Intro -- The Booklovers' Guide to Wine -- Copyright -- Chapter1WINE -- What is Wine? -- Eyes / Sight (Swirl) -- Nose / Smell (Snort) -- Tongue / Taste (Slurp) -- Mouth / Touch (Slosh) -- Harmony (All the senses) -- Describing Wine -- Scoring and Rating Wine -- Health Benefits of Wine -- Chapter2MAKING WINE -- How Wine Is Made -- Viticulture: How Vines are Grown (Sun + grape = sugar) -- Viniculture: Making the Wine (Sugar + yeast = alcohol + CO2) -- Oak Barrels -- Bottling and sealing -- Aging -- Wine Bottles -- Reading Wine Labels -- Chapter3HISTORY OF WINE -- Ancient World -- Roman World -- Religion and Wine -- Middle Ages -- Age of Reason -- Nineteenth Century -- Twentieth Century -- Wine in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter4TERROIR OF EUROPE -- Terroir vs. Varietal -- France -- Spain -- Portugal -- Italy -- Germany -- Eastern Europe -- Chapter5THE NEW WORLD -- New World vs Old World Wines -- Argentina -- Australia -- Chile -- China -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- USA/North America -- Chapter6VARIETALS -- Alphabetical list of major varietals-some paired with great writers -- Chapter7FORTIFIED WINE -- Chapter8WINE PAIRING,SERVING & BUYING -- What sort of food? -- Traditional Red/meat: White/fish rule -- Tannins and Acids -- National pairings and wine -- Top Forty Wines to Try Before You Die (24 Varietals) -- Wine Serving Temperatures -- Choosing and buying wine -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix -- APPENDIX A: All 45 Bordeaux AOC Appellations -- APPENDIX B: All 33 Grand Crus of Burgundy -- APPENDIX C: 1976 Judgment of Paris final results -- Bibliography -- Epilogue.