America"s most popular wine appreciation guide for the novice to the expert. A concise, no-nonsense style makes sense out of other confusing wine information. The secrets of knowledgeable wine buyers and vintners, an expose of wine fakery and the "great restaurant swindle" are revealed. He provides an unraveling of labels and rituals and how to apply the methods of expert wine tasters to identify good wine values. Adams, the award winning reporter turned wine researcher/ winery ombudsman is called "the father of the new American wine industry."