Wine (Collins Gem)

This handy, pocket-sized and easy-to-follow guide is essential for anyone interested in wine who wants to know more about it - how and where it's made, how to choose it, and how to get the most out of tasting and enjoying it.If you've always wondered what the difference between one grape variety and another is, or would like to know how to select the right wine for a particular occasion, or even start your own wine cellar, help is at hand.Gem Wine includes all the know-how, insider tips and helpful advice you need to learn all about wine. Full of straightforward expert advice, this introductory guide provides lots of practical information on all aspects of understanding, choosing and tasting wine, including:how wine is madehow to recognize different flavourspractical tasting techniquescharacteristics of different white, red, rose, sparkling and dessert wineschoosing wineswhere to buy winehow to store winestarting your own cellarentertaining with winewine and health