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The chapters

IFoundations

What wine actually is The styles of wine Wine among the drinks

IIThe grapes

The grapes Reading a variety you have never met

IIITasting

How to taste Describing what you taste Faults

IVHow wine is made

From grape to glass Bubbles, fortified and sweet Oak, tannin and time

VFrance

How France thinks about wine Bordeaux Burgundy and Beaujolais The Rhône, the Loire and the South Champagne

VINew Zealand

How New Zealand thinks about wine Marlborough and the South Island whites Central Otago and New Zealand Pinot Noir Hawke’s Bay and the North Island reds

VIIThe wider world

Everywhere else

VIIIIn practice

Serving Food and wine Buying wine What alcohol does

ReferenceGlossary Grape explorer Aroma wheel Serving temperature

With a glassGuided tasting Tasting journal Standard drinks

27 varieties · 12 white, 15 red

The grapes

Sort the whites by acidity and you get, near enough, the order of how long they live and how well they handle food.

Colour

Climate

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27 varieties