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The illustrated encyclopedia of wine, beer & spirits / Brian Glover and Stuart Walton.

By: Glover, Brian, 1951-.
Contributor(s): Walton, Stuart.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Lorenz, 2006Description: 512 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 22 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 9780754816492; 0754816494.Subject(s): Alcoholic beverages -- EncyclopediasDDC classification: 641.2103
Contents:
Wine -- Principles of tasting -- Storing and serving -- Glasses -- Drinking wine with food -- Labelling -- France -- Europe, Africa and the East -- Rest of the world -- Beer -- Ingredients -- Styles of beer -- A world tour -- Spirits -- Liqueurs -- Fortified wines -- Non-alcoholic mixers.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Wine: Take a globe-trotting tour of the world's great wine regions, from Bordeaux to Rioja, and from South Africa's Cape to Australia's Barossa Valley. Learn the five principal elements to look for when tasting a wine, receive practical advice on storing and serving wine and find out how to select wines to serve with food. Beer: This is an authoritative guide to the traditions of brewing and the drinking of beer. Discover amazing facts about the history, production and marketing of beer, take an exciting and informative journey around the world of beer and get the facts on regional brewing, with notes on the strength and taste of both popular and unusual brews. Spirits, Liqueurs and Fortified Wines: This is a definitive guide to spirits, liqueurs and fortified wines, including information on non-alcoholic mixers and details of where and how each drink is made. It includes instructions for making more than 100 cocktails. This expert and accessible reference guide provides all the facts you need to enjoy wines, beers and spirits to the full, with fascinating background information on how they are made, best-known producers and brand names, flavours, aromas and serving advice. Find out more about wines that you have heard of but never tasted; discover new producers and the techniques and trends of winemaking. Discover the world of beer, from the ancient breweries of Flanders and Bohemia, to exotic locations of the Far East and Africa and the thriving micro-breweries of the United States. Learn how to mix up a Moscow Mule or Margarita, and how to pour the perfect Martini. This exhaustive reference gives a fascinating insight into the vast range of brewed and fermented drinks. Combining informative text with more than 1500 glorious photographs, hand-painted maps and delightful illustrations, this is an essential guide to identifying and serving alcohol-based drinks.

Includes index.

Wine -- Principles of tasting -- Storing and serving -- Glasses -- Drinking wine with food -- Labelling -- France -- Europe, Africa and the East -- Rest of the world -- Beer -- Ingredients -- Styles of beer -- A world tour -- Spirits -- Liqueurs -- Fortified wines -- Non-alcoholic mixers.

CIT Module HOSP 6011 - Supplementary reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 6)
  • Wine (p. 10)
  • Principles of Tasting (p. 12)
  • Storing and Serving (p. 14)
  • Glasses (p. 18)
  • Drinking Wine with Food (p. 20)
  • Labelling (p. 24)
  • France (p. 26)
  • Europe, Africa and the East (p. 80)
  • Rest of the World (p. 132)
  • Beer (p. 184)
  • Ingredients (p. 186)
  • Styles of Beer (p. 202)
  • A World Tour (p. 214)
  • Spirits (p. 392)
  • Liqueurs (p. 438)
  • Fortified Wines (p. 484)
  • Non-Alcoholic Mixers (p. 500)
  • Index (p. 502)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Stuart Walton has been a wine writer since the early 1990s, contributing to a wide range of newspapers, magazines and websites. A past chairman of the Circle of Wine Writers, he writes a monthly column, Wine in History, as well as book reviews, for World of Fine Wine magazine. He is also the author of The Complete Cocktail Maker; Gin Cocktails; Vodka Cocktails; Whisky Cocktails (all Lorenz Books); You Heard It Through the Grapevine; Vodka Classified; and Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication.