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A carafe of red /

Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past thirty years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for tho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asher, Gerald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • A carafe of red
  • Storm in a champagne flute
  • Cote retie and Condrieu: drinking with the ghosts of Pliny and Columella
  • Cotes de Castillon: a Bordeaux wine reborn
  • Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrive!
  • Armagnac: the spirit of D'Artagnan
  • Les chevaliers du Tastevin
  • Jerez de la frontera: sherry and tapas
  • Malmsey: a Greek classic
  • Barbaresco: a glimpse of paradise
  • Priorato: a heady success story
  • School days on the Rhine
  • Franconia: going for Baroque
  • California cabernet sauvignon
  • A morning tasting with Joe Heitz
  • Beaulieu Vineyard's Georges de Latour cabernet sauvignon private reserve
  • Santa Cruz mountains: ingenuity and tenacity
  • Zinfandel: California's own
  • Wine and food: the myth of a perfect match
  • Chardonnay: buds, twigs, and clones
  • Haut-Brion: a most particular taste
  • Judgment of Paris: California's triumph
  • A silent revolution: organic and biodynamic wines
  • A memorable wine
  • Missouri: return of the native
  • Spreading the word: books on wine
  • Simple pleasures: warm bread and hot chocolate.