With Julia Child, Robert is currently Co-chairman of the American Institute of Wine and Food, which is devoted to celebrating food, wine, and the arts in American culture. He is also the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the American Wine Society's "1982 Winemaker of the Year Award" and Harvard Business Association's "Business Leader of the Year Award" in 1997.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0789459817
• ISBN 13: 9780789459817
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400