The essentials of wine with food pairing techniques : a straightforward approach to understanding wine and providing a framework for making intelligent food-pairing decisions

Designed for a variety of audiences, this book combines a framework for understanding wine and making intelligent food pairing decisions. By emphasizing the basics of wine and the basics of food pairing techniques, it offers content that is relevant to novice and intermediate readers and restaurateurs. Thoroughly class-tested, it includes classic pairing combinations and principles that can be used with New World cuisine. Colorful maps, practice quizzes and pronunciation guides help demystify the subject and guide readers through the maze of wine information. Cover Contents Preface How This Textbook Is Organized Major Competencies Additional Tools Introduction by the Author About the Author Acknowledgments Web Resources UNIT 1 THE BASICS OF WINE CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Wine CHAPTER 2 Wine Tasting CHAPTER 3 Viticulture and Enology UNIT 2 WINE AND FOOD COMPATIBILITY CHAPTER 4 Performance Factors of Grape Varietals CHAPTER 5 Foundations to Wine and Food Pairing CHAPTER 6 Advanced Wine and Food Pairing UNIT 3 WINES OF THE NEW WORLD CHAPTER 7 Wines of the United States and Canada CHAPTER 8 Other New World Wine Countries UNIT 4 WINES OF THE OLD WORLD CHAPTER 9 Wines of France CHAPTER 10 Other Old World Wine Countries UNIT 5 OTHER TYPES OF WINE CHAPTER 11 BUBBLES: Sparkling Wine CHAPTER 12 BOLD: Fortified Wine CHAPTER 13 NECTAR: Dessert Wines UNIT 6 WINE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 14 The Flow of Wine CHAPTER 15 Developing a Wine Menu APPENDIX: Wine Glossary: From A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z "Designed for a variety of audiences, this book combines a framework for understanding wine and making intelligent food pairing decisions. By emphasizing the basics of wine and the basics of food pairing techniques, it offers content that is relevant to novice and intermediate students and restaurateurs. Thoroughly class-tested, it includes classic pairing combinations and principles that can be used with World Cuisine. Colorful maps, practice quizzes and pronunciation guides help demystify the subject and guide readers through the maze of wine information." -- Amazon.com viewed November 24, 2020 "The Essentials of Wine takes you on a journey of discovery for not only wine, but for unique wine and food pairing strategies. The text presents these strategies in a simple, user-friendly format."--Jacket