England A Wine Producing Country

Author : Tim Unwin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134761929
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wine and the Vine written by Tim Unwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few books have products as diverse as those of the grape vine: even fewer have products with such a cultural significance. Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. It considers wine as both a unique expression of the interaction of people in a particular environment, rich in symbol and meaning, and a commercial product of great economic importance to particular regions.

Author : Stephen Skelton
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571200450
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wines of Britain and Ireland written by Stephen Skelton and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2001 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last ten years wine growing in Britain has come a long way. No longer viewed as an eccentric hobby, it has become a valuable industry producing wines of the highest standard. A welcome addition to Faber's wine series, The Wines of Britain and Ireland explores the wine-making of England, Ireland and the Channel Islands, with a full description of the wine varieties grown and the processes being developed for Britain's unique conditions. It describes all the 260 major vineyards with details of location, owners, wine-makers, opening hours and sales information.

Author : WAY
Publisher : Academie Du Vin Library Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781913141448
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wines of Piemonte written by WAY and published by Academie Du Vin Library Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Precisely organized and clearly mapped guide to a complex and varied region - Gives due weight to Barolo and Barbaresco but also explores all the lesser-known denominations of the region - Author is a wine educator who wrote the current WSET Diploma textbook, making him ideally equipped to explain this tricky region concisely The Italian region of Piemonte is rightly famed for the denominations of Barolo and Barbaresco. The area of vineyard given over to Nebbiolo, the sole grape variety of both DOCGs, has increased dramatically in the last half century (as plantings of other varieties have fallen). However, there is much to enjoy beyond the headline wines of the region. With a vast array of local varieties at the disposal of winemakers, no fewer than 60 denominations and a range of wine styles, Piemonte is a wine explorer's dream. In The wines of Piemonte, expert wine educator David Way challenges readers to deepen their understanding of the Piemontese wines they already love, such as Barolo and Barbaresco, and experience more of Piemonte's lesser-known treasures. He begins by setting the wines in their context, giving an outline of the history, geography and climate of the region. He then introduces readers to the native varieties that make the distinctive wines in this region - including less familiar grapes such as Brachetto, Freisa and Grignolino. After a brief discussion of Italian wine law, he leads us in an exploration of the denominations themselves with a selection of producers. We begin in the Langhe and Roero, where we find denominations centered on the varieties of Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Barbera and Arneis. The gentle hills of Monferrato are Barbera heartland but also yield wines made from interesting local varieties. Heading west, we visit the valleys of the western Alps, where producers are smaller and the varieties they grow more obscure. After exploring Colli Tortonesi and the white wines of its neighbor, Gavi, in the east, we look to the cooler regions of northern Piemonte. Finally, we are treated to Piemonte's sparkling wines, made in a range of styles. Complete with color photos and regional maps, whether you are looking for an interesting everyday wine or something to treasure and age, The wines of Piemonte will enhance your enjoyment of the region.

Author : Sir Walter Gilbey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treatise on Wines and Spirits of the Principal Producing Countries written by Sir Walter Gilbey and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rod Phillips
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520355431
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Wine written by Rod Phillips and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover’s bookshelf."—The Wine Economist "It’s a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details."—Andrew Jefford, Decanter For centuries, wine has been associated with France more than with any other country. France remains one of the world’s leading wine producers by volume and enjoys unrivaled cultural recognition for its wine. If any wine regions are global household names, they are French regions such as Champagne, Bordeaux, and Burgundy. Within the wine world, products from French regions are still benchmarks for many wines. French Wine is the first synthetic history of wine in France: from Etruscan, Greek, and Roman imports and the adoption of wine by beer-drinking Gauls to its present status within the global marketplace. Rod Phillips places the history of grape growing and winemaking in each of the country’s major regions within broad historical and cultural contexts. Examining a range of influences on the wine industry, wine trade, and wine itself, the book explores religion, economics, politics, revolution, and war, as well as climate and vine diseases. French Wine is the essential reference on French wine for collectors, consumers, sommeliers, and industry professionals.

