Book
Educating Peter : how anybody can become an (almost) instant wine expert / Lettie Teague.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780743286787
- ISBN: 0743286782
- Physical Description: viii, 248 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Scribner trade paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Reprint. Originally published in 2007 under title: Educating Peter : how I taught a famous movie critic the difference between cabernet and merlot, or, how anybody can become an (almost) instant wine expert. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | How to taste -- Age and temperature -- The basic six grapes and beyond -- Peter's tasting vocabulary -- What makes a wine great? -- Bottle colors shapes and sizes -- How wine is made -- Winemaking -- Old world wine: France: Bordeaux ; Burgundy ; Alsace ; The Loire valley ; The Rhone valley ; Champagne ; Italy ; Spain ; Portugal ; Germany ; Austria ; Hungary -- New world wine: Argentina ; Australia ; New Zealand ;South Africa ; Chile ; New York State ; Oregon and Washington State ; California: Sonoma ; More that is not Napa ; Peter faces his fears, or Four days in Napa -- The Night the eagle landed -- Peter at large in the wine world, or Peter goes public: Peter at the Zachys wine auction -- Peter in a restaurant, or A guide to pairing wine with food -- Peter dines with the collector -- Peter goes shopping, or What to do in a wineshop -- Five favorite retail wine sources -- The final exam -- The final word: Peter -- How to hold a wine tasting: the director's cut. |
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| Subject: | Travers, Peter. Wine tasting > Amateurs' manuals. Wine and wine making > Amateurs' manuals. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
