Wine 101: A Brief Introduction to Wine

By E. Terrence Woolf, J.D.

"This guide describes the origin and characteristics of the most important wine varieties available in the United States, and includes a table of suggested food-and-wine pairings at the end of the guide. It is intended to provide a quick reference for both the novice wine drinker and for the more experienced person who would simply like a guide to a good wine to serve with dinner.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Jan 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781483461397

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A Brief Introduction to Wine

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E. Terrence Woolf, J.D.

Copyright © 2017 E. Terrence Woolf, J.D.

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ISBN: 978-1-4834-6138-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-6139-7 (e)

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 1/5/2017

Contents

Introduction

Wine Tasting and Serving Wine with Food

Purchasing and Storing Wine

Major Wine Varieties

Champagne and Other Sparkling Wine

White Wine

Rosé Wine

Red Wine

Dessert Wines

Introduction

There are hundreds of books on wine available today, most of them written by people with more technical expertise than this writer. The only excuse I have for writing this little guide, is that I have found over the past forty years of drinking and studying wine that most of the good wine books contain so much information and detail about obscure wine that they completely overwhelm people who want to spend more time drinking wine than studying it. I have also encountered too many waiters who think Zinfandel is only a blush wine (a term I reserve for those rosé wines which lack any real flavor other than sugar), and I hope that perhaps some of those waiters may be willing to read a short description of some of the most commonly available wines in the United States, even if they have no interest in knowing the best vintages of Bordeaux.

For those wishing to quickly find a wine to go with dinner,