The plain-English guide that demystifies wine
Choose good, affordable wines from the United States, Europe, Chile, Australia, and elsewhere
This down-to-earth guide cuts through wine snobbery and tells you what's in, what's out, and what's new in wine. This update of the bestselling For Dummies® classic covers everything from established and emerging wine regions to pairing wine with food to collecting wine. Here's to fun, relaxed wine exploration and enjoyment!
Discover how to:
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<li>Understand grape varieties and wine styles</li>
<li>Decipher wine lists and wine labels</li>
<li>Select, store, open, pour, and enjoy wine</li>
</ul>

Wine for Dummies CD 4th Edition

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

McCarthy, Ed

Mulligan, Mary

Beverages & Wine

HarperAudio

Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The #1 wine book has been extensively updated! If you’re a connoisseur, Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition will get you up to speed on what’s in and show you how to take your hobby to the next level. If you’re new to the world of wine, it will clue you in on what you’ve been missing and show you how to get started. It begins with the basic types of wine, how wines are made, and more. Then it gets down to specifics: 
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<li>How to handle snooty wine clerks, navigate restaurant wine lists, decipher cryptic wine labels, and dislodge stubborn corks</li> <li>How to sniff and taste wine</li> <li>How to store and pour wine and pair it with food</li> <li>Four white wine styles: fresh, unoaked; earthy; aromatic; rich, oaky</li> <li>Four red wine styles: soft, fruity, and relatively light-bodied; mild-mannered, medium-bodied; spicy; powerful, full-bodied, and tannic</li> <li>What’s happening in the “Old World” of wine, including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Greece</li> <li>What’s how (and what’s not) in the New World of Wine, including Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, and South Africa</li> <li>U.S. wines from California, Oregon, Washington, and New York</li> <li>Bubbling beauties and medieval sweets: champagne, sparkling wines, sherry, port, and other exotic dessert wines</li> </ul>
Authors Ed McCarthy, CWE, who is a regular contributor to Wine Enthusiast and The Wine Journal and Mary Ewing-Mulligan, MW, who owns the International Wine Center in New York, have co-authored six wine books in the For Dummies series. In an easy-to-understand, unpretentious style that’s as refreshing as a glass of Chardonnay on a summer day, they provide practical information to help you enjoy wine, including: <ul>
<li>Real Deal symbols that alert you to good wines that are low in price compared to other wines of similar type, style, or quality</li> <li>A Vintage Wine Chart with specifics on numerous wines</li> <li>Info on ordering wine from out of state, collecting wine, and more</li> </ul>
Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition is not just a great resource and reference, it’s a good read. It’s full-bodied, yet light…rich, yet crisp…robust, yet refreshing….

Wine For Dummies

Ewing-Mulligan, Mary

For Dummies

California Wine for Dummies

Discover the nuances of California wines and increase your drinking pleasure Want to be a California wine connoisseur? This friendly guide gives you the knowledge you need to appreciate these fine wines, showing you how to taste them, select a good bottle, pair wine with food, and much more. You'll see why certain wine regions are renowned and how to further enrich your wine-drinking experience. <ul>
<li>California wine 101 ― understand the range of California wines, what makes them unique, and what a varietal wine is</li> <li> Review the regions ― explore the major wine regions of California and what makes each one special, from the soil to the climate </li> <li> Open the bottle ― become fluent in the Big Six: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel </li> <li> Go beyond the basics ― appreciate Pinot Grigio, Viognier, Syrah, sparkling wines, and more </li> <li> Round out your wine experience ― pair and share wines, learn about the proper glassware and serving temperatures, and prepare for a winery visit </li> </ul>
Open the book and find: <ul>
<li>An overview of California wine today</li> <li> Wine recommendations for all budgets </li> <li> Explanations of wine label language </li> <li> A map of wine regions </li> <li> Tips for aging and collecting California wines </li> <li> Winery tasting etiquette </li> <li> The ins and outs of recent vintages </li> <li> Top wine country travel destinations </li> </ul>