Author : Peter Csizmadia- Honigh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993035913
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wines of India written by Peter Csizmadia- Honigh and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Ordish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wine Growing in England written by George Ordish and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520402162
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Wine written by Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and approachable deep dive into the colonial roots of the global wine industry. Imperial Wine is a bold, rigorous history of Britain's surprising role in creating the wine industries of Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. Here, historian Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre bridges the genres of global commodity history and imperial history, presenting provocative new research in an accessible narrative. This is the first book to argue that today's global wine industry exists as a result of settler colonialism and that imperialism was central, not incidental, to viticulture in the British colonies. Wineries were established almost immediately after the colonization of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand as part of a civilizing mission: tidy vines, heavy with fruit, were symbolic of Britain's subordination of foreign lands. Economically and culturally, nineteenth-century settler winemakers saw the British market as paramount. However, British drinkers were apathetic towards what they pejoratively called "colonial wine." The tables only began to turn after the First World War, when colonial wines were marketed as cheap and patriotic and started to find their niche among middle- and working-class British drinkers. This trend, combined with social and cultural shifts after the Second World War, laid the foundation for the New World revolution in the 1980s, making Britain into a confirmed country of wine-drinkers and a massive market for New World wines. These New World producers may have only received critical acclaim in the late twentieth century, but Imperial Wine shows that they had spent centuries wooing, and indeed manufacturing, a British market for inexpensive colonial wines. This book is sure to satisfy any curious reader who savors the complex stories behind this commodity chain.

Author : Mike Veseth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442257377
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Around the World in Eighty Wines written by Mike Veseth and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by Jules Verne’s classic adventure tale, celebrated editor-in-chief of The Wine Economist Mike Veseth takes his readers Around the World in Eighty Wines. The journey starts in London, Phileas Fogg’s home base, and follows Fogg’s itinerary to France and Italy before veering off in search of compelling wine stories in Syria, Georgia, and Lebanon. Every glass of wine tells a story, and so each of the eighty wines must tell an important tale. We head back across Northern Africa to Algeria, once the world’s leading wine exporter, before hopping across the sea to Spain and Portugal. We follow Portuguese trade routes to Madeira and then South Africa with a short detour to taste Kenya’s most famous Pinot Noir. Kenya? Pinot Noir? Really! The route loops around, visiting Bali, Thailand, and India before heading north to China to visit Shangri-La. Shangri-La? Does that even exist? It does, and there is wine there. Then it is off to Australia, with a detour in Tasmania, which is so cool that it is hot. The stars of the Southern Cross (and the title of a familiar song) guide us to New Zealand, Chile, and Argentina. We ride a wine train in California and rendezvous with Planet Riesling in Seattle before getting into fast cars for a race across North America, collecting more wine as we go. Pause for lunch in Virginia to honor Thomas Jefferson, then it’s time to jet back to London to tally our wines and see what we have learned. Why these particular places? What are the eighty wines and what do they reveal? And what is the surprise plot twist that guarantees a happy ending for every wine lover? Come with us on a journey of discovery that will inspire, inform, and entertain anyone who loves travel, adventure, or wine.

Author : Susie Barrie
Publisher : International Wine & Food Society
ISBN 13 : 0900813032
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Guide to English Wine written by Susie Barrie and published by International Wine & Food Society. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket-sized monograph covers key aspects of English wine – from the history to modern developments via climate change, geology, grape varieties, viticulture, winemaking, recent vintages – while the core of the book profiles the country's leading producers. Wine tourism has its own section ('There's never been a better time to visit English wine country,' declare the authors), as does a listing of key overseas distributors to reflect the growing importance of exports. A map of the main wine regions, designed by Dr Alistair Nesbitt of Climate Wine Consulting, sits at the heart of the publication.