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Full of tips, trivia, and useful how-tos, this pocket-sized handbook is the perfect gift for wine lovers.

Wine is one of the world’s oldest beverages, and there’s never been a better time to fill a glass with the fruit of the vine. Whether you prefer robust reds, crisp whites, or subtle rosés, you’ll find lots to drink in on the pages of this pocket-sized guide, packed with information, how-tos, and trivia for wine enthusiasts of every variety. Seasoned sommeliers and budding oenologists alike will learn all things wine, including:

• How Wine Is Made
• How to Pour a Glass of Wine
• How to Pair Wine with Food
• The Truth About Sulfites
• How to Bring the Perfect Wine for Any Occasion
• And more!

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Highlights from Wine History

As one of the world’s oldest beverages, wine has quite the historical pedigree. Here are some landmark dates in the evolution of our favorite drink.

Ca. 7000 BCE: First evidence of wine production: Chinese pottery shards later discovered in Henan province show residue of wine made from both grapes and rice.

Ca. 4100 BCE: Approximate date of first known winery, located in the Areni-1 cave in Armenia.

Ca. 3000 BCE: Royal wine making begins in Egypt, with grapes likely crushed by foot.

Ca. 300 BCE: Ancient Greek writer Theophrastus describes contemporary wine-making practices, including complex pairings of soil types with grape varieties and methods for minimizing yields (and thereby concentrating flavor).

121 BCE: Year of the so-called Opimian vintage of Roman wine, prized into the next century for its supreme quality.

71 CE: The first vineyards are planted in Bordeaux by Romans, possibly from cuttings from the Rioja region of Spain.

77 CE: Pliny the Elder publishes his Naturalis Historia, the text from which the phrase in vino veritas (in wine, there is truth) is adapted.

79 CE: Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying the city of Pompeii and interrupting trade, causing wine to become scarce and prices for it to soar.

Ca. 200 CE: Romans begin to use the screw press to crush grapes.

1152 CE: The marriage of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine causes a spike in the cost of Bordeaux wines.

1435: Count John IV of Katzenelnbogen plants the first riesling grapes near Frankfurt, Germany.

1524: Vineyards are established in Mexico by Spanish settlers.

1630: Sir Kenelm Digby begins to manufacture glass wine bottles sturdy and strong enough for general use.

1685: Simon van der Stel, governor of the Dutch Cape Colony in the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, founds what is now Groot Constantia, the country’s oldest winery.

1718: Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon’s winemaking rules are published.

1788: Wine cuttings are brought to New South Wales, Australia (then a penal colony), from South Africa.

1798: First Vineyard, America’s first commercial winery, is established by John DuFour in Nicholasville, Kentucky.

1863: The great French wine blight, which would destroy 40 percent of French vineyards by the mid-1870s, begins.

1851: Chilean industrialist Silvestre Ochagavia imports cuttings of French vines to cultivate in his own country.

1920: Prohibition, the nationwide ban on alcohol in the United States, takes effect until 1933; during this period, more than 2,000 American wineries are shuttered.

1935: France’s Comité national des appellations d’origine is created to standardize and regulate the naming of wines for specific regions.

1935: Australian Thomas Angove invents a cask wine (aka boxed wine) container consisting of a polyethylene bladder housed in a corrugated cardboard box.

1976: The so-called Judgment of Paris competition is held, at which French wine judges declare California-made cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay superior to those made in France.

1980s: New Zealand sauvignon blanc puts the country on the map as a producer of high-quality wines.

Terms Every Wine Snob Should Know

Need to brush up on your oenophile* speak? Here are the terms you’ll need to know.

Acidity: One of the five taste sensations. Acidity in wine activates the salivary glands and creates a sour or tart sensation and enlivening, refreshing, and crisp quality.

Aeration: Exposing wine to oxygen to release aromas and flavors (aka letting the wine breathe)

Alcohol: Ethanol (ethyl alcohol); the product of fermentation of sugars by yeast

Appellation: A delimited wine-producing region, i.e., a place with a protected name

Astringent: A tasting term noting the harsh, bitter, and drying sensations in the mouth caused by high levels of tannin

Balance: The result of all the elements of a wine, such as acids, sugars, tannins, alcohol, and flavor, coming together harmoniously

Barrel: A container made of oak that is used for fermenting and aging wine

Bitter: A taste sensation caused by the tannins in grapes

Blend: A wine made from more than one grape varietal

Blind tasting: Evaluating wine without knowledge of the grape, country of origin, or vintage year

Body: The sensation or perception of the weight of wine on the palate; can be described as light, medium, or full

Claret: The British name for the red wines of Bordeaux, France

Complex: A tasting term used to describe a wine that exhibits many aromas and flavors

Corked/corky: A term for wine that has a musty, moldy, cardboard or chlorine smell or flavor caused by a defective cork

Cuvée: A blend or batch of wine

Decanter: A carafe used to aerate wine or separate older wine from deposited sediment

Dry: A tasting term used to describe wine with little or no residual sugar; the opposite of sweet (see here)

Earthy: A tasting term used to describe wine with an aroma or flavor of soil

Fermentation: The conversion of grape sugars to alcohol by the action of yeast

Finish: The length of time a wine’s flavor lingers on the palate; the longer and more harmonious the finish, the higher the quality of the wine

Fruity: Imparting aromas and flavors of fresh fruit

Hot: A word used to describe wine that is noticeably high in alcohol

Mature: A term indicating that a wine is ready to drink

Mouthfeel: How a wine feels on the palate, such as rough, smooth, velvety, or furry

New world: Non-European wine-producing regions, such as North America, South America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand

Nose: A tasting term describing the smell of a wine; also called aroma or bouquet

Oak/oaky: Tasting term denoting smells and flavors of vanilla, baking spices (like cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg), coconut, mocha, or dill; a quality of wine that has been fermented or aged in oak barrels (see here)

Oenophile: A fancy word for wine snob, from the Greek oinos (wine) and philos (love)

Old world: The winemaking regions of Europe: France, Italy, Germany, et al.

Plonk: A derogatory name for cheap wine

Reserve: A term often seen on U.S. wine labels that is not legally defined and whose

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