The Wine Lover's Page-A-Day Calendar 2008

by Karen MacNeil

Product Description Discover a year of fabulous wine advice and must-try recommendations from Karen MacNeil, the passionate and knowledgeable author of the bestselling The Wine Bible. Try Salentein's spicy, rugged syrah, bursting with black fig and dark cherry character. Fritz Haag's lively, minerally Riesling. And, for stashing in the cellar for a few years, Miner's Cabernet Sauvignon. Plus tips for pairing wine with shellfish, the intense, brooding wines of Spain's Priorato region, what to drink lightly chilled and what to drink cold, variety versus varietal, getting to know Tocai Fruilano, and trivia: Do you know how many grapes go into one 750 ml bottle of wine? From the Back Cover Trust the Expert Zaca Mesa's spicy, lively, and powerfully structured Z Three. From De Loach, an irresistibly smoky and intense sauvignon blanc. Discover a year of must-try recommendations and fabulous wine advice from Karen MacNeil, the passionate and knowledgeable author of the bestselling The Wine Bible. Getting to know Pouilly-Fumé. Five great Italian summer wines. Plus ripasso and other wine words, to swirl or not to swirl, and that perfect match for chocolate-chip cookies—a malmsey Maderia. About the Author In 2004 Karen MacNeil received the highest honor awarded to a wine professional in the United States–she was named “Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year” by the James Beard Foundation. The following year she was named “2005 Wine Educator of the Year” by the European Wine Council. Past recipients of the Council’s awards have included journalist Morley Safer (60 Minutes), filmamker Francis Ford Coppola and winemaker Robert Mondavi. Karen is the host of “Wine, Food and Friends with Karen Macneil,” a 13-part series on PBS television nationally. For the last 25 years, Karen has been a writer, consultant, and educator whose articles on wine and food have been published in more than 50 United States magazines and newspapers including: The New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, and Town & Country. She is the author of the award-winning The Wine Bible –one of the best selling wine books in the United States, with more than 250,000 copies sold since it was released in 2001.

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