Wine Wit and Wisdom

Would-be wine connoisseurs will not only learn how to recognize and enjoy a good vintage from this informative guide, they"™ll also gain a terrific repertoire of sparkling conversation. They"™ll understand the difference between aroma and bouquet, and organic and biodynamic. They"™ll master classic wine recipes, from Coq au Vin to Beef Bourguignon, and find out how to give a toast in 20 different languages. And they"™ll be able to dazzle their companions with apt wine quotations by famous authors from Omar Khayyam to Oscar Wilde. It"™s all charmingly illustrated with cartoons, wine labels, and other fascinating wine-related artwork.