Making European Wines at Home

Join authors Peter Duncan and Bryan Acton as they take you on a guided tour of Europe, introducing you to some of the region's best wines and showing you what ingredients you need to make those fabulous wines in your own home. With the help of this book, you can turn yourself into the sommelier of your home dinner parties and become a wine connoisseur on a shoestring budget. Over recent years, we've seen rapid growth in the popularity of wines and a huge increase in home winemaking. Every fine-dining restaurant or high-end establishment offering meals prides themselves on their wine selection. What if you could recreate those wine-tasting experiences by crafting your own wine at home? Make your favorite wines on a budget! Do it in your kitchen using easily-sourced and inexpensive ingredients. Chapters covered in this book include: *Basic Wine Making *Sherry (dry and sweet) *Port *Hocks, Moselles, and Alsatian Wines *Dry Red Wines of France *White Wines of France *Chianti (new and old) *Madeira-Type Wines *Rosé Wines *Champagne and Sparkling Wines *Liqueurs and Aperitifs. Say, "Cheers!" and toast to health and happiness by adding this book to your check-out cart. Start making and, best of all, savoring