Food & Wine Magazine's Official Wine Guide 2001

by Alice S. Feiring

• ISBN13: 9780916103620
• ISBN10: 0916103625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-30
• Publisher: Amer Express Food & Wine Corp

Summary

Food & Wine Magazine, the most trusted and popular publication on the best to put on your table, brings you everything you need to choose wine like a pro. From traditional producers like France and Italy to the newest names in winemaking (New Zealand, South Africa, Chile), and from Champagne to dessert wines, you'll find exactly what you're looking for. * Ratings for wines that are in shops and on restaurant wine lists * The magazine's own American Wine Awards * Suggestions on the most exciting winery tours * The best spots for buying books on the subject * Lists with: The 10 Most Overlooked Wines; The World's Most Versatile Wines; 10 Outstanding Cabernet Sauvignons; Tomorrow's Legends to Buy Today; and Wines of the Century--the Legends Expanded and better than ever, with the hottest wine web sites and hundreds of great wines at great prices that are available right now.

Table of Contents

foreword	6	(8)
Jacques Pepin
List of boxes	8	(1)
Introduction	9	(1)
guide to grape varieties	10	(4)
shortcut to finding varietals	14	(2)
wine-style finder	16	(5)
how to handle a wine list	21	(1)
france	22	(68)
Alsace	24	(5)
Bordeaux	29	(10)
Red Wines	32	(5)
White Wines	37	(2)
Burgundy	39	(16)
Chablis	43	(2)
The Cote d'Or	45	(5)
Cote Chalonnaise	50	(2)
Maconnais	52	(1)
Beaujolais	53	(2)
Languedoc-Roussillon	55	(7)
Loire Valley	62	(10)
White Wines	64	(5)
Red Wines	69	(2)
Other Red Wines & Roses	71	(1)
Provence	72	(4)
Red Wines	73	(2)
Rose Wines	75	(1)
Rhone Valley	76	(10)
Northern Rhone	78	(3)
Southern Rhone	81	(5)
Southwest France	86	(4)
italy	90	(42)
Apulia, Campania, Sicily & Sardinia	92	(5)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	97	(4)
Piedmont	101	(9)
Tuscany	110	(12)
Veneto	122	(3)
Other Italian Wines	125	(7)
spain	132	(14)
Rioja	134	(4)
Ribera del Duero	138	(1)
Navarra & Priorato	139	(2)
Other Red Wines	141	(2)
Other White Wines	143	(3)
portugal	146	(8)
Red Wines	147	(3)
White Wines	150	(4)
greece	154	(4)
germany	158	(12)
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer	161	(3)
Pfalz	164	(2)
Rheingau	166	(1)
Rheinhessen	167	(1)
Other Regions	168	(2)
austria & switzerland	170	(1)
austria	170	(7)
Niederosterich	173	(2)
Burgenland	175	(1)
Styria & Vienna	176	(1)
switzerland	177	(3)
california	180	(28)
Chardonnay	182	(3)
Sauvignon Blanc	185	(2)
Rhone Whites in California	187	(1)
Other White Wines & Roses	188	(3)
Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc	191	(4)
Merlot	195	(2)
Pinot Noir	197	(2)
Zinfandel	199	(3)
Italian Varietals & Rhone Reds in California	202	(3)
California Blends	205	(3)
pacific northwest	208	(1)
oregon	208	(6)
Pinot Gris	210	(1)
Other White Wines	211	(1)
Pinot Noir	212	(2)
washington state	214	(8)
Chardonnay	214	(1)
Sauvignon Blanc	215	(1)
Other White Wines	216	(2)
Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon	218	(2)
Other Red Wines	220	(2)
new uork state	222	(6)
White & Rose Wines	223	(2)
Red Wines	225	(3)
south africa	228	(6)
White Wines	230	(1)
Red Wines	231	(3)
australia	234	(10)
Chardonnay	235	(2)
Other White Wines	237	(2)
Shiraz	239	(2)
Cabernet Sauvignon	241	(1)
Other Red Wines	242	(2)
new zealand	244	(6)
Sauvignon Blanc	245	(2)
Chardonnay	247	(1)
Riesling	248	(1)
Pinot Noir	249	(1)
argentina & Chile	250	(1)
argentina	250	(5)
Red Wines	252	(2)
White Wines	254	(1)
chile	255	(5)
Red Wines	256	(2)
White Wines	258	(2)
champagne & other sparkling wines	260	(12)
Champagne	261	(4)
Other Sparkling Wines of France	265	(2)
Sparkling Wines of Italy	267	(1)
Sparkling Wines of Spain	268	(1)
Sparkling Wines of the U.S.	269	(1)
Sparkling Wines from Other Countries	270	(2)
dessert wines	272	(16)
Dessert Wines of France	274	(6)
Dessert Wines of Alsace	274	(1)
Dessert Wines of the Loire Valley	275	(2)
Sauternes	277	(2)
Vins Doux Naturels	279	(1)
Dessert Wines of Germany	280	(2)
Dessert Wines of Austria	282	(1)
Dessert Wines of Hungary	283	(1)
Dessert Wines of Italy	284	(1)
Dessert Wines of the U.S. & Canada	285	(3)
vintage Chart	288	(2)
food & wine pairing chart	290	(2)
pairing wine with food	292	(1)
food & wine pairing index	293	(5)
names you can trust	298	(1)
top wine shops	299	(9)
index	308