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A Guide to Wine
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by: Julian Curry
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Released: 2003-06 |
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Media: Audio CD (4)
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Product Description
Actor and wine buff, Julian Curry, has devised this unique audiobook guide to wine, which takes the listener to the heart of winemaking and wine drinking in a clear but light-hearted manner. However rich and complex the subject of wine may be, he insists it is also hugely rewarding and great fun. Curry's informative and entertaining program begins with a description of work in vineyard and cellar. It outlines the many choices faced-by grape-grower and winemaker, resulting in the variety of different styles of wine produced. It continues with wine's journey from winery to gullet, with advice on cellaring, buying, serving, food-matching and tasting. It then moves on to thumbnail sketches of the grape varieties most commonly used, their natural habitats and related styles of wine. And it continues with a lengthy section devoted to all major wine regions, in the Old World and the New. Written and recorded especially for Naxos AudioBooks, and enhanced by the music of Beethoven, De Falla, Godard, Gershwin, Granados, Mascagni, Offenbach, Paterson, Piazzolla, Rossini, Strauss and Verdi, A Guide to Wine is the perfect gift for wine aficionados and those with just a passing interest in the subject alike!
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A Guide to Wine
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2003-06-17)
- Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks; 2003-06
- Label: Naxos Audiobooks
- Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
- Studio: Naxos Audiobooks
- ISBN: 9626342900
- Average Customer Review: based on 3 reviews
- Sales Rank in Books: #709741
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Summary: Didn't realize it was audio, until it arrived... duh... 2008-12-01
Comment: Was slightly surprised when an audio tape arrived. But it was worth it. The contents are good. Solid information. Just that I like to listen to my aduio tapes while driving, and then I seldom have anything to write on. My bad. Info is god, though.
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Summary: A jolly good introduction to the world of wine 2007-11-12
Comment: This is an entertaining, informative overview of basic wine knowledge. It is an excellent beginning point for a budding oenophile or anybody who just wants to learn about wines. Lively music evokes imagery of each country whose wines are featured. Additionally, there is a helpful booklet with maps of the most important and newly-emerging wine regions. Accept Julian Curry's accent and manner of speaking and you will be well enriched and ready to confidently walk into any wine shop or order from any wine list by the end of the fourth CD.
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Summary: Content filled CD 2006-02-22
Comment: I bought this to learn more about wines while in the car. It is good, but not overwhelming. Some sections are overflowing with content that is hard to absorb while driving and some sections are slow. Since it is the only CD I could find, I rate it as much better than nothing. I know more now than when I started.
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A Guide to Wine
