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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Wine Paperback - 2005

by Tara Q. Thomas

Everything you need to know about wine to go.

With separate chapters for the best whites and reds and special advice on bubbly wines, dessert wines, and more, Tara Q. Thomas provides a perfect quick reference book for pocket or purse. Most importantly, Thomas brings her fresh, approachable tone to this book, making beginners feel welcome with straight, unsnobbish talk about wine including the basics of labels, how to taste, recommended wines, bargains, price ranges, and more for chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, riesling, pinot grigio, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, pinot noir, and syrah.
-The U.S. is the third largest wine-consuming nation in the world and is projected to be number one by the end of this decade
-Author is a wine expert with contacts at all levels throughout the wine world
-Wine books sell well
-A new and fresh approach not too stuffy, snobby, arrogant, or overbearing


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Everything you need to know about wine?to goWith separate chapters for the best whites and reds and special advice on bubbly wines, dessert wines, and more, Tara Q. Thomas provides a perfect quick reference book for pocket or purse. Most importantly, Thomas brings her fresh, approachable tone to this book, making beginners feel welcome with straight, unsnobbish talk about wine-including the basics of labels, how to taste, recommended wines, bargains, price ranges, and more for chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, riesling, pinot grigio, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, pinot noir, and syrah.The U.S. is the third largest wine-consuming nation in the world and is projected to benumber one by the end of this decadeAuthor is a wine expert with contacts at all levels throughout the wine worldWine books sell wellA new and fresh approach-not too stuffy, snobby, arrogant, or overbearing

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Everything you need to know about wineto go.

With separate chapters for the best whites and reds and special advice on bubbly wines, dessert wines, and more, Tara Q. Thomas provides a perfect quick reference book for pocket or purse. Most importantly, Thomas brings her fresh, approachable tone to this book, making beginners feel welcome with straight, unsnobbish talk about wineincluding the basics of labels, how to taste, recommended wines, bargains, price ranges, and more for chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, riesling, pinot grigio, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, pinot noir, and syrah.
-The U.S. is the third largest wine-consuming nation in the world and is projected to be number one by the end of this decade
-Author is a wine expert with contacts at all levels throughout the wine world
-Wine books sell well
-A new and fresh approachnot too stuffy, snobby, arrogant, or overbearing

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If you're a little apprehensive about learning about wine, relax right now.

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  • Title The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Wine
  • Author Tara Q. Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alpha Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date September 6, 2005
  • ISBN 9781592574018 / 1592574017
  • Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.28 x 4.3 x 0.45 in (18.49 x 10.92 x 1.14 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Wine and wine making
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005926964
  • Dewey Decimal Code 641.22

About the author

Tara Q. Thomas is the editor-in-chief for Wine & Spirits magazine. She also serves as the wine editor for Denver Post, where she writes a bi-weekly column for the nation s fifth largest Sunday newspaper. She is the author of The Complete Idiot s Guide to Wine Basics."
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