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From: mark@mcc-pp.UUCP (Mark Scheevel)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Wine novice
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Date: Tue, 28-Oct-86 18:09:01 EST
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In article <2173@mtuxo.UUCP> ehd@mtuxo.UUCP (e.demont) writes:
>Although I enjoy wine, I must plead ignorance of the subject.  I
>wish to improve my knowledge/appreciation of wine and am looking
>for books or other information that explain the different types of
>wine and their characteristics (dry, full-bodied, etc.).  Please
>let me know if you have discovered any information that is written
>in English (i.e. novice-proof, no pun intended) rather than in
>Wine-ese.
>		Ellen De Mont
>		uucp:  ihnp4!mtuxo!ehd

A good book for beginners is by Kevin Zraly (I think that's the correct
name, my book is at home and I'm not) entitled "Windows of the World
Wine Course".  I believe that Zraly runs the Windows of the World
restaurant in NYC (World Trade Center?), and was interested in teaching
neophytes about wine in a less intimidating manner than usual.
If you want to learn more after reading that book, Hugh Johnson's
books (I have his _Atlas_ and another one) are exceptionally well-done
and heartily recommended.

-- 
Mark Scheevel
MCC, Parallel Processing
Austin, Texas
arpa: scheevel@mcc.com
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