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A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters, The Wild Vine is the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today.
Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. At a...
Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. At a...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the true story of the legendary Paris Tasting of 1976... a blind tasting where french judges shocked the industry by chooing unknown California wines over France's best and its revolutionary impact on the world of wine.
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Aurelio Zen mysteries volume 6
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English
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After his adventures in Cosi Fan Tutti, Aurelio Zen finds himself back in Rome, sneezing in a damp wine cellar and being given another unorthodox assignment. Detective Aurelio Zen is dispatched to Piedmont to investigate the mutilation and murder of a wealthy wine grower. He discovers a closed society with lots of secrets.
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English
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The national bestseller that turns you into "an expert at pairing wine with just about anything, from pizza and Lucky Charms to pad thai and Popeye's" (Maxim).
Featured on Today and CBS This Morning
Named one of the best books of the year by Food & Wine, Saveur, and Town & Country
Sancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this...
Featured on Today and CBS This Morning
Named one of the best books of the year by Food & Wine, Saveur, and Town & Country
Sancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this...
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English
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A tech reporter describes her introduction to the world of master sommeliers and her in-depth investigation into the source of their interests and skills, an effort marked by work with elite tasting groups, encounters at exclusive New York restaurants, visits to California winemakers and more. --Publsiher's description.
11) Wine
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Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"While wine drunk millennia ago was the humble beverage of the people, today the drink is inextricable with power, sophistication, and often wealth. Bottles sell for half a million dollars. Point systems tell us which wines are considered the best. Wine professionals give us the language to describe what we taste. Agricultural product and cultural commodity, drink of ritual and drink of addiction, purveyor of pleasure, pain, and memory - wine has...
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Academie du Vin Library
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Andrew Jefford is, in the words of winemaker Randall Grahm, 'the most thoughtful person we have writing about wine'. Discover why in this selection from Jefford's work, celebrating the limitless beauty of wine difference. This book anatomizes the pleasure that awaits every drinker while simultaneously furnishing a philosophy of wine -- one founded on astonishment, and drawing on personal discovery rather than hierarchy and mastery. There is no other...
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Sam Levitt mysteries volume 1
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English
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After inviting the Los Angeles Times to his impressive wine cellar to write an extensive piece on the treasures of his collection, Hollywood lawyer Danny Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, wine connoisseur, and expert on cultivated crime. Called in by Roth's insurance company, Sam follows his leads - first to Bordeaux's magnificent vineyards and then to the wine collectors of Provence....
20) Tangled vines
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Story of television news personality Kelly Douglas and vintner Sam Rutledge, and the passions and secrets that surround their lives and the Napa wine country.
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