Ebook: The Food Lover's Guide to Wine

Wine is food: when the two become one -- What's your pleasure? Think of learning about wine as playtime -- What sommeliers know: strategies and secrets for mastering wine -- Know your wines: the lists -- Wine: the perfect complement for every course -- Elevating the experience: essentials of serving and enjoying wine -- Continuing your wine exploration: what's next?;Offers a fresh perspective via the single aspect of wine most compelling to food lovers: flavor. At the heart of this indispensable reference, formatted like the authors' two previous bestsellers The Flavor Bible and What to Drink with What You Eat, is an encyclopedic A-to-Z guide profiling hundreds of different wines by their essential characteristics-from body and intensity to distinguishing flavors, from suggested serving temperatures and ideal food pairings to recommended producers (including many iconic examples). The book provides illuminating insights from dozens of America's best sommeliers via informative sidebars, charts and boxes, which complement the book's gorgeous four-color photography. Another groundbreaking work from two of the ultimate culinary insiders, this instant classic is the perfect gift book.