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WINEWISE Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine by Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, Michael A. Weiss, and the Culinary Institute of America Wiley September 2008 $29.95/hardcover Full-color photography ISBN: 978-0-4717-7064-0 Excerpt from the book Buy this book Printer-friendly page

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According to Wine Spectator, worldwide wine consumption has increased each year since 2002, and is expected to increase by 30 million cases by 2010. That's a lot of grapes! As further proof of its growing popularity, for the first time in history, wine surpassed beer and spirits as the alcoholic beverage of choice for Americans. Thirsty for more information? Look no further than WINEWISE: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine by Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, and Michael A. Weiss, professors of wine studies at The Culinary Institute of America. Illustrated throughout with full-color maps and photographs and written in a lively, down-to-earth style, WINEWISE gives you a complete course in wine basics: Learn about all of the major wine grapes and take a grand tour of the world's wine regions, including Canada, Greece, and other up-and-coming locales that are now producing impressive wines; explore the ins and outs of pairing wine with food (in a pinch, sparkling wine and Pinot Noir go with almost everything), discover how to navigate a restaurant wine list and avoid rip-offs (some places actually charge a 500% mark-up!), and learn how to organize your own home wine tasting. Most of all, WINEWISE teaches you how to trust your taste buds and follow your nose to wines that you truly enjoy.

Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, and Michael A. Weiss have been professors of wine studies at The Culinary Institute of America for more than 20 years. Each author has extensive experience in education and in the wine industry. They collaborated on Exploring Wine: The Culinary Institute of America's Complete Guide to Wines of the World, which was nominated by The James Beard Foundation for Best Wine and Spirits Book in 2003. A third edition of Exploring Wine is due out fall 2009.

The Culinary Institute of America, based in Hyde Park, NY, is a premier culinary college with over 37,000 successful graduates of the Associates and Bachelors programs. More information is available at www.CIAchef.edu.