My Reading List for the Wine and Cheese Party

Allen, Ted. Uncorked!: Wine Made Simple: Vol. 1 (Napa Valley, California). DVD, 2007.

———. Uncorked!: Wine Made Simple: Vol. 3 (France). DVD, 2007.

Begg, Desmond. Travelers Wine Guide: Spain. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 1990.

Clarke, Oz. Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Guide 2005. Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2005.

Fletcher, Janet. Cheese and Wine: A Guide to Selecting, Pairing and Enjoying. San Francisco: Chronicle Books LLC, 2007.

Johnson, Hugh. The Story of Wine. London: Octopus, 2005.

Johnson, Hugh, and Jancis Robinson. The World Atlas of Wine. 5th ed. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2005.

Meinhard, Heinrich. The International Wine and Food Society’s Guide to the Wines of Germany. New York: Stein and Day, 1976.

Parker, Robert M Jr., and Pierre-Antoine Rovani. Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide. 6th edition ed. New York: Simon & Schuester, 2002.

Ray, Norm and Barbara. Wine and Cheese Pairing Guide: Your Exciting Guide for Wow! Combinations. Windsor, CA: Rayve Productions, 2006.

Robinson, Jancis. The Great Wine Book: The Finest Wines from the Most Renowned Vineyards of France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1982.

———. Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course. DVD, 19995.

———. The Oxford Companion to Wine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Roig, Sterling. Wine for Dummies. DVD, 2006.

Sommers, Brian J. The Geography of Wine: How Landscapes, Cultures, Terroir, and the Weather Make a Good Drop. New York: Plume, 2008.

Wason, Betty. Giving a Cheese and Wine Tasting Party. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1975.

I’m learning so much! God bless MeLCat. It helps to read the same information from different sources, it reinforces it. Hubby and I are also watching some videos, there are many to choose from. There is some disagreement on various points but everyone agrees that wine is meant to be enjoyed first and foremost. Like me, I love German wines. Sweet, delicate. That sweetness is also their downfall as people generally gravitate toward red wines as their palettes develop. So, they start out on German wines like Riesling and Piesporter and Gewurztraminer and Mosel and then leave them behind like their misspent youths where they discovered them. I’m also coming to love the rich reds of Rioja, Spain. France is still too complex for me to be able to say there’s a particular region I like.

Plans for the party are shaping up nicely. I’ve invited the house full to overflowing and I’ve already bought the wine and decided on most of the cheeses and have the basic menu decided on – I’ll post that information, too. I just need to get it typed up.

I’ll have information sheets on the wines and regions placed strategically around the house along with a wine quiz and other general lore. I’ll include that on the blog as well.

I’m hoping it will be a nice day. I plan to serve the wine outside to spare the carpeting. The party is July 16th.