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A history of wine in America. Volume 1, From the beginnings to prohibition /
The Vikings called North America "Vinland," the land of wine. Giovanni de Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first described the grapes of the New World, was sure that "they would yield excellent wines." And when the English settlers found grapes growing so thickly that they co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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CA :
University of California Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Vikings called North America "Vinland," the land of wine. Giovanni de Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first described the grapes of the New World, was sure that "they would yield excellent wines." And when the English settlers found grapes growing so thickly that they covered the ground down to the very seashore, they concluded that "in all the world the like abundance is not to be found." Thus, from the very beginning the promise of America was, in part, the alluring promise of wine. How that promise was repeatedly baffled, how its realization was gradually begun, and how at last it. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (551 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780520934580 052093458X 1282762370 9781282762374 |