The Buzz on Wine

by Sherman, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780867308174
• ISBN10: 0867308176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Lebhar-Friedman Books

Summary

In The Buzz On Wine, Chris Sherman gives the skinny on tasting, choosing and storing a variety of wines--without the stodginess and snobbery emblematic of the wine books on the market today.

Table of Contents

Intro: Wine: A Wet & Wild History	1	(2)
Just Drink It	3	(12)
First, Stuff You Should Forget	4	(3)
No Mystery to the History	7	(2)
Remedial Science	9	(3)
Wine Diaries: Wino of the Month Club	12	(3)
Basic Training	15	(14)
See	16	(1)
Swirl and Sniff	16	(2)
Sip	18	(1)
Speak, or Shut Up, Please	19	(1)
Wine Diaries: The Wine Tasting	20	(2)
Knowing the Grape, Reading the Label	22	(3)
Wine Diaries: Corkscrew You (Take One)	25	(4)
The Best Wine In The World	29	(8)
Tasting Begins Wherever	30	(4)
Wine Diaries: The Anniversary	34	(3)
Money In a Bottle	37	(16)
Restaurant Strategies	38	(3)
Wine Diaries: Corkscrew You (Take Two)	41	(2)
Self-Service Survival	43	(1)
Wine Specialists	44	(1)
Supermarket Savvy	45	(1)
Wine Diaries: Price Check!	46	(2)
Lining Up Other Sources	48	(1)
Wine for Other People	48	(1)
Wine Storage	49	(1)
Why the Price?	50	(3)
Wine & Food	53	(10)
Mix and Match	54	(1)
The Perfect Pairing	55	(1)
``It Ain't Rocket Science''	56	(2)
What Goes with What?	58	(1)
Creative Solutions	59	(1)
Wine Diaries: This Was a Mistake	60	(3)
I'm Over The Edge And Must Know All	63	(10)
It All Ends Up in a Bottle	64	(1)
Growth Cycle	65	(1)
In the Winery	66	(3)
In the Cellar	69	(1)
Special Wines	70	(1)
Wine Diaries: Vino Visions	71	(2)
Old World, Franee	73	(26)
Thank Heaven	74	(3)
Finding Your Way	77	(1)
Bordeaux: Come to the Cabernet	78	(5)
Burgundy: Searching for Treasure	83	(4)
Beaujolais: More than a One-Night Stand	87	(2)
Loire: More than Just a Pretty Place	89	(3)
Alsace: German Grapes, French Accent	92	(1)
Champagne: Sparkling in the Chill	93	(3)
Wine Diaries: ``Pour'' de France	96	(3)
Germany, the Misunderstood	99	(10)
A Few Centuries Later	100	(4)
Wine Diaries: Piesporter Disorder	104	(2)
Finding Your Way	106	(1)
Wine Valleys, Green and Brown	106	(1)
Rheingau: Riesling Turns for the Better	107	(1)
Pfalz: Southern Pride	108	(1)
Italy, the Baffling'	109	(10)
It Starts with the Label	110	(3)
Finding Your Way	113	(1)
The Piedmont: Great Reds	114	(1)
The Northeast: Crisp and Clear	114	(2)
Tuscany: Going Beyond Chianti	116	(1)
To the South: Light Whites and Bargain Reds	117	(2)
Spain & Portugal, the Forgotten	119	(16)
Spanish Flavor	120	(1)
The Labels	121	(1)
Finding Your Way	122	(1)
Rioja	123	(1)
Ribera del Duero	124	(1)
Catalonia	125	(1)
Galicia	126	(1)
Sherry, Baby	127	(2)
Port & Portugal	129	(2)
Port	131	(2)
Have Some Madeira, M'Dear	133	(1)
Table Wine	134	(1)
The United States, the Abundant	135	(14)
California	136	(2)
The Grapes	138	(1)
The Labels	139	(2)
Finding Your Way	141	(1)
Napa	141	(2)
Sonoma	143	(1)
Mendocino	144	(1)
Lake	144	(1)
South of San Francisco	145	(1)
Central Valley	146	(1)
Pacific Northwest	147	(1)
Washington	148	(1)
Oregon	148	(1)
Australia, the Innovative	149	(10)
Quintessential New World Wine Maker	150	(1)
The Grapes	151	(1)
The Prices	152	(1)
The Labels	152	(1)
Finding Your Way	153	(1)
Eastern Australia	154	(1)
Southeastern Australia	154	(1)
South Australia	155	(1)
Western Australia	155	(1)
Tasmania	156	(1)
Wine Diaries: (Goose) Down Under	157	(2)
Around the New World	159	(6)
Chile, the Challenger	160	(1)
The Grapes	161	(1)
The Labels	161	(1)
The Prices	161	(1)
Finding Your Way	162	(1)
Argentina	163	(1)
Canada	163	(1)
Mexico	163	(1)
New Zealand	164	(1)
South Africa	164	(1)
Know Thy Grapes, Great Whites	165	(14)
Chardonnay	166	(2)
Chenin Blanc	168	(1)
Gewurztraminer	169	(1)
Muscat	170	(1)
Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio	171	(1)
Riesling	172	(1)
Sauvignon Blanc	173	(1)
Semillon	174	(1)
Wine Diaries: Champagne Wishes and Caviar Screams	175	(4)
Know Thy Grapes II, Great Reds (and the Rest of the Bunch)	179	(18)
Cabernet Sauvignon	180	(1)
Gamay	181	(1)
Merlot	182	(1)
Nebbiolo	183	(1)
Pinot Noir	184	(1)
Sangiovese	185	(1)
Syrah/Shiraz	186	(1)
Tempranillo	187	(1)
Zinfandel	188	(1)
Wine Diaries: Seeing Red	189	(3)
The Rest of the Bunch	192	(5)
Glossary	197	(10)
Your Personal Wine Diary	207	(4)
Index	211