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.