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| Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 2007 Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Kevin Zraly
Brand: HomeAndWine.com
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 110508
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1402739281
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9781402739286
ASIN: 1402739281
Publication Date: September 28, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: May have some marks or highlights.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best Wine Book Available!! May 8, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is by far the best wine book available. It's laid out much like a textbook and breaks up "chapters" into different "courses". Such as California White Wine, Red Wine of the Loire Valley, etc. Kevin also provides sections on how to taste wine, wine and food pairing, and throughout he gives his suggestions for the best wines from each area.
If you're interested in learning about wine, I truly believe that you need this book. Kevin Zraly is a wine master, and winner of the Wine Literary Award. Very few people in the world know more about the subject than he does.
 Beginners and Experts Will Love this book February 8, 2007
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I'm a waiter. I have been for more years than I care to remember, to be honest. And, as a waiter, part of my job is to know a thing or two about wines. But of course, I don't know everything. I think the author of this book, Kevin Zraly, comes pretty close though, but his brilliance is not in showing you his knowledge. It's in doing so without talking down to you, or by dragging you through a long, academic book of endless facts and figures.
What Zraly does is write a clear, organized, knowledgeable, and often humorous look at wines, from Bordeaux to Zinfandel; from wine pouring methods to wine tasting methods; from Washington State to South Australia. All along it's an amazingly easy read. And while it is no doubt indispensable for those new to the wine game, it is vital for any of us who do know a lot about wine, but don't always remember all of it. What are the major white wine grapes from the Loire Valley? It's in there. What is the AOC, and how does it work? In there. What's the difference between a port and a sherry. All there.
This new updated version is miles better, and more picturesque than the old crappy 1988 edition I had been holding on to all this time. So glad I got this at Amazon. Even if I don't read it again, it's a great looking hard cover book at a great price!
Great Book January 31, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is excellent for the beginner wine lover. I have loved the background info and the layout of the text. It is a great book to have out on the coffee table too.
A wine beginner must have! January 27, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Perfect introduction for anyone interested in getting familiar with the wine world. It is part of my employee's training package.
WWCWC 2007 Delivers January 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book to learn the basics of wine and wine regions. It is very easy to read and is laid out in a nice format. This book was recommended to me by one of my wine merchants. I just finish a Wine Professional course and our book was over 800 pages. This book is a Reader's Digest version of the one I used in class.
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