Author : Kevin Zraly
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781402767678
Looks at how and where wine is made and how this affects its quality and pricing, including information on how the professionals taste and rate wine and a country-by-country tour of the latest vintages.
Author : John Baker
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 15,47 MB
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Georgia (Republic)
ISBN : 1761043668
The adventure of a lifetime to buy Stalin's secret multimillion dollar wine cellar located in Georgia; it is the Raiders of the Lost Ark of wine. In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. He was the perfect person for an occasional business partner to approach with a mysterious wine list that was different to anything John, or his second-in-command, Kevin Hopko, had ever come across. The list was discovered to be a comprehensive catalogue of the wine collection of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. The wine had become the property of the state after the Russian Revolution of 1918, during which Nicholas and his entire family were executed. Now owned by Stalin, the wine was discreetly removed to a remote Georgian winery when Stalin was concerned the advancing Nazi army might overrun Russia. Half a century later, the wine was rumoured to be hidden underground and off any known map. John and Kevin embarked on an audacious, colourful and potentially dangerous journey to Georgia to discover if the wines actually existed; if the bottles were authentic and whether the entire collection could be bought and transported to a major London auction house for sale. Stalin's Wine Cellar is a wild, sometimes rough ride through the glamorous world of high-end wine.
Author : Reese Ling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1612436889
A delightfully illustrated spoof that demystifies wine and helps you understand the key traits of different varietals When Penguin finishes work for the day, he hurries off to the wine bar in search of his ideal wine. With the help of Bunny, Cat, Wolf, Bear and his other friends, Penguin samples and learns about the most popular wine varietals. Follow Penguin’s journey in this delightfully illustrated spoof that simplifies and demystifies wine while teaching you tasting notes, food pairings and other interesting facts.
Author : My Wine Reviews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,78 MB
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781091911086
This is your individual beautiful wine review book. Its difficult to become a wine expert, even its not so easy to find and remember the good wines. To collect this special moments we created the "My Wine Reviews" Wine review Journal. 110 Pages, 110 sites for your wine reviews: Wine Name Winery Region Grapes Vintage Alcohol Content Appearance (Ratings) Aroma (Ratings) Body (Ratings) Taste (Ratings) Finish (Ratings) Pairs with Serving Temperatures Notes Ratings (1-5)
Author : My Wine Reviews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781091105706
This is your individual beautiful wine review book. Its difficult to become a wine expert, even its not so easy to find and remember the good wines. To collect this special moments we created the "My Wine Reviews" reviewing Journal. 150 Pages, 148 Pages for your wine reviews, 2 Sites as index Index Wine Name Winery Region Grapes Vintage Alcohol Content Appearance (Ratings) Aroma (Ratings) Body (Ratings) Taste (Ratings) Finish (Ratings) Pairs with Serving Temperatures Notes Ratings (1-5)
Author : My Wine Reviews
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781091105102
This is your individual beautiful wine review book. Its difficult to become a wine expert, even its not so easy to find and remember the good wines. To collect this special moments we created the "My Wine Reviews" reviewing Journal. 150 Pages, 148 Pages for your wine reviews, 2 Sites as index Index Wine Name Winery Region Grapes Vintage Alcohol Content Appearance (Ratings) Aroma (Ratings) Body (Ratings) Taste (Ratings) Finish (Ratings) Pairs with Serving Temperatures Notes Ratings (1-5)
Author : Alice Feiring
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2016-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1612348386
In 2011 when Alice Feiring first arrived in Georgia, she felt as if she'd emerged from the magic wardrobe into a world filled with mythical characters making exotic and delicious wine with the low-tech methods of centuries past. She was smitten, and she wasn't alone. This country on the Black Sea has an unusual effect on people; the most passionate rip off their clothes and drink wines out of horns while the cold-hearted well up with tears and make emotional toasts. Visiting winemakers fall under Georgia's spell and bring home qvevris (clay fermentation vessels) while rethinking their own techniques. But, as in any good fairy tale, Feiring sensed that danger rode shotgun with the magic. With acclaim and growing international interest come threats in the guise of new wine consultants aimed at making wines more commercial. So Feiring fought back in the only way she knew how: by celebrating Georgia and the men and women who make the wines she loves most, those made naturally with organic viticulture, minimal intervention, and no additives. From Tbilisi to Batumi, Feiring meets winemakers, bishops, farmers, artists, and silk spinners. She feasts, toasts, and collects recipes. She encounters the thriving qvevri craftspeople of the countryside, wild grape hunters, and even Stalin's last winemaker while plumbing the depths of this tiny country's love for its wines. For the Love of Wine is Feiring's emotional tale of a remarkable country and people who have survived religious wars and Soviet occupation yet managed always to keep hold of their precious wine traditions. Embedded in the narrative is the hope that Georgia has the temerity to confront its latest threat--modernization.
