This narrative examines the history of the core emotions--fear, anger, disgust, sadness, jealousy, contempt, shame, embarrassment, surprise, and happiness--and how these emotions have influenced both cultural and social history.

Because of the diversity of cuisines and wines available, selecting the right wine to accompany a dish requires more expertise nowadays. The authors help readers to develop this by introducing the most important grapes and styles of wine; imparting lucid advice about serving and tasting them; and much more. The author, Jeffrey Benson, has been in the wine trade for 35 years. He conveys his knowledge through his lectures and consultancy work and regularly travels to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, India and the Far East on various wine and spirit consultancy activities. For twelve years, Jeffrey ran...