Why California chardonnays tend to be so buttery. Getting wine prepared for the holidays. Romantic sips for non Champagne lovers (try a white Burgundy Grand Cru). A refined, balanced, and all-around magnificent pinot noir from Sea Smoke and Kunde's lively and exotic Magnolia Lane Sauvignon Blanc. Karen MacNeil, the passionate and supremely knowledgeable author of the bestselling The Wine Bible (with 300,000 copies in print) presents another delicious year of advice and recommendations. Includes Wine Words, Ask Karen, and lore: Winston Churchill so loved the 1947 vintage of Pol Roger Champagne, he ordered enough to last his lifetime--and drank a bottle every day!