Champagne For Dummies

What's the difference between brut and extra dry? Is Vintage Champagne worth the extra money? How good are Champagne-style sparkling wines from California? If you find shopping for Champagne a challenge, try the fun, friendly, pretense-free guide "Champagne For Dummies" and find out just how easy it is to select the perfect bottle of bubbly.

Discover how toAppreciate various Champagne stylesStore and serve ChampagnesPair Champagne with foodEvaluate sparkling wines from the United States and other countriesWith complete coverage of 25 great Champagne houses, you can enjoy the author's favorite Champagnes. Here's what French Champagne-house Director Christian Pol-Roger had to say about Author Ed McCarthy and "Champagne For Dummies":
"A spiritual man, lover and devotee of Champagne, and one who expresses this passion with great talent. Magical words, effervescent phrases, and fizzy formulas celebrate a wine bubbling with crazy ideas. I raise my glass to Ed McCarthy to thank him for evoking his ebullience for Champagne with such humor."

Celebrate the new millennium with the crisp, classic, delicate elegance of "Champagne For Dummies"!