Wine: The Basics

.99 cent dvd and worth every penny
Terrible production. I was looking for just straight talk on wines here they wanted to have a drama.

Clear, educative and interesting DVD.
I got this DVD from the Fairfax Public Library, Virginia. The production brings 2 hours on interesting and relevant material. It focus on French and Californian wines. It is divided in 7 or 8 segments providing interesting information. After the intro on wine, production regions, types of wine in a didactic and amusing (kind of) way, production details it goes into pairing wine with food, selecting a good wine in a restaurant without overpaying and other valuable tips. I found the interviews with a cook and with a "Wine Iconoclast" extremely interesting. The inconoclast offers a candid conversation in ways to enjoy good wines with good price, how to look for value and where to look for value.

This CD costs less than a couple of bottles of reasonable good wine. If you are interested in the subject why not buy it? You will be amused and you will learn a lot. I would not recommend this to any expert with years of wine tasting, wine studying and visits to wineries around the...



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