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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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 A great travel companion July 5, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Wine Bible is a great travel companion as it is structured by wine producing regions and offers extensive information on these regions. It paints a rich background on the regional wines, depicting the local cuisine, culture, traditions, and production / appellation guidelines.
Despite enjoying the book, I would not recommend it as your first wine book. The book does not offer a broad enough introduction to wine nor tie the knots together for wine beginners who know bits and pieces. For example, there can be better explanations linking regional appellations to basic grape variety and typical grape personality.
Overall, great content (especially useful if you are in the wine regions) and fun read.
Enjoy!
Kendra
http://www.bettertastingwine.com
 Heavy clutzy and the print is too small June 3, 2006
2 out of 16 found this review helpful
Good information if you can see it or lift it. I would like to have seen this book larger and in 2 volumes. I do not agree with her choices, especially on the 'noteworthy wines' in California.
Just enough to have you begging for more March 31, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
When I was studying for my Sommelier Diploma our assigned texts could be dry and confusing so I always started off by reading the Wine Bible. The Wine Bible gave me just enough information to jog my memory and I felt as though I had a handle on the basics before moving on to the required reading of our text.
The book is organized by major wine growing regions of the world so you learn about the region (ex. Bordeaux,France or Napa,CA) not by grape or wine type. If you are more interested in finding out what types of wines you would enjoy drinking, then I would suggest Oz Clarke's Understanding Wine. From there I would then suggest moving on to Mr. Clarke's Encylopedia of Grapes.
The information given in the Wine Bible is enjoyable,unintimidating,and easy to read and understand. It wets your appetite (pun intended) just enough so that you want to know more about the subject at the end of each chapter. You can use the book as a reference or read from cover to cover. The only complaint I have of the Wine Bible is that it is over 300 pages which makes it difficult to carry in your purse or backpack. Even with the bulkyness this is the one book that I have chosen on several occasions to take with me on week long vacations.
great reference book March 30, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Thanks to this book, I know exactly what I want. Very complete and thorough.
 Love wine............... http://www.bragazzis.com March 24, 2006
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
There are better books out there, but a great second book to have around if you for get the basics.
Ian
http://www.bragazzis.com
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