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Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
ISBN: 9780520267886 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After reading this intriguing book, a glass of wine will be more than hints of blackberries or truffles on the palate. Written by the author of the popular, award-winning website DrVino.com, Wine Politics exposes a little-known but extremely influential aspect of the wine businessthe politics behind it. Tyler Colman systematically explains how politics affects what we can buy, how much it costs, how it tastes, what appears on labels, and more. He offers an insightful comparative view of wine-making in Napa and Bordeaux, tracing the different paths American and French wines take as they...
After reading this intriguing book, a glass of wine will be more than hints of blackberries or truffles on the palate. Written by the author of the po...
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103,11 |
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Women of Wine: The Rise of Women in the Global Wine Industry
ISBN: 9780520267961 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This inspiring, engagingly written book, with its personal approach and global scope, is the first to explore women's increasingly influential role in the wine industry, traditionally a very male-dominated domain. Women of Wine draws on interviews with dozens of leading women winemakers, estate owners, professors, sommeliers, wine writers, and others in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to create a fascinating mosaic of the women currently shaping the wine world that also offers a revealing insiders' look at the wine industry....
This inspiring, engagingly written book, with its personal approach and global scope, is the first to explore women's increasingly influential role in...
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97,95 |
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Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages
ISBN: 9780520267985 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, Uncorking the Past tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological, chemical, artistic, and textual clues, Patrick E. McGovern, the leading authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, brings us up to date on what we now know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. Along the way, he explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution. We discover, for...
In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, Uncorking the Past tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicatin...
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100,64 |
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The Makers of American Wine: A Record of Two Hundred Years
ISBN: 9780520269538 / Angielski / Twarda / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. Thomas Pinney takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry that now extends to every state. While some namessuch as Mondavi and Gallowill be familiar, others are less well known. These include the wealthy Nicholas Longworth, who produced the first popular American wine; the German immigrant George Husmann, who championed the native Norton grape in...
Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. Thomas Pinney takes an eng...
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149,51 |
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Reading Between the Wines, with a New Preface
ISBN: 9780520271494 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acclaimed importer and wine guru Terry Theise, long known for his top-notch portfolio and his illustrious writing, now offers this opinionated, idiosyncratic, and beautifully written testament to wine. What constitutes beauty in wine, and how do we appreciate it? What role does wine play in a soulful, sensual life? Can wines of place survive in a world of globalized styles and 100-point scoring systems? In his highly approachable style, Theise describes how wine can be a portal to aesthetic, emotional, even mystical experienceand he frankly asserts that these experiences are most likely to be...
Acclaimed importer and wine guru Terry Theise, long known for his top-notch portfolio and his illustrious writing, now offers this opinionated, idiosy...
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100,95 |
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Washington Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide
ISBN: 9780520272682 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the global wine industry reinvents itself for twenty first-century palates, Washington is poised to become as important and influential as California on the world stage. National and international attention has brought interest in the state's wines to an all-time high. Yet, in just the past few years, a tidal wave of change has rolled over the state's wine industry. To keep wine enthusiasts thoroughly up to date, Paul Gregutt has now completely revised and expanded his critically acclaimed guide to Washington's best grapes, vineyards, wines, winemakers, and wineries. With twice as many...
As the global wine industry reinvents itself for twenty first-century palates, Washington is poised to become as important and influential as Californ...
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133,32 |
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Postmodern Winemaking
ISBN: 9780520275195 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explains how traditional enological education has led many winemakers astray - enabling them to create competent, consistent wines while putting exceptional wines of structure and mystery beyond their grasp.
Explains how traditional enological education has led many winemakers astray - enabling them to create competent, consistent wines while putting excep...
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128,63 |
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Authentic Wine: Toward Natural and Sustainable Winemaking
ISBN: 9780520275751 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Naturalness is a hot topic in the wine world. But what exactly is a "natural wine"? For this pioneering book, best-selling wine writer Jamie Goode teams up with winemaker and Master of Wine Sam Harrop to explore the wide range of issues surrounding authenticity in wine. They begin by emphasizing that wine's diversity, one of its strengths, is currently under threat from increasingly homogenized commercial wines that lack a sense of place. Drawing on a global array of examples and anecdotes, Goode and Harrop examine complex concepts--terroir, biodynamics, and sustainability--in clear... Naturalness is a hot topic in the wine world. But what exactly is a "natural wine"? For this pioneering book, best-selling wine writer Jamie Goode ... |
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100,95 |
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American Wine Economics: An Exploration of the U.S. Wine Industry
ISBN: 9780520276499 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The U.S. wine industry is growing rapidly and wine consumption is an increasingly important part of American culture. American Wine Economics is intended for students of economics, wine professionals, and general readers who seek to gain a unified and systematic understanding of the economic organization of the wine trade.
The wine industry possesses unique characteristics that make it interesting to study from an economic perspective. This volume delivers up-to-date information about complex attributes of wine; grape growing, wine production, and wine distribution activities; wine... The U.S. wine industry is growing rapidly and wine consumption is an increasingly important part of American culture. American Wine Economics i...
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166,52 |
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My Favorite Burgundies
ISBN: 9780520276628 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, Clive Coates, a Master of Wine who has spent four decades of his distinguished career in Burgundy, shares his vast insider s knowledge of one of the world s most exciting, complex, and intractable wine regions. Personal rather than encyclopedic, and informed by Coates s unparalleled access to regular, extensive tastings, this book imparts the author s philosophy and expertise as to how best approach, appreciate, and discuss the wines of Burgundy. Coates updates and supplements the domaine profiles featured in his two previous books, Cote D Or and The Wines of...
