Crush : The Triumph of California Wine /

"Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. A dream dashed four times in merciless succession until it was ultimately realized in a stunning blind tasting in Paris. In that tasting, in the y...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Briscoe, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wineries.
Wine and wine making.
Viticulture.
Vineyards.
Viticulture > Californie > Histoire.
Vignobles > Californie > Histoire.
Viticulture > California > History.
Vineyards > California > History.
Wineries > California > History.
Wine and wine making > California > History.
California.
Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance) > 21st century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early California, the missions, and their eponymous (and tasteless) grape: 1796-1833
  • "City of vineyards"- commercial winemaking takes root in Southern California: 1790s-1890s
  • Northern California-the Gold Rush, Agoston Haraszthy, and the roots of the modern California wine industry: 1836-1869
  • After Haraszthy-Sonoma, Napa, and the confluence of wealth and wine: 1860s-1890s
  • Phylloxera and other perils: 1873-1900s
  • The San Francisco earthquake and fire: 1906
  • A city rebuilt, a "war-ending" war, and an underattended World's Fair: 1906-1915
  • The ignoble experiment of Prohibition: 1920-1933
  • Repeal, replant, replenish, revive: 1933-1940s
  • Robert Mondavi's contagious passion for wine: 1950s-1970s
  • Stellar cellars and the Judgment of Paris: 1960s-1976
  • Now that they've seen Paris--the California wine undustry meets the Twenty-First Century: 1976-present.

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