Windows on the World Complete Wine Course
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course
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Lets readers experience some of the best wines and the wide diversity of taste, style, region, and country. This guide covers white wines from France, the US and Germany'; and, red wines of Burgundy and the Rhone, Bordeaux, the US, Italy, Australia, Argentina and Chile. It also covers champagnes and ports.
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Windows on the World Complete Wine Course by Kevin Zraly
The 2009 guide retains the expanded 60-page section on '101 Wines You Should Know,' from 2008, and now includes 16 pages of quizzes to test readers on how much they've learned. Organized by region, from simple to complex, his list begins with white wines from France, the U.S., and Germany' moves on to the red wines of Burgundy and the Rhone, Bordeaux, the U.S., Italy, Australia, Argentina, and Chile; and concludes with champagnes and ports. Readers will experience the best wines and the wide diversity of taste, style, region, and country. It also presents a comprehensive and bargain-priced hands-on wine education, and a superb catalogue from which to start a wine cellar or find a bottle appropriate to any occasion.
"* "One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written" - Frank Prial, The New York Times.
In 1976 Kevin Zraly was hired as the cellar master to the newly opened Windows on the World restaurant at One World Trade Center; that is where he opened his Windows on the World Wine School and where it remained until September 11, 2001. It is now located at the JW Marriott Essex House on Central Park South, and, to date, has more than 20,000 graduates. Kevin Zraly's Windows on the World Complete Wine Course was first published in 1985 and has since sold more than three million copies. He also created the Sherry-Lehmann/Kevin Zraly wine club and master classes. His honors include Lifetime Achievement Awards from the James Beard Foundation and European Wine Council, the James Beard Award for the Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year, and the Food and Beverage Association's Man of the Year Award. He is on the board of trustees at the Culinary Institute of America and has been featured in the New York Times, People magazine, the Wall Street Journal, GQ, and USA Today. He lives in New Paltz, NY.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781402757464 |
| ISBN 10 | 1402757468 |
| Title | Windows on the World Complete Wine Course |
| Author | Kevin Zraly |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Union Square & Co. |
| Year published | 2008-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |