Synopses & Reviews
This book brings together in a single volume everything worth knowing about wine.
Wine is a wine atlas, a reference book, and a wine guide for all countries and wine-growing regions in the world. It is also an ideal guide to buying wine. Those wanting to brush up on their knowledge can read about everything from the basic rules of tasting to choosing the right wine for a meal, and from everyday life in the vineyard throughout the year to environmentally sound viticulture.
Every wine-growing country of the world is presented by experts in terms the layperson will appreciate. Numerous photographs and over 150 detailed maps provide an accurate overview of the region concerned. Explanations of the labels of interesting wines and recommendations of producers, domaines, chateaux, and wineries offer the reader pointers throgh the ever-growing maze of the worldwide wine industry.
About the Author
Andre Dominé, born in Hamburg, started putting down roots in a wine-growing village in southern France in 1981. He learned there to prune and look after vines, working in a winery before publishing his first book on wine in 1986. He was one of the first journalists to write regularly about the wines of southern France, and since then he has sniffed and tasted his way through the vineyards and cellars of France, Spain, the United States, South Africa, and other interesting wine countries. In his articles in the well-known wine and food periodicals as well as in his books, Andre Dominé is an enthusiastic advocate of wine.