Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Welcome -- Some Simple Explanations -- What is wine? -- How is wine made? -- Red, white, or rosé? -- What's in a name? -- Choosing the Right Bottle -- How to choose wine from a retailer -- Be adventurous -- How to choose from a restaurant wine list -- Ten ways to pick the right bottle -- Bottles and Labels -- Clues from the bottle -- Bottle sizes -- Clues from the label -- How strong is my wine? -- Average alcoholic strengths -- How to Taste -- Common tasting terms -- "Supertasters" -- Matching Wine and Food -- Matching food to specific wines -- Matching wines to specific foods -- Restaurant rituals -- Matching Wine to the Occasion -- Crowd-pleasers -- Bottles to knock socks off -- Bottles as gifts -- My favorite champagne growers -- Twenty heart-stopping (and bank-breaking) wines -- What your choices say about you -- How Much Should I Pay? -- Some underpriced wines -- Some overpriced wines -- Wines I would splurge on -- Ten common wine myths -- Essential Hardware -- Glasses -- The packaging -- Cork, synthetic, or screwcap? -- Extracting the cork -- Opening a bottle of fizz -- Other Kinds of Wine -- Sparkling -- Fortified -- Sweet -- Organic, biodynamic, and natural wines -- Top ten tips -- How to Handle Wine -- Why temperature matters -- How to chill and warm wine -- When to open the bottle - and whether to decant -- Wine leftovers -- Which wines need time? -- How long to keep wine -- How to store wine -- Remember that Grape -- Grape names-a shortcut to wine knowledge -- Most Common White Wine Grapes -- Chardonnay -- Sauvignon Blanc -- Riesling -- Pinot Gris/Grigio -- Most Common Red Wine Grapes -- Cabernet Sauvignon -- Merlot -- Pinot Noir -- Syrah/Shiraz -- Tempranillo -- Nebbiolo -- Sangiovese -- The ten most planted grape varieties.

Wine Regions You Need to Know About - A Cheat Sheet -- France -- Bordeaux -- Burgundy -- Beaujolais/Mâconnais -- Champagne -- Northern Rhône -- Southern Rhône -- Loire -- Alsace -- Languedoc-Roussillon -- Jura -- Italy -- Piemonte -- Trentino-Alto Adige -- Friuli -- Veneto -- Tuscany -- Marche -- Campania -- Puglia -- Sardinia -- Sicily -- Spain -- Galicia and Bierzo -- Rioja -- Ribera del Duero, Rueda, and Toro -- Catalunya -- Andalucía -- USA -- California -- Oregon -- Washington -- Rest of the World -- Portugal -- Germany -- Austria -- Northern Europe -- Central and Eastern Europe and beyond -- Eastern Mediterranean -- Canada -- South America -- Argentina -- Chile -- South Africa -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Asia -- New World v. Old World -- Wine jargon -- Where to Find Out More.