Hospitality Managers Guide to Wines Beers and Spirits or Oz Clarkes Pocket Wine Guide 2006

Hospitality Manager's Guide to Wines, Beers and Spirits

Author: Albert Schmid

Designed with the Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts student in mind, the Hospitality Manager's Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits explores a subject important to all who will be involved in the hospitality industry. Illustrated with numerous photographs, drawings and charts, and written in a lively and engaging style, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the history, science, and varieties of alcoholic beverages. Key Features:
• Includes an anecdotal history of alcoholic beverages and their cultural influences
• Comprehensive coverage of important alcoholic beverages all in one book
• Provides a unique organization of wine coverage by the type of grape
• Discusses the importance and variations of wine labels and bottle shapes
• Excellent introduction to the how's and why's of food and beverage pairing
• Easily understood chapter on the biochemical process of fermentation
• Addresses important cost control functions for beverage operations
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• Illustrates marketing strategies for successful business operations Provides an overview of profit management techniques for beverage operations
• Complete and current coverage of alcohol safety and responsible service

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgment
Ch. 1	A Brief History of Alcoholic Beverages	1
Ch. 2	Alcohol Safety	21
Ch. 3	Wine Labels and Bottle Shapes	31
Ch. 4	Getting to Know Wine: Tasting and Pairing	41
Ch. 5	The Vineyard	55
Ch. 6	Fermentation	73
Ch. 7	Light-Bodied White Wines	81
Ch. 8	Medium-Bodied White Wines	91
Ch. 9	Full-Bodied White Wines	101
Ch. 10	Light-Bodied Red Wines	111
Ch. 11	Medium-Bodied Red Wines	121
Ch. 12	Full-Bodied Red Wines	135
Ch. 13	Sparkling Wines, Dessert Wines, Fortified Wines, and Aperitifs	149
Ch. 14	Beer: Ale and Lager	175
Ch. 15	Distillation and Distilled Spirits	195
Ch. 16	Mixology	219
Ch. 17	Professional Alcohol Service	231
Ch. 18	Purchasing, Receiving, Storing, and Issuing	249
Ch. 19	Beverage Cost Control: Managing for Profit	257
Ch. 20	Marketing and Selling	267
	Glossary	279
	Index	290

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Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2006

Author: Oz Clark

Idispensable as ever, Oz Clarke's now-classic pocket wine guide has been thoroughly and meticulously revised and updated for 2006, with much-anticipated lists of favorite wines, top values, and producers and regions to watch, as well as with new vintage reports.

As user-friendly as it is complete, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2006 lists each wine, grape, winery, producer, and region alphabetically for easy reference. It is a perfect pocket reference for novices--and essential for the seasoned wine lover wanting the latest information.