The Ultimate Wine Companion: The Complete Guide to Understanding Wine by the World's Foremost Wine Authorities

Kevin Zraly, author of one of the best-selling wine books of all time, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course , has assembled the finest writers of the last 50 years to explain everything you need to know about wine. Each one addresses the subject he or she is most famous for, including decanting, tasting, grapes, matching food and wine, winemaking, sustainable vineyards, the various wine countries and regions, terroir, and much, much more. Complete with regional vintage charts, grape charts, a glossary, and vintage labels, this book is like an entire wine library in a single volume. ? Includes: o Hugh Johnson o Robert M. Parker, Jr. o Jancis Robinson o Lettie Teague o Alexis Bespaloff o Neal I. Rosenthal o Oz Clarke o Gerald Asher o Joshua Wesson o Andrea Immer Robinson o Molly Chappellet o Jay McInerny o Robert Mondavi o Francis Ford Coppola o Baron Philippe de Rothschild o Joy Sterling o Michael Broadbent o Clive Coates o Kermit Lynch o Tom Stevensono Joseph Bastianich o David Lynch and Burton Anderson o Frank Prial o Matt Kramer o Karen McNiell ? Publisher's Note: The acknowledgement on page 343 for "A Recent Overview of the South African Wine Industry" should be replaced with the following: "From The Essential Guide to South African Wine: Terroir & Travel, by Elmari Swart and Izak Smit 2006, Cheviot Publishing, ISBN: 0-6200-35500-X."