Author : Jonathan Nossiter
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2010-09-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1429977124
Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even sex. With great wit and passion, he celebrates wine and its enthusiasts—and defends both from those who tell us what to drink and how to think about it. In Liquid Memory, the American expatriate investigates the infinite mysteries of terroir, the historical sense of place that makes wine a living, thrilling expression of cultural identity that can stretch back centuries. The book is a deliriously joyful master class in locating the soul of a wine, and in learning to trust your own palate and desires. Nossiter, who has already created an uproar in the world of wine with his film Mondovino, arms us against the tyranny of snobs, critics, and charlatans who would prevent us from taking part in what should be a gloriously democratic bacchanalia. From the sacred wine shops and three-star restaurants of Paris to the biodynamic vineyards of Burgundy, from the hipster bistros of New York to film locations in Rio de Janeiro and Athens, this singular journey invites us to consider how power, misused, can sometimes mask an absence of taste—and how our own personal taste can combat power in any sphere. A controversial bestseller in Europe, Liquid Memory is sure to rile the establishment, enlighten the thirsty, and reveal the inner life of the world's most mysterious, contradictory, and jubilatory drink.
Author : Tyler Colman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1416594140
A lively and informative guide to a year of wine enjoyment and appreciation from acclaimed wine expert and blogger Tyler Colman, a.k.a. "Dr. Vino." In A Year of Wine, award-winning educator Tyler "Dr. Vino" Colman, whose wine blog was hailed by Food & Wine magazine as "one of the seven best," views winter, spring, summer, and fall through the glass of his favorite impact-resistant stemware, pairing each month with its perfect ports, Pinots, and bubblies -- and offering good value recommendations for them all. Throughout, Colman reminds readers to try to pair their pours with context, which is wildly underrated when it comes to enjoying your favorite bottle. And while people tend naturally to drink lighter, more refreshing wines during the warm months and heavier, more serious wines during the winter months, Colman takes the seasonal approach a step further by offering innovative recommendations and enlightening facts that will allow readers to impress their friends for twelve months straight. Is there a perfect wine to serve with chips and salsa on Super Bowl Sunday? Which bottles will help you drown away your tax- day blues without blowing your new budget? Colman answers these questions and much more as he pairs wines with each season, occasion, and moment. Recommending thoughtful and affordable wines for special celebrations and everyday enjoyment, offering tips on beginning a wine collection or spring cleaning the one you have, exploring how to drink with the smallest possible carbon footprint, and explaining how to maximize your wine experience when you dine out, Colman makes wine easy to understand and, most important, to savor. Colman also shares the secret gems of his favorite wine tourism destinations -- where to find the best wine shops in Paris, which Portuguese vintners still crush grapes with their bare feet, and how you can take a ten-tasting-room tour with one stop in a tiny Oregon town -- and turns to some of the country's top sommeliers for their take on wine appreciation as well. Perfect for both seasoned wine enthusiasts and oenophobes, A Year of Wine is an innovative approach that will encourage readers to drink outside the bottle.
Author : Juliet Blackwell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451490665
Beneath the cover of France's most exquisite vineyards, a city of women defy an army during World War I, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Carousel of Provence.... Deep within the labyrinth of caves that lies below the lush, rolling vineyards of the Champagne region, an underground city of women and children hums with life. Forced to take shelter from the unrelenting onslaught of German shellfire above, the bravest and most defiant women venture out to pluck sweet grapes for the harvest. But wine is not the only secret preserved in the cool, dark cellars... In present day, Rosalyn Acosta travels to Champagne to select vintages for her Napa-based employer. Rosalyn doesn't much care for champagne--or France, for that matter. Since the untimely death of her young husband, Rosalyn finds it a challenge to enjoy anything at all. But as she reads through a precious cache of WWI letters and retraces the lives lived in the limestone tunnels, Rosalyn will unravel a mystery hidden for decades...and find a way to savor her own life again.
