Canadian Wine for Dummies

How can the same grapes make two different wines? Can you tell what
a wine tastes like by reading the label? By understanding wine, you
can drink better wine. In grocery stores, liquor stores, and at the
vineyard, the key to picking a tasty wine is knowing how the wine
was made--not by looking at the price. Even the glass you
drink wine out of can enhance the experience. With some basic
guidance, being a wine connoisseur is as easy as knowing what you
like.

Canadian Wine For Dummies is for everyone from beginning
wine drinkers who need a friendly primer on wine to experienced
wine tasters who want a thorough introduction to the diverse
variety of wines produced in Canadian. This is the perfect guide if
you're interested in:

• Entertaining at home

• Collecting wine

• Cooking with wine

• Touring Canadian vineyards

• Impressing your friends

Explore all the factors that influence a wine 212;from the soil
the grapes grow in to the winemaking process--and understand
how to decipher this information from the label. Navigate any
restaurant's wine list and order the best tasting and priced
bottle. Serve the perfect wine to complement the food your serving.
This friendly guide helps you do these things and more:

• Introduce your friends to Icewine

• Happily marry food and wine at your wedding

• Purchase wine online from private shops

• Properly taste and describe any wine

• Organize wine tastings

• Know when to send back a bottle of wine

Tired of relying on other people's wine choices? Want to
discover a vast country of delicious wines? There are many, many
reasons to explore the world of Canadian wines. No matter what the
reason, the experience you take away from delving into the savory
world of Canadian wines will make itself useful the rest of your
life.

Auteur

Tony Aspler is the recognized authority on Canadian wine and
is the author of Travels with My Corkscrew and Vintage
Canada.

Barbara Leslie has 15 years of writing and editing
experience at Winetidings magazine.

Résumé
How can the same grapes make two different wines? Can you tell what a wine tastes like by reading the label? By understanding wine, you can drink better wine. In grocery stores, liquor stores, and at the vineyard, the key to picking a tasty wine is knowing how the wine was madenot by looking at the price. Even the glass you drink wine out of can enhance the experience. With some basic guidance, being a wine connoisseur is as easy as knowing what you like. Canadian Wine For Dummies is for everyone from beginning wine drinkers who need a friendly primer on wine to experienced wine tasters who want a thorough introduction to the diverse variety of wines produced in Canadian. This is the perfect guide if you're interested in:

• Entertaining at home
• Collecting wine
• Cooking with wine
• Touring Canadian vineyards

• Impressing your friends
  Explore all the factors that influence a wine 212;from the soil the grapes grow in to the winemaking processand understand how to decipher this information from the label. Navigate any restaurant's wine list and order the best tasting and priced bottle. Serve the perfect wine to complement the food your serving. This friendly guide helps you do these things and more:

• Introduce your friends to Icewine
• Happily marry food and wine at your wedding
• Purchase wine online from private shops
• Properly taste and describe any wine
• Organize wine tastings
• Know when to send back a bottle of wine
  Tired of relying on other people's wine choices? Want to discover a vast country of delicious wines? There are many, many reasons to explore the world of Canadian wines. No matter what the reason, the experience you take away from delving into the savory world of Canadian wines will make itself useful the rest of your life.

Contenu
**Introduction
How to Use This Book
Part I: What Is Wine?
Part II: Appreciating Wine
Part III: Enjoying Wine
Part IV: Wine and Food
Part V: Wineries across Canada
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Part VII: Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book Part I: What Is Wine?

**Chapter 1: What Makes a Wine
Understanding What Wine Is
Winemaking Basics

• The importance of air
• The grape's goodness
• A fascination for thousands of years
• A widespread appeal
• An astonishing array of colours and sizes
• A knockout combination: Sugar and acid
• Setting the Standards
• Canada's designated viticultural areas

• VQA regulations **Chapter 2: Wine in Its Elements
  Breaking It Down: Wine's Key Ingredients

• Where's the fruit?
• What's so good about acid?
• What's the degree of alcohol?
• What use are tannins?

• What's this fifth element of wine?
  Deciphering a Canadian Wine Label
  Chapter 3: Getting to Know Your Berry
  Looking Closely at the Grape
  Life Preservers for Wine: Tannins to the Rescue!
  Contrasting Reds and Whites

• Macerating makes the difference
• White wines don't macerate

• Drinking red wine in its youth
  Exploring the Variety of the Grape World
  Labelling for Variety
  Chapter 4: In the Vineyard
  All Grapes Are Not Created Equal
  Where Wine Grapes Grow And How!

• Why vines should struggle
• How grapes get sweet
• The cool connection
  A History of Mediocrity
  A Year in a Canadian Vineyard
  Weathering the Vintage
• Frost warnings
• Singing in the sunshine
• Crying in the rain
• Harsh lessons
  The Education Advantage
  Part II: Appreciating Wine

Chapter 5: Sensing Good Wine
Visual Basics

• Judging colour
• Looking at whites
• Seeing red
• Checking out those legs!
• Sending wines back: Five unsightly reasons to do so
  Nuancing the Nose
• Getting swirling again (it's worth it)
• Finding the right partners
• Smelling something fishy: Avoiding bad wine days
• Bottle stink and other problems
• Oxidation
• Corkiness

• More stinky reasons for sending wines back
  Chapter 6: Pleasing Your Palate
  Getting to Know Your Tongue
  Putting Your Palate to the Test

• Comparing whites
• That glowing colour
• Those revealing legs
• The nose knows
• The proving of your palate

• Comparing reds
  **Chapter 7: Judging the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  Describing How Wines Taste
  Scoring Wine by Number

• Your basic tasting sheet
• The write words
• Appearance
• Bouquet

• Taste
  Chapter 8: Sharing Good Taste
  Organizing a Tasting

• Striking the right mood
• Setting the scene
  Tasting in Private
• Intimate encounters
• Crowd scenes
• Dinner parties
  Tasting in Public
• Cruising the best wines
• Getting the right answers
  Part III: Enjoying Wine

Chapter 9: Wine in Restaurants
Getting to Know the House Wine
Reading a Wine List Pick the perfect ...