Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wellspring Media
• VHS Release Date: October 27, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304076843
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,631 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In the introduction to her wine course, Jancis Robinson instantly makes viewers feel comfortable with their level of wine understanding. She points out that even among the experts, people frequently disagree about what is a quality wine, taking us to a wine tasting in which participants vehemently differ in their opinions. Then she acquaints us with the basics of how wine is made. One caveat to this video: be prepared for much spitting; wine tasters don't swallow their wine (a hazard of the job). The second half of this tape covers Chardonnays and their quest to take over the world. Also explained is the importance of the oak barrels used to store the wine. --Jenny Brown

From the Back Cover

Jancis Robinson, editor of the award-winning best-seller The Oxford Companion to Wine, is also wine columnist of The Financial Times and the Wine Spectator. She brings great humor and the expertise of a Master of Wine to one of life's most delicious subjects. Jancis Robinson's Wine Course introduces you to wine by focusing on the grape varieties which shape its flavor. This beautifully filmed tour of the world of wine brings labels and liquids alive.

Start your journey with the episodes on this tape, which examine the range of the winemanking experince: from the joys of a single glass at dinner to the multi-national struggle where billions of barrels are at stake.

Highlights include:
- How to taste wine - and why the nose reigns supreme.
- How wine is made - grape stomping as dangerous sport.
- The fast-changing world of wine. France may still produce some of the finest wines in the world, but it's no longer where the action is. See how Australian wine producers are changing the rules of the game.
- Soul, wine and tradition in Burgundy with Dominique Lafon.
- How Chardonnay is taking over the world - dining in San Francisco.
- The magic of oak - how barrels, and fortunes are made.
By sharing secrets of the experts, Jancis Robinson's Wine Course will help you appreciate and enjoy wine like never before.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend Jancis Robinson for anything wine!, October 19, 2002

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RMF-winetrek (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jancis Robinson's Wine Course - Introduction and Chardonnay [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Great video, every video she's ever made on wine is fabulous.