The Wine Avenger

Irreverent informative and controversial The Wine Avenger is indispensable guide to wine for beginners and enthusiasts alike.. A longtime champion of the victimized wine consumer Willie Gluckstern debunks the myths and misinformation surrounding the (allegedly) complex subject of wine. His straightforward advice includes: *The wines that go BEST with food—and why. *A cure for label worship: There are just as many lousy $60 bottles as $3.99 bottles. *How to avoid getting ripped off in stores and restaurants. *How to choose a great wine shop: Do they know where Italy is? *Dreary housekeeping tips such as storage decanting saving opened wine and that sulfite thing. Plus the straight poop on oak the MSG of wine a few well-chosen words for greedy restaurants and retailers (Those bastards!) and an unprecedented expose of mass-market Champagne including how to find the good stuff by cracking the secret label code.