Life's too short to drink bad wine.Do you: * Frequently panic in the wine aisle and end up reaching for the same old thing. Every. Single. Time?* Simply pick the bottle with the nicest-looking label?* Automatically pick the second-cheapest wine on the wine list?* Feel it may be time to extend your wine horizons beyond Pinot Grigio? If this is you, then you need to join the Knackered Mother's Wine Club. Come and explore the wonderful world of wine. From throwing a children's party (because adults need something fizzy too), planning a wedding or matching wine with food, this book will help you make the right wine choice every single time. Go beyond the discount deals and discover the can't-go-wrong crowd-pleasers, perfect reds to go with your Sunday roast, the best wine to drink with chocolate, plus some unexpected suggestions for your next girls' night in.The Knackered Mother's Wine Guide by award-winning wine blogger Helen McGinn is the one wine guide that every woman should own.
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A knackered mother-friendly wine guide with insider tips on how to choose the right wine for every occasion. Strictly no insipid wines allowed.
Introduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: Fridge-door Whites and In-the-rack Reds Chapter - 2: Back to (Wine) School Chapter - 3: Party Time Chapter - 4: Fireside Reds Chapter - 5: Store-cupboard SOS Chapter - 6: Dinner Time - TV, Kitchen or Posh Chapter - 7: The Big Ones - Christmas and New Year Chapter - 8: Booze-free Daze Chapter - 9: Booze-free Daze Chapter - 10: Half-term Hols Chapter - 11: Sunday Roast Chapter - 12: Grown-up Occasions Chapter - 13: The School Fete (Accompli) Chapter - 14: In the (Day or Night) Garden Section - ii: The Knackered Mother's Must-have Wine List Section - iii: The Knackered Mother's Must-have Nothing to do with Wine List Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements Index - v: Index
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'Love love love this book. It doesn't just simplify wine, it simplifies life. Essential reading' India Knight 'Useful, interesting and very funny - every woman who owns a corkscrew or knows about screw-caps needs a copy of this book' Victoria Moore, author of How to Drink
Les mer
A knackered mother-friendly wine guide with insider tips on how to choose the right wine for every occasion. Strictly no insipid wines allowed.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781509848058
Publisert
2018-02-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
404 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter

Biographical note

Helen McGinn is the author of multi award-winning wine blog The Knackered Mother's Wine Club, and the regular wine expert on ITV's The Alan Titchmarsh Show. She spent almost a decade sourcing wines around the world as a supermarket wine buyer and now runs her own wine business. She is also a senior wine judge for the annual International Wine Challenge. She is married with three children.

Her interests include reading, cooking, walking the dogs, chatting over a glass of wine and the occasional dinner out. (She wanted to add Zumba to this list, but decided it was better to be truthful.)

The Knackered Mother's Wine Club is her first book.