Amazon.com Review
Former editor and director of Vintage International Magazine Linda Johnson demystifies how to locate, judge, buy, and age the best wines at optimal times for both the taste and the price. Johnson addresses the growing seasons, vintages, and aging periods for various wines, as well as how to create your own cellar and build your collection of wines, complete with approximate costs. Johnson describes and lists wines that are table-ready and those that require short-, medium-, and long-term storage. Her vivid descriptions of regional favorites, triumphs of particular growing years, how to taste a wine, and how aging changes your wine not only inform but make wine collecting (and enjoying) a historical adventure.
Product Description
For anyone who has fallen under the spell of wine, starting a collection of high-quality, ageable wines is the inevitable next step. Whether one wants to assemble a simple collection of a few favorite wines, or make a significant investment in a collection of hundreds of bottles, the information in The Wine Collector's Handbook will save time and money. This handbook will teach you: how to analyze a wine's potential; how to taste wine like a professional; what and when is maturity; which wines to drink now, and which later; which wines to cellar and for how long; how to get the most for your money. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 206 pages, charts)