California Wine

Wine All-In-One for Dummies

An all-inclusive, easy-to-use primer to all things wine Want to learn about wine, but don't know where to start? Wine All-In-One For Dummies provides comprehensive information about the basics of wine in one easy-to-understand volume. Combining the bestselling Wine For Dummies with our regional and specific wine titles, this book gives you the guidance you need to understand, purchase, drink and enjoy wine. You'll start at the beginning as you discover how wine is made. From there you'll explore grape varieties and vineyards, read labels and wine lists, and discover all the nuances of tasting wine. You'll see how to successfully store wine and serve it to your guests-and even build up an impressive collection of wine. Plus, you'll find suggestions for perfect food pairings and complete coverage on wines from around the world. <ul>
<li>Features wine tasting, serving, storing, collecting, and buying tips, all in a single authoritative volume</li> <li>Includes information on California wines, as well as other domestic and foreign locations including the US, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina.</li> <li>Helps you choose the best vintage for your needs</li> <li>Also covers champagne, sherry, and port wine</li> <li>Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan are the authors of seven Dummies books on wine including the bestselling Wine For Dummies, 4th Edition, other contributing authors are recognized wine experts and journalists in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada</li> </ul>
Whether you're a wine novice or a budding sommelier, Wine All-In-One For Dummies is the one guide you need on your shelf to make your wine experience complete.

Wine All-in-One For Dummies

Egan, Maryann

The Fast Forward MBA in Financial Planning brings you the information you need when you need it most-now! This practical, easy-to-use guide gives you instant access to the cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of today's financial planning world. In short, lively segments using real-world examples, it delivers the facts you need to navigate complex financial issues. You'll find brief descriptions of key concepts, tips on real-world applications, compact case studies, and warnings on how to avoid pitfalls. Here are all the tools you need to set-and meet-all your financial goals. Learn how to: * Create and analyze personal financial statements * Develop a sound spending plan * Protect income and assets * Select the right insurance coverage * Implement retirement and estate planning strategies * And much more From the creators of the bestselling Portable MBA series comes The Fast Forward MBA . . . * A quick way to brush up on new ideas * An easy-to-use format that fits in any briefcase * Real-world information that you can put to use now!

The Fast Forward MBA in Financial Planning: Tough Ideas Made Easy (The Portable MBA)

Business & Money

Finance

John Wiley & Wons

"A better and more entertaining introduction to wine would be hard to find... Highly recommended." --Wine &amp; Spirits Magazine
"Wine is one of life's great pleasures... I hope more people will relax and simply enjoy wine after this book."
 --Francis Ford Coppola, Proprietor, Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery
"Mulligan and McCarthy will make you smarter with every page.At the next dinner party you will impress your friends."
 --Adam M. Strum, Editor and Publisher Wine Enthusiast MagazineDo you panic when the waiter hands you the wine list because you don't know a Chardonnay from a Cabernet Sauvignon?Do you know what to do when the waiter hands you the cork?Well you don't have to be intimidated anymore! Wine for Dummies is the down-to-earrth, one-stop wine resource that teaches you everything: 
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<li>Open , serve, and store wine properly </li>
<li>Read and understand a wine label </li>
<li>Distinguish good wine from bad with ease </li>
<li>Tast the "elements of wine" like body, flavor, and balance </li>
<li>Select wine for any meal or special occasion with confidence </li>
<li>Navigate your way through a wine shop like a pro </li>
<li>Enjoy fine wine without spending a lot of money</li>
</ul>

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

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 a waiter. This appealingly straightforward and unintimidating guide will help wine drinkers discover what they like and make informed choices. The authors identify 12 wine styles, or taste categories, including four for red wine and four for white wine. For each style, the authors detail how it tastes, where it comes from, grape varieties that are common for the style, and a few recommended wines. The style "Soft, Fruity Red Wines," for instance, includes U.S. Merlots, Beaujolais, Burgundies and other Pinot Noirs, and southern Italian reds, among other wines. Complete with tips on pairing wine with food and a pull-out wine wheel to help readers remember the styles, this is the refreshingly different book wine drinkers have been waiting for. Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Master of Wine, and Ed McCarthy, Certified Wine Instructor (New York, NY), are among the best-known, most widely respected wine experts in the United States. They have appeared frequently in the media, including on television's Food Network and CNNfn, and have written seven wine books in the For Dummies series.

Wine Style: Using Your Senses To Explore And Enjoy Wine (Includes Pull-Out Wine Wheel)

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

The great thing about buying wine is that you have so many vintages and so many labels to choose from. However, this multitude of choices is also daunting -- and risky, too, when you consider the expense that is sometimes involved. Fortunately, Wine Buying Companion For Dummies comes to the rescue with concise evaluations you can trust. 
Just as in their other wine guides, Red Wine For Dummies, White Wine For Dummies, and Wine For Dummies, authors and connoisseurs Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan talk about wine in terms that make sense and that really mean something. You'll find complete sentences -- not the poetic but abstract strings of adjectives you may find in many other wine guides. Take this handy guide with you whether you're purchasing wine from a supermarket, wine shop, tasting room, or even over the Internet. You'll be able to try out new wines and more than likely be pleasantly surprised for a change.

