Chardonnay: A Complete Guide to the Grape and the Wines it Produces (Mitchell Beazley Wine Made Easy) [Hardcover]

Dave Broom (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mitchell Beazley Wine Made Easy | Publication Date: July 28, 2006

How did Chardonnay become the most popular white grape variety in the world? Award-winning author Dave Broom—honored as the Glenfiddich Drinks Writer of the Year—charts its evolution, covering where the grape grows and why; who the top winemakers are; how to buy, serve, and store the wine; and what food goes well with it. He provides an international perspective, looking not only at the traditional producing countries in Europe (France, Italy, and Spain), but also at Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, South Africa, and wherever else in the world the wine is found.  
 

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About the Author

Dave Broom is the co-author of Drink! Never Mind the Peanuts which won the Glenfiddich Drink Book of the Year 2002. He also won Glenfiddich Drinks Writer of the Year in 2002 for his contribution to publications such as Whisky Magazine, WINE, and BBC Good Food. Dave is author of the Hamlyn Handbook of Whisky, Spirits & Cocktails, and The Connoisseur's Guide to Whisky. He appears regularly on Good Food Live!, and judges at many wine and spirits competitions. He lives in Brighton but is Glaswegian.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: MITCH (July 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840006854
• ISBN-13: 978-1840006858
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,652,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but better books on the market., January 28, 2009

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This review is from: Chardonnay: A Complete Guide to the Grape and the Wines it Produces (Mitchell Beazley Wine Made Easy) (Hardcover)

This book is part of the Mitchell Beazley series of little books. I know it's a pretty cheap book but I would still suggest skipping it. It doesn't really tell you about Chardonnay as much as it describes all known growing regions. That doesn't really give me useful information to really learn about the grape itself. There's little information on aromas and body of this particular variety.

It breaks down the growing regions from all over the world and then gives the major producers to look for. It would be fine if it were current but this book was printed in 2003 and many of the producers have been bought out or just plain out of business. The pictures are OK. The book doesn't provide any more useful information than any other wine book that includes all grape varietals.

I only paid a penny but I wasted $3.99 on the shipping. If you want to learn about wine go with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine Basics, 2nd Edition and you can get useful information on all grape varietals.