The 24-Hour Wine Expert, Jancis RobinsonFrom the world's most respected wine critic, the essential guide to wine in 100 pages Wine is now one of the most popular drinks in the world. Many wine drinkers wish they knew more about it without having to understand every detail or go on a wine course. In The 24 Hour Wine Expert, Jancis Robinson shares her expertise with authority, wit and approachability. From the difference between red and white, to the shape of bottles and their labels,

each one in the parties began recounting incidents which took place some twenty years before

When Richard Schickel stated unequivocally in 1972 that "We're living in a Hitchcock world

done in a style [that] borders on Shakespearean

Spanning decades and following complex characters on their impassioned pursuits through America and Europe

and drawing on a variety of sources - literature

as well as the science and the people behind their invention

physicians

this book has been updated to examine the return of Hong Kong in 1997 and the upcoming return of Macao in 1999

the unimaginable truth emerges

against all odds

A powerful coming-of-age story about an outsider who finds herself when she enters the underground music scene

not even the victim