Description:
You know enough about wine not to require a primer on the subject, but still want "tell-me-more" advice. Or you know your wine, but want to explore the taste and wine-buying expertise of wine authorities you can trust. In either case, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine is for you. Written by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, creators of the paper's highly popular "Tastings" column, the book provides an engagingly personal investigation of wine buying, drinking, and enjoying that's immediately useful--and a pleasure to read. Not meant to be comprehensive, the book instead offers an introduction to 30 major wine types, such as Chardonnay, Bordeaux, Champagne, and Sauternes, among others. The authors then provide notes on favored bottles in each category with a rating--from Yech to the rare Delicious!--with bottles grouped by price. (Three hundred true wine values are noted.) Readers can thus intelligently choose a good pinot noir costing under $30, for example, or a blow-out Sauternes (a style the authors adore) worth its price. In addition, Gaiter and Brecher offer information on wine shopping and etiquette as well as practical tips, such as "How to Open Champagne Without Killing Anybody" or "How to Judge a Wine Store Without Saying a Word." A list of wine books for further self-education rounds out this sound and inviting book. --Arthur Boehm
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