We all taste–but what are we tasting? Knowing the factors involved in how we taste can help us develop our individual palette. Unlike the numerous critical reviews of food and wine pairings, this book presents a systematic approach based on personal tastes. Covering the most common international and regional wines, the author explains how they relate to …
Modern agriculture is the largest single contributor to global greenhouse gas production, deforestation, and water consumption. Biodiversity, climate change, energy, soil degradation, and water scarcity are critical issues. Consumers are increasingly and justifiably concerned about where their food and beverages come from and whether they are produced in a responsible way, often without an understanding of how to …
Since the 2011 publication of the first edition of How to Import Wine tectonic change has fundamentally reshaped the US wine business landscape. This comprehensively revised edition puts this new environment in a manageable, actionable context so that novices and veterans alike will be able to identify dangers and new opportunities in such areas as federal and state …
Essential Winetasting: The Complete Practical Winetasting Course
This authoritative and inspirational winetasting course, from one of the world’s leading wine educators, provides a clear and precise means of teaching yourself how to taste and get more out of your wine, whatever your level. Including everything you need to know about tasting wine, from what equipment to use to how to taste and recognize the major …
The new revised version of the standard book on the Romanée-Conti vineyard, complete with new photographs and additional text The first edition won the award for Best Wine Book of the year on the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2013The first edition of Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was published in 2005. Early in 2006 the book was …
An icon wine is the very best wine that a producer can make. It truly is the rising tide that lifts all boats, in the sense that the prestige of an icon wine cascades across a winery’s entire portfolio. Icon wines are made with a winery’s best grapes, and are aged in the winery’ s finest and most …
How can you get to know the history, culture and gastronomy of a country in just a few seconds? Taste its wine! Whether you’re a restaurant owner, wine trader or tourist looking fora liquid souvenir from Slovakia, this book will help you to find your way around the current wines on offer on the Slovak market. Vladimír Hronský, …
For people who wouldn’t know a Romanee-Conti from a bad-boy Argentine malbec, or a glass of Chateau d’Yquem from a can of orange Tango, help is at hand. Based on the authors’ highly esteemed blog, ‘Sediment’ (described by Nicholas Lezard of The Guardian as ‘the finest wine blog known to humanity’), I’ve Bought It, So I’ll Drink It …
It’s not your mother’s Piña Colada! Sophisticated, flavorful, with fresh ingredients and the perfect hit of booze, a sloshie is a high-octane slushie—the ideal summer drink that’s a far cry from the cloyingly sweet blender cocktails of yore. Written by Jerry Nevins, cofounder of Kansas City’s Snow & Co.—named the #1 frozen cocktail bar in the United States—Sloshies …
Food and Wine Tourism: Integrating Food, Travel and Territory (CABI Tourism Texts)
This established textbook explores how regions present themselves to tourists experiencing the culture, history and ambience of a location through the food and wine it produces. It provides practical suggestions and guidelines for establishing a food-related tourism destination, and discusses the environment, understanding the food tourist, supply issues, marketing and best practice strategies. It also includes numerous case …