500 White Wines

by Natasha Hughes & Patricia Langton

&

500 Red Wines

by Christine Austin

Published by Sellers Publishing

The only Wine Compendiums You'll Ever Need

Once wine production was the province of a few countries where ancient grapevines existed.  It may have been California that opened the path to luscious wines outside a once-closed territory, but today wines from around the world are available.  Available can mean confusing, but with these two guides to wines from around the world, you can master both the red and white varieties and toss in sparkling wines and roses as well.  This need not be costly as both Red Wines and White Wines contain guides to pricing as well as quality.

There is a short section in each book guiding the reader to various aspects of wine production: the vines themselves, growing the grapes, the process of turning grape to wine, as well as a guide to the leading wine varieties.  Continuing the handy reference pages, there is a guide to selecting wine in general, to storing and serving wine, and how to taste.  As a coda, thee is the all-important advice on combining food and wine.

And then the round-the-world tour begins. 

With fully captioned photos of featured wines, vineyards, and wine-growing regions around the world,everything you need to know for either red or white is in each guide, and formatted for ease of use.  You can look for your favorite wine, or travel by country, discovering new, exciting wines as you peruse the books.

As one example, should you want to know about Barossa, one of Australia's more famous exports, you will find a guide to the main vintners with descriptions of terroir, and of the wines, such as if a wine is full-bodied, acidic or not, what overtones the wine carries, and what food pairings will bring out the best taste in both wine and food.  Vintage years for each wine are listed as well.  

Everything you need to know about choosing, drinking, keeping, and pairing wine and food is in each book. Travel through the valleys and hills of the old world growers in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, Germany and Australia and discover the vineyards of the new, whether in North or South America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. 

This is one sample of the easy formatting to guide you to expertise.

About the authosr of 500 White Wines:

Natasha Hughes is a UK-based freelance wine and food writer. She writes on a regular basis for publications such as Decanter, Square Meal, Imbibe, Sainsburys Magazine, Food and Travel, and Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine, as well as Web sites such as www.wine-pages.com and www.matchingfoodandwine.com. In addition, she is the wine columnist for Traveller magazine, the editor of the Sommeliers Newsletter, and a section editor for Square Meals annual restaurant guide. When not writing articles, Natasha judges at wine competitions around the world, lectures on wine appreciation, and provides consultancy services to businesses and private clients. She is currently studying for her Master of Wine.

Patricia Langton has written about wine since 1995 when she joined Drinks International magazine and began to travel widely to the wine regions. She was also the wine editor for Off Licence News before becoming a freelance journalist in 2006. Patricia now writes about wine and food for a number of UK publications and websites. Spain, Chile and Argentina are her specialist areas. She enjoys regular visits to these countries to follow their progress and she tastes many other wines throughout the year at wine fairs and as a judge in wine competitions.

About the Author of 500 Red Wines:

Christine Austin is an established wine writer with a world of experience of wine tasting behind her. As an international judge she has tasted and evaluated wines in major competitions in France, Italy, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, and China. She is Panel Chairman at the world famous International Wine Challenge in London. She has written and contributed to many books and magazines, including The Which? Wine Guide, Larousse Gastronomique and Wines of The World. She has won the Prix du Champagne Lanson Regional Wine Writer of the Year 2004 and the Louis Roederer Regional Wine Writer of the Year 2006.

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