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Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Description
"Geared to everyday wine lovers who want to drink well and save money, this book reveals everything needed to make delicious wines--both reds and whites--from start to finish. It highlights the most recent advances and trends in winemaking, including newchapters on specialty yeasts, natural wines, and international wines styles. Detailed how-to illustrations depict important steps and procedures, while sidebars and new winemaker interviews bring sharp...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
317 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Description
"Wine Folly became a sensation for its inventive, easy-to-digest approach to learning about wine. Now in a new, expanded hardcover edition, Wine Folly: Magnum Edition is the perfect guide for anyone looking to take his or her wine knowledge to the next level"--
Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xxii, 670 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Discusses wine vintages and provides advice on how to sample various types of wines, how to judge wine by its label, the art of selecting the right wine, how to serve and store wine, and how to distinguish good wine from bad, along with information on prominent wine-making countries.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"What makes a wine worth drinking? As celebrated wine writer Terry Theise explains in this gem of a book, answering that seemingly simple question requires us to look beyond what?s in our glass to consider much bigger questions about beauty, harmony, soulfulness, and the values we hold dear. Most of all, Theise shows, what makes a wine worth drinking is its authenticity. When we choose small-scale, family-produced wine over the industrially produced...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
"Rocket science is complicated, wine doesn't have to be! With information presented in an easy, illustrated style, and chock-full of the fool-proof and reliable knowledge of a seasoned oenophile, Wine Isn't Rocket Science is the guide you always wished existed. From how grapes are grown, harvested and turned into wine, to judging the color, aroma, and taste of the world's most popular varietals, to understanding terroir and feeling confident ordering...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, a 1787 bottle of Cha?teau Lafite Bordeaux--one of a cache unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson--sold at auction for $156,000. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Epicure
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
ix, 310 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
"Celebrated wine critic Tom Stevenson lifts the lid on branded wines, revealing which of the most widely available varieties are consistently the best-whatever the vintage or price. He groups wines by cost, rates them by style (so you can see which ones are similar to your favorites), and provides an A-Z of recommended, highly recommended, and to-die-for choices."--www.Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xv, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Describes the eight thousand year history of wine, chronicling the changes that have taken place in preparation and taste as the ancient world gave way to the scientific, industrial, social, and ideological revolutions of modern times.
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