Merlot : A Complete Guide to the Grape and the Wines It Produces

by Susy Atkins

• ISBN13: 9781840006889
• ISBN10: 1840006889
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: MITCH

Summary

Currently considered one of the world's "trendiest" grape varieties, Merlot has long been a staple, but less well-known, variety in the vineyards of Bordeaux, used in blends with Cabernet Sauvignon to add soft, supple fruit to the final wine. More recently Merlot has made its name as the predominant variety in the highly sought-after "garagiste" wines of Pomerol and St-Emilion in Bordeaux. To add to its fame, it has also recently been widely suggested that one glass of Chilean Merlot a day may be beneficial to health. This is an eye-opening, tip-filled guide to the wines of the rising star that is Merlot. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Susy Atkins is the wine columnist for Eve and is consultant editor of the award winning Which? Wine Guide. She has written for many national newspapers and magazines and is a regular contributor to BBC Good Food, WINE, and Which? Susy is co-author of Drink! Never Mind the Peanuts which won the Glenfiddich Drink Book of the Year 2002, and is also the author of Girls' Guide to Wine, How to Choose Wine, and Sauvignon Blanc. She appears regularly on UK Food TV

Table of Contents

introduction	6	(2)
the merlot look	8	(2)
where merlot lives & why	10	(2)
merlot in good hands	12	(2)
merlot blends	14	(2)
how merlot grew up	16	(2)
what will become of merlot?	18	(2)
the countries	20	(32)
france	22	(6)
italy	28	(2)
spain	30	(2)
the rest of europe	32	(2)
australia	34	(2)
new zealand	36	(2)
north america	38	(4)
south america	42	(6)
south africa	48	(2)
the rest of the world	50	(2)
buying, storing, & serving	52	(12)
quality vs price	54	(2)
other wines to try	56	(2)
when to serve	58	(2)
how to serve	60	(2)
what to serve with	62	(2)
index	64