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Part 1: introduction - how white wine is made, key factors, choice of grape, significance of the vintage, soil, microclimate and maturation, the art of blending, reasons for ageing with maturity recommendations; the worlds top white grape varieties - Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Kerner, Muller-Thurgau, Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillion, Silvaner/Sylvaner, Traminer. Part 2 Directory of wines by country and region: France -Bordeaux, leading appellations and recommendations, estates, producers and negciants, key meaning given to classification of 1855, Loire, Rhone, Burgundy, top estates, producers and vintages; Germany - key terms, top regions, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Nahe, Rheingau, Franken, Rheinhessen, Rheinpfalz (Palatinate), top estates and producers, vintages, Austria, Rhine riesling and Gruner Veltliner; Hungary, Greece, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Romania; Italy - understanding Italian terms and its wine law, Trentino and Alto Adige, Veneto, Umbria, Marche, Latium; Spain - Spanish winemaking traditions, and their law, key terms, Rioja, Galicia, Navarra, Catalonia; Portugal - Vino verde, white Bairrada, Dao, Bucelas and Moscatel de Setubal from Losbon; America - California, recommended estates (Napa, Alexander, Russian River, Caneros and Santa Ynez), Washington State and oregon, Canada, British Columbia and Ontario, explanation of the Vinter's quality alliance; Ausralia - New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria; New Zealand - Marlborough, Hawke's Bay, Cloudy Bay, Kumeu River, Nobilo, Villa Maria, recommendations; South Africa - wine law and terminology, distinctive districts and grapes, estates recommended; creating a wine cellar - physical factors like temperature, humidity, light, wine bin installation, financial factors like insurance, ways to realise surplus stock, names and addreses of wine auctioneers worldwide.