The Complete Guide to Wine Tasting and Wine Cellars

Publisher description -- The art of wine tasting is the key to wine enjoyment as well as a necessity for anyone planning a wine cellar, however small. Michael Broadbent takes you step by step through the basics of why, when and how to taste and shows you the importance of color, bouquet and flavor, and the elements that give rise to them. This book tells you what to expect when tasting a wine from any given country or region and how a tasting should be organized and recorded. Tasting terms are given with their French, German and Italian equivalents. Designed for on-the-spot reference wherever and whenever wines are to be tasted, this gem of a book offers immediately accessible information to the wine lover as well as being an enjoyable read for the armchair enthusiast.