Accolades for Palate Press: The eMagazine, Volume 3:"Rémy Charest discusses the complex set of interactions that occur when wine is stored in a diverse range of oak barrels."-Eric Asimov, The New York Times, on Putting Your Best Oak Forward: Diversity in the World of Barrels"Quick, Watson, the game's afoot! Or at least the truffles. Evan Dawson reports on a truffle hunt in the Piedmont region of Italy."-Eric Asimov, The New York Times, on Digging for White G...

The Palate Press Wine of the Year, 44 Palate Press Wines of the Week, and more than 300 wine and spirits reviews from around the world.Palate Press wine reviewers produced more than 300 tasting notes of wine and spirits in 2011. Palate Press: The eMagazine, Wine Reviews 2011 collects all the reviews and recommendations in one easy-to-read eMagazine.Palate Press: The eMagazine, Wine Reviews 2011 is also the exclusive location of our Palate Press Wine of the Year announcement...

Palate Press launched in September, 2009. Since then more than 100 different writers from around the world, including Dan Berger, W. R. Tish, and Mary Ewing-Mulligan, have contributed more than 800 stories on everything wine, from simple reviews to complex discussions of the science of wine. In this book we collect the most loved stories from our first year for wine lovers everywhere.

Palate Press: The online wine magazine, is one of the most recognized and read wine publications available on line. Now, with Palate Press: The magazine, readers can get a month of Palate Press' award-winning stories and wine reviews in a book format. Read "Ten Things I Learned in the Wine Business," by W. Blake Gray, to find out the secrets and trials of wine behind the shelf and the vine. Learn about "Wine in the World's Largest Democracy," India, then read about wine in Spain, Colorado,...

In "Whiskey. Bacon. Need We Say More," we bring you our favorite spirits stories from around the globe. We’ve also added a few reviews of some of our favorite tipples, including spirits so unique they deserved their very own cocktails. In "Delicious Cocktails, Ten easy tips," W. Blake Gray gives you some of the basics to turn your drink into something special. Gary Thomas introduces you to brothers Charlie and Andy Nelson in "A Crazy Still After All These Years," and tells you the story of...

Over the past twenty-five years, renowned critic Robert M. Parker, Jr., has visited both legendary and fledgling wineries all over the world and has tasted hundreds of thousands of wines. Only a fraction of those wines have earned his highest ratings and are considered by him to be truly legendary. In his latest book, Parker brings together what he calls "the best of the best," taking readers on a personal tour of the wineries that have impressed him most with their dedication to quality, ...

Over the last decade, Spain’s most classic and widely recognized wine region,Rioja, has experienced a tumultuous evolution in its wine industry. This bookdocuments the changes in wine law, the heated debates between the networkof estates, bodegas, and growers, and the problems of overproduction. All aspectsof the wines of Rioja are covered in detail – from the traditional estates to the mostinnovative bodegas to the newest styles of red and white wines av...

A Craft Cocktail book for the rest of us by the top female mixologist in the country.Julie Reiner, the co-owner of The Clover Club in Brooklyn and The Flatiron Lounge in Manhattan, has written a book that provides inspiration for the rest of us, not only the cocktail geeks. She wants to balance the needs of the everyday drinker with those of the passionate mixologist.Recipes are organized around seasonality and occasion, with different events and themes app...

Making your own soda is easy, inexpensive, and fun. Best of all, you can control the sweetness level and ingredients to create a drink that suits your individual taste. In this guide to all things fizzy, Andrew Schloss presents a handful of simple techniques and recipes that will have you recreating your favorite commercial soft drinks and experimenting with new flavor combinations. Try your hand at Pomegranate Punch, Sparkling Espresso Jolt, Slightly Salty Caramel Seltzer, and more as you...

This is the ultimate gourmet, living foods "uncookbook" for busy people. You don't have to sacrifice taste or style to reap the benefits of raw foods. These delectable, easy recipes emphasize fresh, animal-free ingredients and how to include more organics into your daily diet. Chef Ani offers delicious raw, animal-free versions of: breakfast scrambles, pancakes, chowders, bisques, and other soups, cheezes, mylks, lasagna, burgers, cobblers, pies, and cakes, and more. Included are recipes f...

The Bar Book — Bartending and mixology for the home cocktail enthusiastLearn the key techniques of bartending and mixology from a master: Written by renowned bartender and cocktail blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler, The Bar Book is the only technique-driven cocktail handbook out there. This indispensable guide breaks down bartending into essential techniques, and then applies them to building the best drinks.Over 60 o...

There are few spirits that command such dedication, interest and affection as whisky. The purpose of this book is to provide a pathway through the whisky maze, to demystify it and to provide a platform from which a lifetime’s hobby can be launched.Whisky expert Dominic Roskrow explores all aspects of this popular drink, delving into its history, dispelling the myths surrounding it and highlighting individualities of the many varieties that exist.Includes:Origi...