Raise a glass to fine books on wine
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January 20, 2010, Wednesday
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DRINKING wine is more fun than reading about it unless you have a book in one hand and a glass in the other.
Wine can be complex or simple but several books can help clear any confusion.
The global market for wine is similar to a water bed - when sales go down in one area, such as bottles costing over US$30, they go up in another such as sales of US$15 bottles.
For consumers looking for popular wines under US$15, the latest edition of Robin Goldstein's and Alexis Herschkowitsch's "The Wine Trials for 2010" may help.
Cooks eager to know which wine to serve with a particular dish, and who prefer books to apps and the Internet, can read "What to Drink with What you Eat" by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. Their coffee-table sized book also suggests the appropriate beers, spirits, coffee and tea for various meals.
But if learning about how wine is made, where it is produced, and the difference between Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris or Pinotage is of more interest, Kevin Zraly's "Windows on the World Complete Wine Course" can provide some answers.
Now in its 25th edition, Zraly said he wrote the book because when he started teaching at Windows, there were few books on wine.
"Alexis Lichine had a book on French wines, as did Robert Parker. But there was no one book on wines of Spain or Italy or California. And everything seemed to be written for the expert. So I wound up doing it."
Other wine books can also be useful.
"Wine for Dummies," by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan, contains some tips on vintages.
The married couple has expanded the franchise with the publication of both "French Wines for Dummies" and "Italian Wines for Dummies."
Wine can be complex or simple but several books can help clear any confusion.
The global market for wine is similar to a water bed - when sales go down in one area, such as bottles costing over US$30, they go up in another such as sales of US$15 bottles.
For consumers looking for popular wines under US$15, the latest edition of Robin Goldstein's and Alexis Herschkowitsch's "The Wine Trials for 2010" may help.
Cooks eager to know which wine to serve with a particular dish, and who prefer books to apps and the Internet, can read "What to Drink with What you Eat" by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. Their coffee-table sized book also suggests the appropriate beers, spirits, coffee and tea for various meals.
But if learning about how wine is made, where it is produced, and the difference between Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris or Pinotage is of more interest, Kevin Zraly's "Windows on the World Complete Wine Course" can provide some answers.
Now in its 25th edition, Zraly said he wrote the book because when he started teaching at Windows, there were few books on wine.
"Alexis Lichine had a book on French wines, as did Robert Parker. But there was no one book on wines of Spain or Italy or California. And everything seemed to be written for the expert. So I wound up doing it."
Other wine books can also be useful.
"Wine for Dummies," by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan, contains some tips on vintages.
The married couple has expanded the franchise with the publication of both "French Wines for Dummies" and "Italian Wines for Dummies."
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