DescriptionOn this walk through Barcelona, you'll experience the "visual architectural party" of the city's streets; wander the Boqueria Market, Europe's largest, where produce is art and every possible kind of seafood is on brilliant display; ramble through the Ram…
DescriptionMax Skinner is a man at the heart of London's financial universe until his employers embark on a little asset-stripping of their own. Himself. Amid the grey London drizzle, there is one potential ray of sunshine: Max's Uncle Harry has left him his estate in his will, an eighteenth-century chateau and vineyard an hour's drive from Avignon. Out of a job, and encouraged by his friend Charlie about the money in modern wine, he heads for France. What Max discovers is a beautiful house, wonderful weather, and a bustling village. The downside is the quality of the wine in his vineyard; but when Max suggests calling in an expert, Roussel, a former employee of his uncle's, is resistant. Help is at hand, however, when a beautiful blonde Californian arrives unexpectedly at the chateau.
DescriptionYou're expected to order the wine. You think Cabernet is a Broadway show. You need the facts. Fast. With this audio program, you can become an Instant Genius™ on the subject of wine in about an hour. You will be given a sound foundation of knowledge about wine: how wine is made; what grapes go into what wines; how to taste wine; what wines to serve with what foods; and much more.
DescriptionUnlike any wine book published in decades, Making Sense of Wine provides a sensibility about wine. Instead of talking jargon about centrifuges, stainless steel tanks, and levels of acidity, Matt Kramer just talks about wine. He gives us a much-needed reminder that wine is an expression of the Earth, and appreciation of it leads to pleasure, not to status.
DescriptionWhen acclaimed journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky houseguest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a raging controversy. A civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley, which epitomized elitism…
