Beverages & Wine

The Wines of Burgundy

Ten years after the publication of the highly acclaimed, award-winning Côte D’Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy, the “Bible of Burgundy,” Clive Coates now offers this thoroughly revised and updated sequel. This long-awaited work details all the major vintages from 2006 back to 1959 and includes thousands of recent tasting notes of the top wines. …

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Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft

In Postmodern Winemaking, Clark Smith shares the extensive knowledge he has accumulated in engaging, humorous, and erudite essays that convey a new vision of the winemaker’s craft–one that credits the crucial roles played by both science and art in the winemaking process. Smith, a leading innovator in red wine production techniques, explains how traditional enological education has led …

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New Wine Lover’s Companion, The

Enlarged and updated with information about recent praiseworthy vintages and newly flourishing wine-growing regions, The New Wine Lover’s Companion informs, advises, and enlightens readers with approximately 4,000 entries that describe wines produced all around the world. The A-to-Z entries describe grape varieties; wine styles; wine-growing regions; winemaking techniques; wine-testing terms; sizes and styles of glassware, wine …

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Making Your Own Mead: 43 Recipes for Homemade Honey Wines

Once the drink of choice for Viking marauders and medieval kings, mead is enjoying a renaissance in popularity. The “nectar of the gods” is easy to make at home. This practical guidebook will inspire you to take up the craft, with a basic guide to mead-making techniques plus 43 recipes for brewing the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage. Discover …

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French Wine: A History

For centuries, wine has been associated with France more than with any other country. France remains one of the world’s leading wine producers by volume and enjoys unrivaled cultural recognition for its wine. If any wine regions are global household names, they are French regions such as Champagne, Bordeaux, and Burgundy. Within the wine world, products from French …

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Volcanic Wines: Salt, Grit and Power

Volcanic Wines takes a novel approach to the world of wine, using volcanic soil as the overarching theme and link between a wide range of grapes and wine regions. Wine professionals are already deeply attuned to the impact of terroir and soil type on wine characteristics and quality. While consumers tend to rely on grape variety as their …

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Native Wine Grapes of Italy

Mountainous terrain, volcanic soils, innumerable microclimates, and an ancient culture of winemaking influenced by Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans make Italy the most diverse country in the world of wine. This diversity is reflected in the fact that Italy grows the largest number of native wine grapes known, amounting to more than a quarter of the world’s …

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How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide

In the first book of its kind, author and veteran importer Deborah M. Gray offers the benefit of her vast experience in this comprehensive guide to the perils and best practices of the fascinating career of a wine mporter.She gives invaluable insider information and the necessary tools, resources, and real world advice to create a strong business model …

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Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine

In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine’s sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just as he did in Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters, that creating the …

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