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Instant wine expert, shortcuts to great wine choices, Infinite Ideas with Giles Kime

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Instant wine expert

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Infinite Ideas with Giles Kime

52 brilliant ideas

shortcuts to great wine choices

Many of us would like to improve our knowledge when it comes to wine, and there's tons of advice out there to help us; a never-ending avalanche of books, magazines, websites and TV programmes. But who's got the time to wade through this lot to sift the stuff that works from the rubbish? What we need are failsafe short cuts to knowing our Chablis from our Merlot, and how to identify what we like and why. Instant wine expert is the indispensable tool for working out what's what in the world of wine, without pretentiousness or pomp. Packed with down-to-earth, simple and effective advice, Instant wine expert will help you make the best selection in wine, whatever the occasion, budget or tastes

Free your mind -- The agony of choice -- Blind tasting -- Sweet dreams -- Tasting tips -- Good scents -- Glass act -- Chardonnay -- Great whites -- Grape expectations -- Winemaking 101 -- Oaky, OK? -- Rain or shine -- Ageing gracefully -- Words fail me -- Cabernet -- French classics -- The beautiful south -- Lovely bubbly? -- Spanish highs -- Using sommeliers -- The wizards of Oz -- Cork talk -- Fantasy island -- California dreaming -- Italian renaissance -- Sherry baby -- Que Syrah, Syrah -- The merchants of menace -- The perfect match -- Money talks -- In the mix -- On doctor's orders? -- Eastern promise -- Port -- Brave New World -- Fine and dandy -- Simply reds -- Hot off the marks -- The lure of the Loire -- Take me to the river -- Burgundy -- The reign of terroir -- The great white hope -- The heat is on -- Break for the Bordeaux -- Many happy returns? -- Beyond Liebfraumilch -- Local heroes -- Keeping your palate on its toes -- Avoiding hangovers -- Vinous nirvana