Beverage basics : understanding and appreciating wine, beer, and spirits
Offers information on the world's favorite alcoholic beverages, including their origins, modern production practices, and evaluating and enjoying each type of beverage
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley Publishing ,
c2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to alcoholic beverages
- 2. Alcohol and the law
- 3. Healthy drinking
- 4. Viticulture: growing grapes
- 5. Viniculture: making wine
- 6. Sensory evaluation of wine
- 7. Chardonnay
- 8. Sauvignon blanc
- 9. Riesling
- 10. Other white vinifera grape varieties
- 11. Cabernet sauvignon
- 12. Merlot
- 13. Pinot noir
- 14. Syrah/shiraz
- 15. Other red vinifera grape varieties
- 16. Hybrid and native American varieties
- 17. Sparkling wines
- 18. Dessert and fortified wines
- 19. Beer
- 20. Distilled spirits
- 21. Purchasing alcoholic beverages