Canadian Wine for Dummies

by Tony Aspler, Barbara Leslie

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 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 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.

Genres: Wine

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Tony Aspler has been writing about wine for more than 30 years, and today he is the most widely respected wine writer in Canada. He was the wine columnist for The Toronto Star for 21 years and has authored 14 books on wine and food, including The Wine Lover's Companion, The Wine Lover Cooks, Travels With My Corkscrew, Vintage Canada and The Wine Atlas of Canada. Tony's latest book, with chef Gurth Pretty, is The Definitive Canadian Wine & Cheese Cookbook.

Tony is an accomplished wine educator and lecturer. He averages 40–50 personal appearances a year at seminars and lectures.

Tony is the creator of the annual Ontario Wine Awards competition, an honorary governor of Cuvée and a director of the Independent Wine Education Guild. He is also a director of The Canadian Wine Library and a founding member of the Wine Writers Circle. At the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival 2000, Tony was presented with the "Royal Bank Business Citizen of the Year" Award. In 2007, Tony was made a Member of the Order of Canada for "his contributions as a leading authority on Canadian wines who has been key to the development of the Canadian wine industry."

Tony writes for a number of international wine magazines, including Wine Spectator, Wine Business International, Tidings, Post City Magazines, Lexpert, Fine Wine & Liquor (China), www.decanter.com and www.appellationamerica.com. He is the Canadian contributor to Tom Stevenson's annual Wine Report. You can hear Tony on 680News – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – talking about wine.

Tony also writes fiction. He is the author of nine novels. His latest series is a collection of wine murder mysteries featuring the itinerant wine writer/detective Ezra Brant: Blood Is Thicker Than Beaujolais, The Beast of Barbaresco and Death On The Douro (published by Warwick Publishing). He is currently working on Nightmare In Napa Valley.

In February 2001, Tony co-founded a charitable foundation with Arlene Willis. Grapes for Humanity raises money through the wine community for the victims of landmines and children with disabilities (www.grapesforhumanity.com).

Series:
* Wine Lover's Mysteries