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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
Series
Publisher
Grupo Planeta
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
xxi, 437 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Description
Discusses the wines produced in different regions of the world and provides advice on how to sample various types of wines, how to judge a wine by its label, the art of selecting the right wine, and how to serve and store wine.
Author
Series
Description
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. After inviting the "Los Angeles Times" to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate, cultivated crime expert, and wine connoisseur, who follows his leads as he tracks down the source of...
Author
Description
"[This] is a book for consumers who have an interest in wine but do not have confidence in their ability to select the 'proper' bottle. It will give them a basic introduction to wine: how to select different varieties and identify their flavors, how to read wine labels, and how to identify grapes from wine-growing regions all over the world. The interior features detailed maps, examples of wine labels, and hundreds of four-color photos. Chapters include...
Author
Formats
Description
"There are nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world--from altesse to zierfandler--but 80 percent of the wine we drink is made from only 20 grapes. In Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover what we miss. Stemming from his own growing obsession, Wilson moves far beyond the "noble grapes," hunting down obscure and underappreciated wines from Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, France,...
16) Food & wine 2024
Publisher
International Review of Food & Wine Associates
Pub. Date
1983-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When Brunella Cartolano visists her father on the family vineyard, she is shocked by how much the land has been destroyed by a four-year drought and begins a battle to save the Seattle waterfront from redevelopment and find out who is sabotaging the area's water supply.
18) Somm III
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three of the greatest legends in wine meet to drink the rarest bottles of their careers, while the best blind tasters of today gather to settle an age-old argument. The results could change the world of wine forever.
Author
Publisher
Mitchell Beazley
Pub. Date
[2013]-
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Description
"Reflecting the changing nature of the wine scene, the Atlas details developments in climate, technique and fashion as well as new regulations made over the last six years. A new Australian map highlights the importance of cool-climate regions as global warming takes effect, for example,while dynamic regions such as coastal Croatia, South Africa's Swartland and Ningxia in China are covered for the first time..."--www.Amazon.com.
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