White Wine for Dummies (Paperback)

by Ed McCarthy (Author), Mary Ewing-Mulligan (Author) "White wine brought us together..." (more)
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Amazon.com Review
The authors of Wine for Dummies and Red Wine for Dummies present a companion volume for white wine lovers. Don't know your florals from your vegetals? The Dummies wine team has assembled a resource to navigate the unfamiliar winebibber through the often intimidating array of white wines, including proper terminology and lists of affordable varieties of wines from every region.

Product Description
With White Wine For Dummies as your guide, you can explore the wide world of white wines, from Chardonnay to Pinot Gris to Sauvignon Blanc. Wine experts Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan take you from Northern California and the CÙte d'Or to Australia and Germany; and along the way, they offer more than 1,000 wine recommendations, suggestions for pairing white wine with food, and a glossary of terms you need to know. The history and geography they provide are sure to improve both your knowledge and enjoyment of white wine.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (September 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076455011X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764550119
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #322,101 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Should be re-named White Wine for Beginners, October 10, 2001

By	Francis McIlvaine (Fairfield, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This is an very entertaining book, but it is also a good overview of wines. The book explains the types of grapes that are used, and reviews the regions of the world where wine is produced. Even though the book has a number of "snob alert" icons throughout the book, it is clearly aimed at the "better" wines. If you are interested in Gallo, Paul Masson, etc. type of "jug" wines you need to go someplace else since they are not covered at all! It seems a little odd that Gallo that sells say 100 million cases of wine a year is excluded, yet a French producer of 50 cases of White Burgandy a year is mentioned. The vintage charts for white wine is dated, but overall the book goes a long way to take the mystery out of wine.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying, November 9, 2006

By	D. J. Slobodien (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Demystifying and approachable. It's also cheap so if you leave it in a hotel room (as I did) you can inexpensively replace it. A nice supplement to Wine for Dummies by the same author.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book Is Like A Good Wine, December 3, 1998

By A Customer

It is a good book for someone who had no idea of white wine. It gives a general idea of different types of grapes and the vocabulary of "wine". Most important of all, it points out that a good wine difinition varies from a person to others. Now, I really enjoy to drink my white wine and try to determine the flavor, the acidity, etc.