Wine Buying Companion For Dummies

Champagne may be the most misunderstood category of wine in the world. The major reason for all the confusion is the use of the term “Champagne” appearing on labels of sparkling wines that come from places other than the province of Champagne in northeastern France. But true champagne can only be born in an environment that combines the essential elements of chalky soil, a cool climate, and the Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier grape varieties. These are the crucial elements informing the unique flavor profile found only in wines from that corner of the world. Without them, any wine―even a very good one―calling itself champagne, is just an imposter. 
Baffled by bubbly? Let wine expert Ed McCarthy clear away the confusion. If you find shopping for champagne a challenge, try this fun, friendly guide and discover just how easy it is to select the perfect bottle and: <ul>
<li>Appreciate various champagne styles</li> <li>Enjoy the author’s favorite champagnes</li> <li>Store and serve champagne</li> <li>Pair champagne with food</li> <li>Evaluate sparkling wines from the US and other countries</li> </ul>
What’s the difference between brut and extra dry? Is Vintage Champagne worth the extra money? You’ll get the answers to these and all your questions about that effervescent wonder. And in the process you’ll discover: <ul>
<li>How champagne is made, what grape varieties are used, where the major grape-growing areas are, and how those tiny bubbles get into champagne</li> <li>The difference between vintage and non-vintage champagne and champagne specialties, such as blancs and rosé Champagnes</li> <li>The meanings of terms used to describe the dryness/sweetness levels of champagne, such as brut, extra-dry and semi-sec
</li> <li>All about the great champagne houses, including in-depth coverage of the author’s 25 favorites</li> <li>Everything you need to know about buying and storing champagne</li> <li>The best ways to serve champagne, including the best glasses, the best foods to eat with it and more</li> </ul>
Like most good things in life, the better you understand champagne, the more you enjoy it. This friendly guide will help you make your enjoyment of the most glamorous beverage on the planet complete.

Champagne For Dummies

Computers & Technology

“Whether you are an avid collector or wine novice, this book offers an extensive resource in an accessible format.” ―Charlie Trotter, Acclaimed Chef and Award-Winning Author 
“This book is an invitation to discover the bountiful wine regions, each different from one another, and is an homage to the beauty and uniqueness of the delicious wines they produced.” ―Georges Duboeuf, Les Vins Georges Duboeuf “The diversity of French wine is one of its attractions, but it can seem perplexing...until you pick up this marvelous guide. The route is well -marked, easy-to-follow, and the destinations are delicious.” ―Kermit Lynch, Wine Merchant and author, Adventures on the Wine Route “...Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan lead us by the hand down the road of adventure to discover the wines of France that they know so well.... In their relaxed, wise, and mischievous way, they show us the joy and pleasure of drinking French wine.” ―Prince Alain de Polignac, Winemaker, Champagne Pommery You no longer need to be confused or intimidated by French wine. Authored by certified wine educators and authors Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan, French Wine For Dummies introduces you to the delicious world of fine French wine. Among other things, you’ll discover how to: <ul>
<li>Translate wine labels</li> <li>Identify great wine bargains</li> <li>Develop your own wine tastes</li> <li>Match French wines with foods</li> </ul>
Here’s everything you need to know to sip and savor the best―and the best-value―Bordeaux, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Alsace, and other delicious wines. This lighthearted and informative guide covers: <ul>
<li>The story of French wine and how it came to dominate the wine world</li> <li>How the French name and label their wines and why</li> <li>France’s most important wine regions―including a region-by-region survey of the best vineyards and their products</li> <li>France’s other wine regions, including Champagne, Alsace, the Loire Valley, and others</li> </ul>
So pour yourself a big glass of Beaujolais Nouveau, sit back, and enjoy the ride as Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan take you on an intoxicating journey through the wonderful world of French wine.

French Wine For Dummies

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Wine for Dummies CD 4th Edition

Wine For Dummies

California Wine

Wine All-in-One For Dummies

The Fast Forward MBA in Financial Planning: Tough Ideas Made Easy (The Portable MBA)

Wine For Dummies

Wine Style: Using Your Senses To Explore And Enjoy Wine (Includes Pull-Out Wine Wheel)

Wine Buying Companion For Dummies

Champagne For Dummies

French Wine For Dummies