- Gebundene Ausgabe: 368 Seiten
- Verlag: Broadway; Auflage: 2 (10. September 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0767908147
- ISBN-13: 978-0767908146
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 16 x 3 cm
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Praise for the first edition of The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine:
"A refreshingly unintimidating, warm-spirited, and opinionated book."
--New York magazine
"Such a friendly manner about it that you immediately want to pour one of the book's suggested wines and start enjoying, reading, and expanding your wine horizons."
--Atlanta Wine Report
"Hands-down the most readable wine book of the year."
--Charleston Gazette
"Unusually pleasant reading. They never talk down to the reader."
--Los Angeles Times
"Like sitting around home among friends sipping and schmoozing. Put this one on your holiday list."
--Miami Herald
"A fun read that any wine lover will enjoy."
--Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"You might not think, from the title, that it would be so anti-snooty, but it is. A fun, practical read."
--Dayton Daily News
"A refreshingly unintimidating, warm-spirited, and opinionated book."
--New York magazine
"Such a friendly manner about it that you immediately want to pour one of the book's suggested wines and start enjoying, reading, and expanding your wine horizons."
--Atlanta Wine Report
"Hands-down the most readable wine book of the year."
--Charleston Gazette
"Unusually pleasant reading. They never talk down to the reader."
--Los Angeles Times
"Like sitting around home among friends sipping and schmoozing. Put this one on your holiday list."
--Miami Herald
"A fun read that any wine lover will enjoy."
--Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"You might not think, from the title, that it would be so anti-snooty, but it is. A fun, practical read."
--Dayton Daily News
Kurzbeschreibung
Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, authors of The Wall Street Journal's popular "Tastings" column, have now completely updated and expanded their uniquely user-friendly guide to finding and savoring the world's best wine. As in the first edition, Dottie and John-as they are known to their fans-offer practical, knowledgeable tips to guide you through the bewildering rows of bottles found in wine stores and groceries. They help expand your wine interests to include more than the familiar Chardonnay or Merlot you've been drinking for years by starting with a simple exercise: buy two similar wines, put them in paper bags, and taste them. When you have decided which wine you prefer, you've taken the first step.
The thorough revision of the original book not only includes updated assessments of wines from the previous edition but also adds ratings for dozens of new selections, covering rosé Champagnes, for example, and extending the Sauvignon Blanc section to cover wines from New Zealand.
Drawing on questions from readers and fans, they have expanded the practical advice that helps make them so widely read: new chapters include tips on how to impress the boss, what to do about wine headaches, and how to accept the Blue Nun in your past; and new passages address everything from cork etiquette to great kosher wines.
As always, the book features recommendations for excellent wines in all price ranges, from familiar Cabernets and Zinfandels to less well-known but easily accessible Gewürztraminers and Barolos. The authors give helpful tips on finding and choosing a wine store, hosting your own wine-tasting party, and learning to navigate a restaurant's wine list.
Dottie and John's passion for wine will inspire you to sample types and labels you might never have thought (or had the nerve) to try. Their anecdotes and down-to-earth style will keep you turning the pages. Whether you are a curious novice or a connoisseur, this enhanced edition is an ideal choice for expanding your wine knowledge and taste.
The thorough revision of the original book not only includes updated assessments of wines from the previous edition but also adds ratings for dozens of new selections, covering rosé Champagnes, for example, and extending the Sauvignon Blanc section to cover wines from New Zealand.
Drawing on questions from readers and fans, they have expanded the practical advice that helps make them so widely read: new chapters include tips on how to impress the boss, what to do about wine headaches, and how to accept the Blue Nun in your past; and new passages address everything from cork etiquette to great kosher wines.
As always, the book features recommendations for excellent wines in all price ranges, from familiar Cabernets and Zinfandels to less well-known but easily accessible Gewürztraminers and Barolos. The authors give helpful tips on finding and choosing a wine store, hosting your own wine-tasting party, and learning to navigate a restaurant's wine list.
Dottie and John's passion for wine will inspire you to sample types and labels you might never have thought (or had the nerve) to try. Their anecdotes and down-to-earth style will keep you turning the pages. Whether you are a curious novice or a connoisseur, this enhanced edition is an ideal choice for expanding your wine knowledge and taste.
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A wine guide between friends
6. Dezember 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
It is hard to imagine a more down-to-earth wine book than "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine" by John Brecher and Dottie Gaiter. Long the authors of the popular "Tastings" in the aforementioned newspaper, John and Dottie dispense what I can best call "grandmotherly" advice on wines - joyful, nonjudgmental, wise, and wonderfully helpful. They make wine newbies feel welcome, but provide enough down-home wisdom that even aficionados will come away satisfied.
