Overview
Baffled by bubbly? Let wine expert Ed McCarthy clear away theconfusion. If you find shopping for champagne a challenge, try thisfun, friendly guide and discover just how easy it is to select theperfect bottle and:
- Appreciate various champagne styles
- Enjoy the author’s favorite champagnes
- Store and serve champagne
- Pair champagne with food
- Evaluate sparkling wines from the US and other countries
What’s the difference between brut and extra dry? IsVintage Champagne worth the extra money? You’ll get theanswers to these and all your questions about that effervescentwonder. And in the process you’ll discover:
- How champagne is made, what grape varieties are used, where themajor grape-growing areas are, and how those tiny bubbles get intochampagne
- The difference between vintage and non-vintage champagne andchampagne specialties, such as blancs and rosé Champagnes
- The meanings of terms used to describe the dryness/sweetnesslevels of champagne, such as brut, extra-dry andsemi-sec
- All about the great champagne houses, including in-depthcoverage of the author’s 25 favorites
- Everything you need to know about buying and storingchampagne
- The best ways to serve champagne, including the best glasses,the best foods to eat with it and more
Like most good things in life, the better you understandchampagne, the more you enjoy it. This friendly guide will help youmake your enjoyment of the most glamorous beverage on the planetcomplete.
This book title, Champagne For Dummies, ISBN: 9780764552168, by Ed McCarthy, published by Wiley (October 27, 1999) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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