A natural history of wine /

"Conversational and accessible to everyone, this colorfully illustrated book embraces almost every imaginable area of the sciences, from microbiology and ecology (for an understanding of what creates this complex beverage) to physiology and neurobiology (for insight into the effects of wine on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Tattersall, Ian (Autor), DeSalle, Rob (Autor)
Otros Autores: Wynne, Patricia (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Wine and wine making > History.
Wine > Social aspects > History.
Wine > history
COOKING > General.
Wine > Social aspects
Wine and wine making.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Vinous roots : wine and people
  • 2. Why we drink wine
  • 3. Wine is stardust : grapes and chemistry
  • 4. Grapes and grapevines : an issue of identity
  • 5. Yeasty feasts : wine and microbes
  • 6. Interactions : ecology in the vineyard and the winery
  • 7. The American disease : the bug that almost destroyed the wine industry
  • 8. The reign of terroir : wine and place
  • 9. Wine and the senses
  • 10. Voluntary madness : the physiological effects of wine
  • 11. Brave new world : wine and technology
  • 12. Franken-vines and climate change.

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