Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #193586 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-05-08
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

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Pulling the cork out of a wine bottle is frequently no easy feat, and Jancis Robinson looks into the situation in the third installment of her wine course, "Syrah, Shiraz and Riesling." Riesling, one of the most misunderstood (and most mispronounced--it's rees' ling) wines, is a superb dry wine with a bland reputation. Learn how "noble rot" can actually create a lovely sweet wine. Germany's wine situation--which is a disaster--is examined, and Robinson also shares with us the Austrian antifreeze scandal. --Jenny Brown

From the Back Cover
Jancis Robinson, editor of the award-winning best-seller The Oxford Companion to Wine, is also wine columnist of The Financial Times and the Wine Spectator. She brings great humor and the expertise of a Master of Wine to one of life's most delicious subjects. Jancis Robinson's Wine Course introduces you to wine by focusing on the grape varieties which shape its flavor. This beautifully filmed tour of the world of wine brings labels and liquids alive.

In this program, meet Marcel Guigal, who has created a wine emp[ire in less than a generation. See why people will go to extraordinary lengths to buy wines from his three tiny vineyards. Then travel to Germany, where the wine trade is in a mess. What it nees is a really good scandal like the one that has left Austrian wine emerging like a streamlined phoenix from the ashes.

Highlights include:
- What's wrong with corks - is your corkscrew really necessary?
- Marcel Guigal, who makes Cote-Roties people will kill for.
- The Rhone Rangers of California - is Syrah the next grape of the West?
- The world's most underestimated grape - the breathtaking Mosel Valley.
- Noble rot and the world's greatest sweet wines - bundles of ash or liquid gold?
- Scoring wines - behind the scenes with Australia's omnipotent wine judges.
- The Austrian anti-freeze scandal - and beyond.
By sharing secrets of the experts, Jancis Robinson's Wine Course will help you appreciate and enjoy wine like never before.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely first-class
This is simply a wonderful DVD. Not only does it offer a fantastic insight into the world of wine but is beautifully presented and brilliantly made.