Wine for Dummies CD 4th Edition by Ed McCarthy (PDF)

Description

This down-to-earth guide cuts through wine snobbery and tells you what’s in, what’s out, and what’s new in wine. This update of the bestselling For Dummies® classic covers everything from established and emerging wine regions to pairing wine with food to collecting wine. Here’s to fun, relaxed wine exploration and enjoyment!

Discover how to:

Understand grape varieties and wine styles
Decipher wine lists and wine labels
Select, store, open, pour, and enjoy wine

User’s Reviews

Ed McCarthy, CWE, is a regular contributor to Wine Enthusiast and The Wine Journal.Mary Ewing-Mulligan, MW, is president of the International Wine Center in New York.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ I ordered this book for my mother, she is a wine lover and she found the book helpful. the whole family likes wine and enjoys hearing about it and reading about it too. and i found it to be interesting read. i like the idea there is a dummies book for all kinds of things and wine is a perfect for any one who is looking to learn about it at a beginner level. if you love wine and want to start a journey to discover it than this book is for you and it gives you language you can understand where some people that talk about wine they talk to you a way that is hard to understand and this book helps you hear it like your a small kid.

⭐ There are two areas of the business world where I feel completely like a fish out of water – wine and golf. These social skills aren’t absolutely necessary, but sure feel darn close to it. This Dummies book really does demystify the wine peice, and makes it very understandable for those of us who think that Franzia is really good, and Burgundy is a color. I highly recommend the book for those who ae intimidated by the restaurant wine list, but are in the position of having to order off of it. Additionally, this is a light read – a toe in the ocean of wine. So, maybe I am not a fish in the water yet – but the toe is in…

⭐ This is the perfect book for those who love wine but want to learn much more. There is another Wine for Dummies by McCarthy and Ewing-Mulligan that contains the entire original Wine for Dummies in Part I and then goes into wines of foreign countries, serving wine, navigating a wine shop, etc. We found the second book, published in 2006, unnecessary and continue to rely on the first, by Ed McCarthy. We bought the first for our e-reader and bought it again in paperback, for ready reference. We are now very much into tasting at wineries, where the fun begins!

⭐ I like the book very helpful!

⭐ This is an interesting book. It contains a lot of useful information regarding wine. However, I think it contains way too much information. I should have listened to some of the other reviewers. This isn’t the book I was hoping it would be. It goes into such extensive detail about everything, from the type of wine glasses I should be drinking from to the names of grapes and their subspecies. I was hoping for a more curtailed version, something that would get more to the point. I am very disappointed. I will keep the book as a reference, but I don’t know if I really retained anything from this book.

⭐ The book was in good condition, and it arrived very quickly. This book is perfect for people learning about wines, and all the “For Dummies” books are written in a very readable style, by authors who really know their stuff! The price was great, I would definitely recomend this seller.

⭐ GREAT…!!!!!!!!!!…!!!!!!!

⭐ I really enjoy this book. I am new to the wine scene visiting local wineries for tastings and purchases. The info i have gotten so far makes me feel comfortable in that setting. It has helped me enjoy myself and feel impowered. I really like the tips in the sidebars a very easy read.

⭐ Bought as a gift, he loved it!

⭐ I was truly a dummy when it came to wine at the time I read this book. Unfortunately, Wine for Dummies was not very enlightening. Its problems:- It meanders all over the place. Where to begin? The book makes no suggestions for where to start your education, instead just providing scads of information about all the possible varietals and regions you might be interested in.- It makes very little attempt to simplify wine for the beginner. The problem I have with this is that wine is already needlessly complex and a “Dummies” book that doesn’t simplify it misses the point.- It feels very pro-European and traditional when it comes to wine. The problem is that Europe is the most complicated wine area, with regions and subregions and crus and villages and wine grapes not named on the label, so it makes almost no sense as a framework with which to begin understanding wine (although there’s nothing wrong with European wines).- It doesn’t adequately teach concepts like “dry”, “crisp”, “body”, “oaky”, etc.- It doesn’t suggest potential tastingsBasically it’s just a big book full of wine knowledge.A far, far better beginner’s book is “Great Wine Made Simple” by Andrea Robinson. “Great Wine Made Simple” is not only much more fun (it involves lots of tastings) but it teaches the concepts you need to know much better. Have a look.

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