Amazon.com Quick， what's the correct way to open a wine bottle? Bonus round: what are the 13 grape types permitted in Chateauneuf-du-Pape? Whatever your score on the above， you're bound to enjoy the Windows on the World Complete Wine Course. Subtitled Millennium Edition， this 14th annual update is again authored by Kevin Zraly， founder and teacher of the Wine School， begun in 1976 as an offshoot of New York's Windows on the World restaurant. On 200 colorful and clutter-free pages full of maps， wine labels， and sidebars full of facts and anecdotes， Zraly acts as your Sherpa through eight classes. Chapters 1 through 3 circumnavigate the white wines of France， the New World， and Germany; 4 through 8 explore the reds of France， California， Iberia， Australia， and South America， concluding with a section on champagne， port， and sherry. As wine guru， Kevin Zraly is opinionated， knowledgeable， and patient. His skill at talking novice wine devotees off the ledge is especially evident in the chapters on Burgundy and Germany， with their notoriously confusing wine labels. Study Zraly's careful parsing and annotation of a German label and you'll be able to tell the region from the town from the vineyard the next time someone hands you a Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese. But any book that calls itself a "Complete Wine Course" sets the Barbera pretty high--sometimes too high. Oregon and Washington States share one page while New York State rates two and a half. Certainly a millennium edition could scare up another paragraph for the red-hot Pacific Northwest. And two chapters following the classes--"Creating an Exemplary Restaurant Wine List" and "Award-Winning Wine Lists"--seem little more than padding. But these are small quibbles about a handsome and approachable volume that will take you from Amarone to Zind-Humbrecht with confidence. Whether you're a true cork dork or someone who doesn't know their Alsace from their elbow， you could certainly do worse than pressing your nose up against these windows on the world. --Tony Mason --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Zraly， founder and teacher of the Windows on the World Wine School， presents the 14th update of his popular guide to the world of wine. Originally published in 1985， Zraly's book was designed for students， which is reflected in the treatment of each chapter as a class: "white wines of France，" "red wines of California，" and so on. A loose question-and-answer format prevails， and Zraly also provides a generous sprinkling of entertaining sidebars and informational tidbits. Even collections with Philip Seldon's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine (Alpha， 1996) or Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan's Wine for DummiesR (IDG， 1998) should consider Zraly's bookAeach of these titles has its own strengths. Zraly offers more detail on Chilean and Argentinean wines， while the other two titles offer information on Portuguese wines not found in Zraly's book. For the restaurant owner or wine steward， Zraly also offers information on creating a wine list. Recommended for medium and large public libraries or any academic library where culinary arts titles are collected.AJohn Charles， Scottsdale P.L.， AZ Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews