Beverages Books

Part cookbook, part homage to the beauty and appeal of life of Waiheke Island, A Life at Mudbrick recounts Robyn and Nick Jones' extraordinary journey to create this iconic vineyard and restaurant, now such an important part of the Waiheke landscape. When they decided to leave their busy Auckland li...

This book specialises in supermarket wines for one very good reason: there's a new reality in the retail wines market - the supermarkets have won the high street. The top wine buyers are now in the supermarkets, so that's where the most characterful wines are on offer: Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's...

In this informative and amusing book, newly revised and updated, Simon Hoggart provides a highly personal selection of 100 exciting and eclectic wines that are invariably good value (including 10 new ones). Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine is aimed at the amateur wine lover prepared occasionally t...

Whether you're planning a lavish party or just indulging in a nightcap - the Classic Cocktail Bible gives you a range of inspirations to create the exotic and the timeless. Cocktails are soaring in popularity as the nation's tastes grow more sophisticated and people are thirsty for new flavours and ...

Sidle up to the bar of a bygone era and enjoy a wide range of classic and forgotten cocktails with the author of Let's Bring Back. Throughout this illustrated compendium of the most romantic, amusing, delicious, and occasionally appalling drinks in barroom history, Lesley M.M. Blume winkingly impart...

This beautifully illustrated edition of the home-bartending bible by world-renowned bartender Salvatore Calabrese includes 50 new recipes along with instructions for preparing virtually any cocktail. With encyclopedic information about every liquor--gin, rum, champagne, wine, punches, and more--here...

All it takes is a minute to master wine! In this fun yet sophisticated guide, world wine authority Jennifer Simonetti shows you how simple it can be to figure out which wines will please your palate. Just take the quick and easy flavor test, and Simonetti will lead you through the thicket of choices...

Got beer? This comprehensive, fully illustrated volume on beer by two of the world's leading authorities is more than just an in-depth history of this delightful beverage--its origins, brewing methods and technologies, trends, and more--from ancient times until the present day. It is also a detailed...

You can't hold all the wine information you need in your head, but with this handy guide you can be sure it is available whenever you want it. Indispensable as ever, Oz Clarke's now classic Pocket Wine Book is meticulously updated each year. This is the 21st edition and the book has more information...

The World Atlas of Beer is the definitive and essential guide to beer, with information on brews ranging from the Trappist ales of Belgium to the wheat beers of Bavaria, Breton black beers, barrel-aged Californian beers, British bitters, Vietnamese bia hoi, traditional Finnish sahti, and the output ...

California's most celebrated central coast wineries invite you on an irresistible journey . . . to the congenial tasting rooms of a vast and unspoiled paradise. With "The California Directory of Fine Wineries "as your guide, you'll wander through world-famous Santa Barbara County, home to the landma...

"The Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola" is an illustrated book disclosing new research in the coca leaf trade conducted by the Coca-Cola Company. 2011 marked the 125th anniversary of its iconic beverage, and the 50th anniversary of the international drug control treaty that allows Coca-Cola excl...

The definitive guide to non-alcoholic bartender's beverages

The wines of Bordeaux are universally recognized as being among the finest in the world and in this fully revised and updated edition of his classic text, renowned wine expert Stephen Brook provides an unrivalled survey of the region and its wines. The Complete Bordeaux offers detailed information o...

Providing hundreds of detailed tasting notes and an exploration of the story of whiskey told through in-depth distillery entries, "Whiskey Opus" helps seasoned connoisseurs in their quest to discover the world's best whiskies. Every whiskey style from single malt to poteen is represented, along with...

A cookbook and wine guide celebrating the regional traditions and exciting innovations of modern Italian cooking, from San Francisco's SPQR restaurant. The Roman empire was famous for its network of roads. By following the path of these thoroughfares, "SPQR" explores Italy's contemporary local cuisi...

Gimlet, negroni, manhattan, Long Island ice tea, flirtini, hurricane, screwdriver--cocktails have come a long way from their first incarnation in the seventeenth century, when rum punch was everyone's go-to drink. Originally made of five ingredients, including a spirit, sugar, and spices, "cocktail"...

The Aesthetics of Wine shows that discussing wine within the framework of aesthetics both benefits our understanding of wine as a phenomenon, while also challenging some of the basic assumptions of the tradition of aesthetics. * Analyzes the appreciation of wine as an aesthetic practice. * Tackles p...

Amarone, the big, rich, red wine of Veneto in Northeast Italy, has a relatively short history. The wine was first marketed in the early years of the 20th century. From the beginning, the Boscaini family, and their winery Masi, shaped Amarone's eventual rise from obscure village beverage to one of ...

The #1 wine book--now updated!The art of winemaking may be a time-honored tradition dating back thousands of years, but today, wine is trendier and hotter than ever. Now, wine experts and authors Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan have revised their popular "Wine For Dummies" to deliver an updated,...

Sugar and spice and all things nice. Levi's latest collection of recipes is all about indulgence. From luscious cakes and bakes, to creamy puds, from cool ice-creams to wicked cocktails, this is food to share and make everyone feel good. What does sweet mean to you? It could be those sweet moments b...

"Extreme Brewing" is a must-have book for aspiring home brewers who are interested in making their own specialty beers at home. There is no in-depth science to absorb and all the recipes are easy to follow and malt-syrup based, with variations for partial-grain brewing. Extreme brewing is rooted in ...

"First you take a drink," F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, "then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." Fitzgerald wrote alcohol into almost every one of his stories. On Booze gathers debutantes and dandies, rowdy jazz musicians, lost children and ragtime riff-raff into a newly compiled ...

This adorable guide is a laugh-out-loud hilarious collection of cleverly named cocktails and charming anecdotes about the often frustrating joy of raising children. Featuring beautiful photos and clever writing, this is the perfect gift for frazzled mothers everywhere. Flawless sitcom housewives mak...

James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion is the No. 1 bestselling guide on wineries and wine in Australia. Keenly anticipated by winemakers, faithful collectors and wine lovers alike, the 2013 edition has been completely revised and updated to bring you up-to-the-minute information. Halliday share...

With Boozy Brunch, you have your pick of more than one hundred eye-opening drink recipes and twenty-five food pairings, with entertaining drink histories and liquor-laden quotes from the famous and infamous. The first book of its kind, Boozy Brunch offers brunchy alternatives and revved-up variation...

Baby Bradsell. Menthe Nymph. Salted Caramel Shot. With "The Best Shots You've Never Tried", readers will discover the untapped potential of alcoholic concoctions and, in the process, make tequila shots a thing of the past. Readers are ready for unusual yet delicious shots that will leave them thirst...

An authoritative guide that addresses not only the concepts of wine and food pairings in the context of modern cuisine, but also offers comprehensive, specific food-and-wine pairings, and a reverse index of foods that go with specific wines.

Water is an essential component for staying alive and one of the foundation elements in the brewing process. Written by How to Brew author John Palmer and professional brewer, Colin Kaminski, this second book in Brewers Publications Brewing Elements Series, Water, will take the mystery out of using ...

The coolest drinks since lemonade are exploding in popularity with brand new twists on soda fountain syrups and this easy-to-use cookbook tells (and shows with colour photos) how to make these delicious pop treats at home People love fizzy drinks. But why settle for the corn syrup-sweetened, artific...

Beer, like wine, can be a delightful and satisfying addition to a fine meal. Join experienced chef and beer connoisseur Schuyler Schultz as he guides both novices and experts in pairing the right beer with the right foods. This beautifully illustrated book explores how craft beer can be integrated i...

Straightforward and opinionated, "The Short Course in Beer" is designed to turn the novice beer lover into an expert and the casual drinker into an enthusiast. Readers will come to understand the beauty of beer, understand the sources of its flavor, and learn which beers are worth our time and which...

From healthy and wholesome to decadent and daring, this wonderful book offers an enticing choice of milk and yogurt smoothies, fresh fruit and vegetable juices, frozen drinks made with ice cream and crushed ice, and wickedly boozy blends. Learn how to create delicious blended drinks, including choo...

This title comes with 50 delicious and refreshing recipes for teas, infusions and tisanes of all kinds. Take herbal teas as a tonic to aid digestion, improve zest and energy, promote sleep, treat headaches, anxiety and depression, and blitz irritating coughs and colds. Grow, harvest, preserve and st...

Whatever you call it, the quintessentially American combination of milk, ice cream and syrup has delighted generations. In this collection of recipes, Adam Ried infuses the classic shake with unexpected flavour twists that bring the milkshake into the twenty-first century. Recipes such as the Mexica...

The original and best, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the ultimate compact guide. Now in its 36th edition, it is the UK's number one wine book for wine-lovers and professionals. It is the key reference for enthusiasts, investors and collectors and this year's edition boasts up-to-date news on mo...

This fresh new release is a beautiful, hip guide to the world of coffee brought to you by New York City's popular connoisseur coffee chain, Joe. Written from the point of view of owners (and siblings) Jonathan and Gabrielle Rubinstein, the reader is welcomed into the tight-knit international special...

101 WORLD WHISKIES TO TRY BEFORE YOU DIE is the companion guide to 2010's 101 WHISKIES TO TRY BEFORE YOU DIE. Ian Buxton again eschews the obvious whiskies and recommends another 101 whiskies that he believes every whisky lover should taste. In Ian Buxton's new collection of whisky recommendations h...

Discover the traditions behind making wines, nectars and cordials and how easy it is to make them in your own home. As the environmentally friendly lifestyle becomes increasing popular, what better way to celebrate your self-sufficient successes than with a glass of home-made wine? In Making Wines, ...