Italian Wine For Dummies, Mini Edition E-Book

Ed McCarthy

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 63

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2010

Beschreibung

Includes wine picks for every region of Italy Italian wine is so much more than Chianti! Discover wonderful wine produced throughout Italy -- from Barolo to Montepulciano to up-and-coming Super Tuscans -- in this uniquely accessible, entertaining guide. Open the book and find: * Discover the types of grapes used in popular wines * Great wine bargains * The differences among the major whites and the major reds * How to match Italian wine with foods Open the book and find: * Discover the types of grapes used in popular wines * Great wine bargains * The differences among the major whites and the major reds * How to match Italian wine with foods

Leseprobe

Italian Wine For Dummies®, Mini Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Chapter 1: Born to Make Wine

Wine to Boot

From the Alps to almost Africa

Diverse conditions, diverse wines

Italian Wine Styles Today

The Italian prototype

Red, white, and beyond

A Note about Names

Chapter 2: The Wines of Piedmont

The Majesty of Piedmont

The wines of Piedmont

The grapes of Piedmont

Wines of the Alba Area

Barolo

Barbaresco

Barbera, Dolcetto, and Nebbiolo of Alba

The Wines of Asti and Alessandria

Chapter 3: The Wines of Tuscany

The Big Picture of Tuscany

The Land of Chianti

Chianti Classico

Chianti

Vernaccia di San Gimignano

Monumental Montalcino

The “Noble Wine” of Montepulciano

Super-Tuscan Wines — The Winds of Change

Chapter 4: The Wines of Southern Italy

Campania: Revival Begins

The wines of Avellino

Wines of the coastal hills and islands around Naples

Campania’s northern hills

Campania wines worth buying

Apulia: Italy’s Wine Barrel

The Salento Peninsula

The “Trulli” district

Castel del Monte

Recommended Puglia producers

Mountainous Basilicata

Rugged Calabria

Italian Wine For Dummies®, Mini Edition

by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan

Italian Wine For Dummies®, Mini Edition

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