A History Of Italian Wine

Author : Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031060970
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Italian Wine written by Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the evolution of Italian viticulture and winemaking from the 1860s to the new Millennium. During this period the Italian wine sector experienced a profound modernization, renovating itself and adapting its products to international trends, progressively building the current excellent reputation of Italian wine in the world market. Using unpublished sources and a vast bibliography, authors highlight the main factors favoring this evolution: public institutional support to viticulture; the birth and the growth of Italian wine entrepreneurship; the improvement in quality of the winemaking processes; the increasing relevance of viticulture and winemaking in Italian agricultural production and export; and the emergence of wine as a cultural product.

Author : Victor Hazan
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Wine written by Victor Hazan and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1982 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description -- By focusing on the tastes of wines and relating the wines by taste and grape variety--rather than geographic origin--Victor Hazan cuts through the confusing array of unfamiliar labels and gives you the kind of immediate information you want. What is the character of a familiar wine? How does it relate to a wine or a taste I may already be familiar with? What should I know about the particular wine I am thinking of buying?

Author : Ian D'Agata
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520272269
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Wine Grapes of Italy written by Ian D'Agata and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountainous terrain, volcanic soils, innumerable microclimates, and an ancient culture of winemaking influenced by Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans make Italy the most diverse country in the world of wine. This diversity is reflected in the fact that Italy grows the largest number of native wine grapes known, amounting to more than a quarter of the worldÕs commercial wine grape types. Ian DÕAgata spent thirteen years interviewing producers, walking vineyards, studying available research, and tasting wines to create this authoritative guide to ItalyÕs native grapes and their wines. Writing with great enthusiasm and deep knowledge, DÕAgata discusses more than five hundred different native Italian grape varieties, from Aglianico to Zibibbo. DÕAgata provides details about how wine grapes are identified and classified, what clones are available, which soils are ideal, and what genetic evidence tells us about a varietyÕs parentage. He gives historical and anecdotal accounts of each grape variety and describes the characteristics of wines made from the grape. A regional list of varieties and a list of the best producers provide additional guidance. Comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and engaging, this book is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to know more about the vast enological treasures cultivated in Italy.

Author : Sergio Esposito
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767926080
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passion on the Vine written by Sergio Esposito and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk and salt, and the platters of fresh prosciutto, sliced so thin he could see through it, he absorbed the profound relationship of food, wine, and family in Italian culture. Growing up in Albany, New York, after emigrating there with his family, he always sat next to his uncle Aldo and sipped from his wineglass during their customary hours-long extended family feasts. Thus, from a very early age, Esposito came to associate wine with the warmth of family, the tastes of his mother’s cooking—and, above all, memories of his former life in Italy. When he was in his twenties, he headed for New York and undertook a career in wine, beginning a journey that would culminate in his founding of Italian Wine Merchants, now the leading Italian wine source in America. His career offered him the opportunity to make frequent trips back to Italy to find wine for his clients, to learn the traditions of Italian winemaking, and, in so doing, to rediscover the Italian way of life he’d left behind. Passion on the Vine is Esposito’s intimate and evocative memoir of his colorful family life in Italy, his abrupt transition to life in America, and of his travels into the heart of Italy—its wine country—and the lives of those who inhabit it. The result is a remarkably engaging and entertaining wine/travel narrative replete with vivid portraits of seductive places—the world-famous cellars of Piedmont, the sweeping estates of Tuscany, the lush fields of Campania, the chilly hills of Friuli, the windy beaches of Le Marche; and of memorable people, diverse and vibrant wine artisans—from a disco-dancing vintner who bases his farming on the rhythm of the moon to an obsessive prince who destroys his vineyards before his death so that his grapes will never be used incorrectly. Esposito’s luscious accounts of the wonderful food and wine that are so much a part of Italian life, and his poignant and often hilarious stories of his relationships with his family and Italian friends, make Passion on the Vine an utterly unique and enchanting work about Italy and its eternally seductive lifestyle.

Author : Burton Anderson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine Atlas of Italy and Traveller's Guide to the Vineyards written by Burton Anderson and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : S. Kim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788884290816
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Wine Unplugged Grape by Grape written by S. Kim and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Silvia A. Conca Messina
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030277720
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Wine in Europe, 19th to 20th Centuries, Volume I written by Silvia A. Conca Messina and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume collection analyses the evolution of wine production in European regions across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. France and Italy in particular have shaped modern viticulture, by improving oenological methods and knowledge, then disseminating them internationally. This first volume looks closely at the development of winegrowing, with cases ranging from Italian and French regions to smaller producers such as Portugal and Slovenia.

Author : Edward Randolph Emerson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473383226
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Wines in Hungary and Italy written by Edward Randolph Emerson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians will enjoy this insight into the history of alcohol written by an expert in the field. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Author : Matt Kramer
Publisher : Running Press
ISBN 13 : 9780762422302
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Matt Kramer's Making Sense Of Italian Wine written by Matt Kramer and published by Running Press. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matt Kramer, longtime Wine Spectator columnist and author of the classic Making Sense series of wine books, now turns his palate toward Italy. Though Italian wine is the most popular wine among consumers, it remains puzzling to most wine lovers who wouldn't know a Barolo from a Barbaresco. Though shrouded in mystery, Italian wine has some of the most exciting and affordable varieties being produced today. Kramer is a trusted companion in the wine store, telling his readers the essentials: which wines can't be missed, and which are safe to skip. Organized like a “Shopper's Guide,” this unique book offers the lowdown on the most dazzling wines in every price range-their regions, traditions, and which foods to match with them. With Kramer's trademark wit and intelligence, here is an invaluable tool to finding treasures in the local wine shop.

Author : Kerin O Keefe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520273265
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barolo and Barbaresco written by Kerin O Keefe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the success of her books on Brunello di Montalcino, renowned author and wine critic Kerin OÕKeefe takes readers on a historic and in-depth journey to discover Barolo and Barbaresco, two of ItalyÕs most fascinating and storied wines. In this groundbreaking new book, OÕKeefe gives a comprehensive overview of the stunning side-by-side growing areas of these two world-class wines that are separated only by the city of Alba and profiles a number of the fiercely individualistic winemakers who create structured yet elegant and complex wines of remarkable depth from ItalyÕs most noble grape, Nebbiolo. A masterful narrator of the aristocratic origins of winemaking in this region, OÕKeefe gives readers a clear picture of why Barolo is called both the King of Wines and the Wine of Kings. Profiles of key Barolo and Barbaresco villages include fascinating stories of the families, wine producers, and idiosyncratic personalities that have shaped the area and its wines and helped ignite the Quality Wine Revolution that eventually swept through all of Italy. The book also considers practical factors impacting winemaking in this region, including climate change, destructive use of harsh chemicals in the vineyards versus the gentler treatments used for centuries, the various schools of thought regarding vinification and aging, and expansion and zoning of vineyard areas. Readers will also appreciate a helpful vintage guide to Barolo and Barbaresco and a glossary of useful Italian wine terms.