Karen MacNeil The Wine Bible

Wine is a great conversation starter. Wine can also breakup a friendship. There are so many flavors and yet we keep sharing the same names. Now there's the Wine Bible. From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Karen MacNeil. THE WINE BIBLE (Workman Publishing; October 2015) by Karen MacNeil has long been the most enlightening, comprehensive, and entertaining wine guide in the marketplace. Now it is completely revised and updated with new chapters on every wine region in the world, hundreds of new wines, and all-new maps and photos. Hailed as “America’s missionary of the vine” (TIME), MacNeil is considered one of only a handful of experts with a global command of wine. She has won numerous awards throughout her career, including the prestigious James Beard Award. While researching the second edition, she traveled the world and tasted over 10,000 wines, discovering new trends and exploring emerging wine regions such as China, along with new wine producers in Europe and South and Central America. THE WINE BIBLE brims with MacNeil’s knowledge and passion for her subject while artful, evocative descriptions bring each wine to life. Great Pétrus “is ravishing, elegant, and rich—Ingrid Bergman in red satin.” Rieslings from Germany’s Mosel region are “a laser beam. A sheet of ice. A great crackling bolt of lightning.” Transporting you from the cool, forbidding landscape of China’s Sichuan Province to the warm shores of the Sicilian Mediterranean, MacNeil delves into the history, food, wines, and wineries of each region. At over 1,000 pages, the book delivers and includes: •The top regions of the world, including the well-known areas such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Tuscany, as well as up and coming producers like Japan, India, Mexico, China, and the Republic of Georgia. •A helpful “Wines to Know” list for each region •History, geography, grape varieties, and how they all profoundly affect a wine’s character •How to taste with focus and build a wine-tasting memory •Fun and informative explorations: How many bubbles are in Champagne and why; the intricacies of Port and Sherry; what makes a great wine great?;why dogs are important in the vineyard; are women better wine tasters than men?; the myth of cabernet and chocolate; and more! •Choosing great glassware, how to read a label, the way to store wine to keep it sound, plus a descriptive taste glossary of hundreds of important wine varieties throughout the world •Extensive sections on the traditional, tried-and-true food pairings for the wines of every major wine region