Ultimate Wine Guide

The essential guide to choosing, evaluating and enjoying wine

Product Information

Let Oz Clarke help you select the perfect wine for every meal or occasion - from classic wines to exceptional finds at surprisingly affordable prices. This easy-to-use, award-winning CD-ROM covers every aspect of choosing, evaluating and enjoying wine.  Includes a free Travel Corkscrew with the Ultimate Wine Guide on CD-ROM.

• Develop your wine tasting skills
• Select the perfect wine for every occasion
• Improve your knowledge of wine regions, grape varieties, vineyards and more

About the Author

Oz Clarke is one of the world's leading wine experts with a formidable reputation based on his extreme wine knowledge and accessible, no-nonsense approach. Oz Clarke has won all the major wine writing awards, and, at the world-famous annual Wine Experience in California, he was voted best keynote speaker. Acknowledged as having one of the finest palates of anyone writing about wine today, Oz brings a refreshingly unorthodox wit and directness to the subject.


Product Highlights

Find the Perfect Wine for a Meal
The Food and Wine database gives 1,200 suggestions for ideal wine partners for over 600 dishes, from filet mignon to pasta with tomato sauce.

Find the Wine You Want
Use the unique Wine Selector to set your own criteria, such as grape variety, producer, region, style, star rating or food match to find the wine you want instantly from the database of nearly 10,000 wines.

Visit Wine Regions from Around the World
57 interactive maps take you to the world's great wine-producing regions. Fine out about each region's geography, climate, wines and major producers and discover what gives wine its distinctive character

Improve Your Wine Knowledge
The comprehensive encyclopedia contains 3,500 entries covering wines, producers, regions, grape varieties and technical terms.

Learn How to Evaluate Wines with "How-To" Videos
Wine Tasting with Oz is a deliciously informative series of videos filled with Oz's personal tips to help you discover nuances in tasting and accessing wines. You'll find what to look for in particular styles as well as how to detect faults in wine.

Product Features

• Wine selector database, featuring nearly 10,000 wines
• 54 "How To" Wine tasting videos
• 3,500 entry encyclopedia and glossary
• 35,000 up-to-date vintage recommendations
• 6,000 individual producers
• 57 interactive maps

Windows Requirements

• Windows 95, 98, NT4 (Not XP compatible)
• 486DX/33MHz processor
• 32MB of RAM
• 800x600 pixels, 16-bit screen display
• 4X CD-ROM Drive
• 20MB available hard drive space
• 8-bit sound card
• Loudspeakers or headphones
• Mouse

Macintosh Requirements

• System 7.5.3+ to 9.x
• Any PowerPC
• 16MB of RAM
• 640x480 pixels screen display
• 4X CD-ROM Drive
• 6MB of available hard drive space
• 8-bit sound card
• Loudspeakers or headphones
• Mouse