The former wine correspondent for the Today Show on NBC, Karen was also the host of the PBS series Wine, Food and Friends with Karen MacNeil, for which she won an Emmy. Known for her passion and unique style, she conducts seminars and presentations for corporate clients worldwide. She is the creator and editor of WineSpeed, the top digital newsletter in wine in the United States. In a full-page profile on her, TIME Magazine called Karen, “America’s Missionary of the Vine.” Karen is the author of the award-winning book, The Wine Bible, the single best-selling wine book in the United States, with more than one million copies sold. One of the foremost wine experts in the United States, Karen MacNeil is the only American to have won every major wine award given in the English Language. A deeper grape glossary including 400-plus varieties, and an expanded Mastering Wine Section incorporating latest science on taste and smell. Expanded chapters on France, Italy, Australia, South America, and the U.S. New fully revised Great Wines section with recommended bottles to try for each country and region. A new section called In the Beginning… Wine in the Ancient World. Plus this completely updated 3rd edition offers: New chapters on Great Britain, Croatia, Israel.

Page after page grounds the reader deeply in the fundamentals-vineyards and varietals, climate and terroir-while layering on passionate asides, tips, anecdotes, definitions, illustrations, maps, labels, and over 400 photographs in full-color. It’s America’s bestselling wine book, now fully revised, updated, and in color!īeloved and trusted by everyone, from newcomers starting their wine journey to oenophiles, sommeliers, restaurateurs, and industry insiders, The Wine Bible is comprehensive, entertaining, authoritative, beautifully written, and endlessly interesting.

The wine bible 3rd edition