Kevin Zraly's Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

Wine is one of those inexhaustible subjects, like jazz or sports or literature. No matter how much you know, there's always more to learn than one human lifetime can encompass. But that hasn't dismayed renowned oenologist Kevin Zraly, who's conducted his Windows on the World Wine School for the past thirty-six years. This book distills Zraly's vinous wisdom on such topics as the proper mating of food and wine and the scholarly rituals involved in tasting novel vintages.

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