Description: "Red, white, rosae, fizzy, screwcap v cork, wine myths, overpriced wines, matching food and wine, decanting, the tasting ritual, by the most respected wine critic in the world"--Front cover.
Brief description: Jancis Robinson has been called "the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world" by Decanter magazine. She is the author/editor of dozens of wine books, including WineGrapes (Allen Lane/HarperCollins), The Oxford Companion to Wine (OUP), and The World Atlas of Wine (Mitchell Beazley). She lives in London.
Review Quotes: "Jancis Robinson, a British wine writer renowned for her many big, glossy tomes, has come up with a compact, breezy, one-shot wine seminar for novices. . . . If carignan or claret are still vinous mysteries to you, look here for answers."-- "Florence Fabricant, New York Times"