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Wine Appreciation

by Richard P. Vine
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Overview

Professional wine consultant Richard Vine offers an in-depth look into wines, wine making, wine varieties, wine appreciation, and wines throughout the world.

Synopsis

Professional wine consultant Richard Vine offers an in-depth look into wines, wine making, wine varieties, wine appreciation, and wines throughout the world.

Library Journal

This readable reference book successfully surveys the world's wines and vineyards. The author covers wine's history and significance in civilization, production methods and microbiology, the physiology of tasting, the medical effects, and tips on selecting, tasting, serving, and cooking with wine. He describes virtually every wine-growing district in the world and analyzes the major districts by village, vintner, and vineyard. Vine includes information about hundreds of wineries and winemakers (emphasizing American and French) and gives addresses of more than 1000 American wineries and names of many European ones. Useful for most public libraries. Peter C. Leonard, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh

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Library Journal

This readable reference book successfully surveys the world's wines and vineyards. The author covers wine's history and significance in civilization, production methods and microbiology, the physiology of tasting, the medical effects, and tips on selecting, tasting, serving, and cooking with wine. He describes virtually every wine-growing district in the world and analyzes the major districts by village, vintner, and vineyard. Vine includes information about hundreds of wineries and winemakers (emphasizing American and French) and gives addresses of more than 1000 American wineries and names of many European ones. Useful for most public libraries. Peter C. Leonard, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh

Booknews

A very attractive general wine book. Vine (enology, Mississippi State U.) covers the basics (origins, varieties, fermentation, production, types), physiology, enjoyment, and history in 200 pages. The remainder of the book deals with wines of the world: the US (120 p.), France (90 p.), Germany (40 p.), Italy (40 p.), the Iberian peninsula (40 p.), and the rest of the world (105 p.). Many illustrations in black and white (no color or coated paper) of labels, pickers, wineries, and maps so stylized as to be nearly useless except to give relative locations of vineyards. The text is authoritative and lively. Vine's research cannot be faulted. the intended reader--the non- specialist--would have found a pronunciation guide useful. A very nice $30. book; at twice that it will find its way into the exhaustive collection, and onto the remainder tables at a realistic price. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
March 1, 1997
Publisher
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pages
514
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780471153962

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