Larousse wine
Subtitle: the world's greatest vines, estates, and regions
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9780307952226
Subjects: Terroir; Viticulture; Wineries; Wine and wine making
Other titles: Grand Larousse du vin. English
Description: Profiles winemaking regions around the globe, from Europe and the Americas to Africa and the Far East, offering information on grapes, vineyards, and vintages, and explaining how to buy, choose, store, serve, and taste wine--
Notes: Originally published in France as Grand Larousse du vin by Editions Larousse, Paris, c2010. This English translation originally published in Great Britain by Hamlyn, a division of Octopus, London, c2011.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering vines and wines. Origins of wine; title: From vine to bottle. Choosing, storing, and tasting wine. How can you identify a wine?; title: How to buy wine; title: How should wine be stored; title: How to choose wine; title: How to serve wine; title: How to taste wine. Great wine regions of the world. France; title: Italy; title: Spain; title: Portugal; title: Germany; title: Central and southeast Europe to the Black Sea; title: Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa; title: United States and Canada; title: Chile; title: Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay; title: South Africa; title: Australia; title: New Zealand; title: Japan, China, and India.