Brad Prescott

Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch

At one time, Italian wines conjured images of cheap Chianti in straw-wrapped bottles. More recently, expensive "Super Tuscans" have been the rage. But between these extremes lay a bounty of delicious, moderately priced wines that belong in every wine drinker's repertoire. Vino Italiano is the only...

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Wine Food & Friends by Karen MacNeil

Wine and cooking enthusiasts will know immediately that they have uncorked something truly magical with Karen MacNeil's Wine, Food & Friends. This book combines the culinary expertise of Cooking Light with the wine connoisseurship of Karen MacNeil, today's preeminent wine authority. Award-winning author, lecturer, and television personality, Karen is a champion when it comes to the enjoyment of food and wine, which she summarizes in "The Only Ten Principles of Matching Wine and Food You'll Ever Need." Pair Karen's zeal for the art of wine with more than 150 Cooking Light kitchen-tested recipes and you have all the ingredients you need to reach new levels of gastronomical glory.

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The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World by Lawrence Osborne

What is taste? Is it individual or imposed on us from the outside? Why are so many of us so intimidated when presented with the wine list at a restaurant? In The Accidental Connoisseur, journalist Lawrence Osborne takes off on a personal voyage through a little-known world in pursuit of some answers. Weaving together a fantastic cast of eccentrics and obsessives, industry magnates and small farmers, the author explores the way technological change, opinionated critics, consumer trends, wheelers and dealers, trade wars, and mass market tastes have made the elixir we drink today entirely different from the wine drunk by our grandparents.

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WineSmarts Game

Smarts Co. Description From The Publisher: WineSmarts makes learning about wine easy and fun! WineSmarts Cards Volume 1 Designed as a stylish and useful addition to any coffee table, WineSmarts makes a great gift for someone who has just tasted their first glass or teaches their own wine class. You...

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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke

Einstein's cook was lucky. But you, too, can have a scientist in your kitchen: Robert L. Wolke. Does the alcohol really boil off when we cook with wine? Are smoked foods raw or cooked? Are green potatoes poisonous? With the reliability that only a scientist can provide,

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Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone by Andrea Immer, Anthony Giglio (Editor)

The Ultimate Buying Guide to America's Most Popular and Accessible Wines

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Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone

Andrea Immer, Anthony Giglio (Editor) Excerpt from Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone Introduction Although enjoying a good glass of wine is easy, all the types, costs, and confusing labels can make shopping for a bottle pretty hard. For the typical wine consumer, buying guidance--in the...

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Joanne Weir's More Cooking in the Wine Country by Joanne Weir, Penina (Photographer)

"Somehow, we all must eat. we can make indifferent meals, with little connection to where the food comes from. Or we can make meals that are cooked in harmony with the earth and with the seasons, and which are a recurring source of renewal, satisfaction, and celebration. The wine country just seems to require this kind of cooking, and that is part of why I love it." - From the Foreword

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A Short History of Wine by Rod Phillips

Variously regarded as a sacred, religious drink, inebriant, and even the work of the Devil, wine has always been much more than a commodity. From its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its present incarnation as a vast, multinational business, wine has consistently generated passions that verge on mania.

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A Short History of Wine

Rod Phillips Excerpt from A Short History of Wine Chapter One On the Trail of the Earliest Wines: From the Fertile Crescent to Egypt The origins of wine are as cloudy as the first vintages must have been. We will never know who first allowed grape juice to ferment to the point that it became wine,...

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Brad Prescott

Articles

Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch

Wine Food & Friends by Karen MacNeil

The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World by Lawrence Osborne

WineSmarts Game

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke

Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone by Andrea Immer, Anthony Giglio (Editor)

Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone

Joanne Weir's More Cooking in the Wine Country by Joanne Weir, Penina (Photographer)

A Short History of Wine by Rod Phillips

A Short History of Wine

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