Wines of the new South Africa : tradition and revolution /

Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony were considered to be among the world's best during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa began to re-emerge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: James, Tim (Timothy James), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Temas:
Wine and wine making > South Africa.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Wine and wine making.
South Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Wine and the new South Africa
  • A brief history of South African wine to 1994
  • Grape varieties and wine styles
  • Wine of origin: legislation, labels, and terroir
  • Constantia and the Cape Peninsula
  • Stellenbosch
  • Paarl and Wellington
  • Franschhoek
  • Durbanville to Darling
  • The Swartland
  • Breede River Calley
  • Walker Bay and Cape Agulhas
  • Elgin and Overberg
  • Tulbagh and Ceres
  • Olifants river, West Coast, and Cederberg
  • Klein Karoo and adjacent wards
  • Appendix: synoptic table of South African wine production, 1993-2011.

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