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| The Wine Bible | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Macneil
Brand: HomeAndWine.com
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 4748
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 904
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.9
ISBN: 1563054345
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
UPC: 019628034342
EAN: 9781563054341
ASIN: 1563054345
Publication Date: September 2001
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 Great comprehensive wine guide November 11, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a comprehensive guide about wine and wine regions of the world. It's a good book to have around as a resource. I'm glad I bought it.
The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil November 10, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought as one of the birthday gifts for my adult son who was delighted to receive it.
one of the most usefull book November 10, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A lot of information regarding the wine processing, which is very interesting and helpfull. Book provides information regarding wine as a common sence, but if you looking for wine guide (vinery name, year of production, wine name ets.), you bought a wrong book.
I love this book. it contains everything I wanted to know about wine, very good description of wine from the different regions of the world.
Perfect for beginners (and professionals) November 9, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I believe that this book knows *exactly* what it wants to be. It doesn't try to be as comprehensive as either "The World Atlas of Wine" or "The Oxford Companion to Wine". What this book is trying to do is appeal to everyone, and be considerably more accessible than the books referenced above. I recently gave this as a gift to my father-in-law who was interested in learning about wine. This was the only book I even considered giving to him. It contains enough information to get someone started, and make them thirsty enough to want more. I would probably follow this up with either "How to Taste" by Jancis Robinson (speaking of thirst...).
I Love It August 28, 2006
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have three wine books, and this is the one I turn to the most. Granted, I don't have an atlas, and I am very new to the world of wine; nevertheless, this book is not only packed with information, it is an engaging and pleasurable read.
A book this long (over 900 pages) runs the risk of being overly dense and perhaps even overly pedantic. MacNeil's book is neither. The book is very well designed, with good visuals--text formatting and graphics--and MacNeil writes like someone who knows how to teach. Her prose is engaging, her voice clear, and she doesn't ever talk down to the reader.
The first 100 pages is devoted to examinations of grape varieties, storage, tasting, winemaking (i.e., how vintners do it, not how to DIY). (She warns us about the tendency of rabbit-ears corkscrews to chew up the cork, something I had to find out the hard way--I wish I'd know this sooner!) After that, the book is organized by country, and she discusses issues specific to regions, and even lists "Wines to Know" from each area, a nice feature for us novices.
If I could keep only one of my three wine books, this would be it. It's not just informative, it's fun.
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