What they bring to their column every Friday in the Journal translates to their latest book (an update of their 1999 version.) The same approachable writing style and sheer pleasure they so masterfully embue in their wine tastings follows in the book. And rarely do authors manage to pierce the literary plane and become real people, but John and Dottie come off in their book as those fun next-door neighbors every one of us has known at some time in our life.
The book could not be more simple in its layout. The authors discuss popular white grape varietals, then reds, and some other specific types of wines (like Sauternes, Champagne, etc.) Most chapters consist of a specific grape varietal discussion, recommended wines of that varietal, and a page or two of general wine tips. This pattern repeats throughout the book (with few exceptions) and covers about thirty grapes/types of wine.
This book is not meant to be encyclopedic in nature. John and Dottie simply ask you to come along and enjoy a glass of wine with them, dispensing simple, but usable advice on how to enjoy the trip. Some might downgrade the rating for being so simplistic, but a readthrough would dissuade this. Other references are available that cover the specifics missing from this book. But as the authors are more interested in evangelizing wine drinking - and specifically the mere enjoyment of wine in a stress-free setting - you won't (and don't) need to know the intricacies of French Bordeaux or the details of the difficulties of truly knowing what's in that bottle of Chilean red. (Consider Karen MacNeil's "The Wine Bible" in that case, particularly if you are new to wine.)
The only lack of the book is that it recycles some anecdotes from the "Tastings" columns, but this is more than made up for by the sheer joy John and Dottie bring to the subject of wine.
You can't go wrong with "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine". It's truly about as escapist as a book on wine can be, while providing helpful wisdom that goes down as pleasingly as a chilled Oregon Pinot Gris on a sunny summer day.
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This book will make you into a wine lover.
27. Oktober 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Well written. Enthusiastic. Informative. Read it through once and Dorothy J. Gaiter & John Brecher's excitement about wine will rub right off on you. You will want to buy, taste and describe what you're tasting. These are not wine snobs. They just want you to enjoy the wine you like, even if it comes in a box. As they say, if you taste two wines blindly and you like the cheaper one, "you don't have a problem, you have a bargain!" I reccomend this book to anyone who likes to drink wine. If you don't really know anything about grapes but want to learn to APPRECIATE WINE, buy this book. All the other books I've looked at overwhelm you with history and wine making lessons, I just want to drink and enjoy. THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU ENJOY DRINKING WINE. It was a great first wine book for me.
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WSJ Guide to Wine New and Improved
18. September 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book is a must read for any wine lover.
Dottie and John have been enjoying wine all their life together.
They have been writing about their passion in the Wall Street Journal since 1998 when their "Tastings" column first appeared.
Through the last 4 years they have helped thousands of us to navigate the confusing maze of wine culture, demystifying wine and helping us to enjoy wine with life's experiences.
With their enormous literary experience, they are able to communicate to the novice, intermediate and expert wine lover alike.
This is their third book and it is a more comprehensive guide to wine enjoyment. The book is organized into chapters by grape/variety and each chapter is like a short story full of wonderful wine experiences and finishing with "wine notes" describing wines by vintage, price range, flavors and food pairings. They write about a wide spectrum of wines from White Zinfandel to first growth Bordeaux. Also included in the book are answers, to their most frequently asked questions from their readers, which I have found to be very helpful. For example -- how to find the right wine store, what wine do I take to a friend's house, what is the correct temperature to serve the wine, what wine do I serve with dinner, when do I decant and many more....
Dottie and John have made the fun of wine come alive through their personal descriptions and experiences. This book is another chapter in their wonderful efforts to help us all ENJOY Wine and Life!!!
Dottie and John have been enjoying wine all their life together.
They have been writing about their passion in the Wall Street Journal since 1998 when their "Tastings" column first appeared.
Through the last 4 years they have helped thousands of us to navigate the confusing maze of wine culture, demystifying wine and helping us to enjoy wine with life's experiences.
With their enormous literary experience, they are able to communicate to the novice, intermediate and expert wine lover alike.
This is their third book and it is a more comprehensive guide to wine enjoyment. The book is organized into chapters by grape/variety and each chapter is like a short story full of wonderful wine experiences and finishing with "wine notes" describing wines by vintage, price range, flavors and food pairings. They write about a wide spectrum of wines from White Zinfandel to first growth Bordeaux. Also included in the book are answers, to their most frequently asked questions from their readers, which I have found to be very helpful. For example -- how to find the right wine store, what wine do I take to a friend's house, what is the correct temperature to serve the wine, what wine do I serve with dinner, when do I decant and many more....
Dottie and John have made the fun of wine come alive through their personal descriptions and experiences. This book is another chapter in their wonderful efforts to help us all ENJOY Wine and Life!!!
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