In this book, Clive Coates, a Master of Wine who has spent four decades of his distinguished career in Burgundy, shares his vast insider s knowledge o...
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195,91 |
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Grape vs. Grain: A Historical, Technological, and Social Comparison of Wine and Beer
ISBN: 9780521849371 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why is wine considered more sophisticated even though the production of beer is much more technologically complex? Why is wine touted for its health benefits when beer has more nutritive value? Why does wine conjure up images of staid dinner parties while beer denotes screaming young partiers? Charles Bamforth explores several paradoxes involving these beverages, paying special attention to the culture surrounding each. He argues that beer can be just as grown-up and worldly as wine and be part of a healthy, mature lifestyle. Both beer and wine have histories spanning thousands of years. This...
Why is wine considered more sophisticated even though the production of beer is much more technologically complex? Why is wine touted for its health b...
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247,58 |
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Uncorked: The Science of Champagne - Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780691158723 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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110,71 |
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Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists
ISBN: 9780742568204 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing with wit and verve, Mike Veseth (a.k.a. the Wine Economist) tells the compelling story of the war between the market trends that are redrawing the world wine map and the terroirists who resist them. Wine and the wine business are at a critical crossroad today, transformed by three powerful forces. Veseth begins with the first force, globalization, which is shifting the center of the wine world as global wine markets provide enthusiasts with a rich but overwhelming array of choices. Two Buck Chuck, the second force, symbolizes the rise of branded products like the famous Charles Shaw...
Writing with wit and verve, Mike Veseth (a.k.a. the Wine Economist) tells the compelling story of the war between the market trends that are redrawing...
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63,62 |
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Wine and Society
ISBN: 9780750666350 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looks at the relationship between wine production and marketing, focussing in consumer behaviour and cultural attitudes. This work examines the context of wine production, the wine consumer and the social context of wine. It covers the politics and economics of wine from supporting rural industries in France to protecting customers from deception.
Looks at the relationship between wine production and marketing, focussing in consumer behaviour and cultural attitudes. This work examines the contex...
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759,15 |
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Classic Cocktails: The Home Bartender's Guide to Mixing Spirits, Liqueurs, Wine and Beer - 150 Sensational Drink Recipes
ISBN: 9780754819301 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential reference for every home bartender, covering a vast array of cocktails and drinks. There are instructions for making both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, accompanied by colour photographs.
An essential reference for every home bartender, covering a vast array of cocktails and drinks. There are instructions for making both alcoholic and n...
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85,50 |
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Classic Cocktails
ISBN: 9780754827061 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide to cocktails, juices and smoothies, and how to mix them. It contains an overview of the different types of alcohol and mixers available: spirits such as gin, vodka and rum; liqueurs such as amaretto, Tia Maria and Chartreuse; wine, champagne and fortified wines; beer and cider; and syrups, coffee and chocolate.
A guide to cocktails, juices and smoothies, and how to mix them. It contains an overview of the different types of alcohol and mixers available: spiri...
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65,37 |
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Vodka Cocktails
ISBN: 9780754829027 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Simple, yet sophisticated, vodka is one of the world's most popular and versatile spirits. This book contains a selection of 50 vodka mixes that you can make at home, from classics such as the Screwdriver to concoctions including Kew Punch and Soft Fruit and Ginger Cup. Each recipe begins by explaining the history of the cocktail.
Simple, yet sophisticated, vodka is one of the world's most popular and versatile spirits. This book contains a selection of 50 vodka mixes that you c...
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30,20 |
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Whisky Cocktails
ISBN: 9780754829034 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide to blending 50 delectable whisky cocktails, including traditional drinks such as the Perfect Manhattan, Jack Frost and Mint Julep, as well as more unusual blends such as the Buckaroo, Coffee Eggnog and Jamaica Shake. It also includes a history of whisky, its varieties and brands.
A guide to blending 50 delectable whisky cocktails, including traditional drinks such as the Perfect Manhattan, Jack Frost and Mint Julep, as well as ...
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30,20 |
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French Wine for Dummies
ISBN: 9780764553547 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Whether you are an avid collector or wine novice, this book offers an extensive resource in an accessible format.-
--Charlie Trotter, Acclaimed Chef and Award-Winning Author -This book is an invitation to discover the bountiful wine regions, each different from one another, and is an homage to the beauty and uniqueness of the delicious wines they produced.- -The diversity of French wine is one of its attractions, but it can seem perplexing...until you pick up this marvelous guide. The route is well -marked, easy-to-follow, and... -Whether you are an avid collector or wine novice, this book offers an extensive resource in an accessible format.-
--Charlie Trotter, Acclaimed... |
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65,47 |
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The Old Fashioned: An Essential Guide to the Original Whiskey Cocktail
ISBN: 9780813141732 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American tavern owners caused a sensation in the late eighteenth century when they mixed sugar, water, bitters, and whiskey and served the drink with rooster feather stirrers. The modern version of this "original cocktail," widely known as the Old Fashioned, is a standard in any bartender's repertoire and holds the distinction of being the only mixed drink ever to rival the Martini in popularity. In The Old Fashioned, Gourmand Award--winning author Albert W. A. Schmid profiles the many people and places that have contributed to the drink's legend since its origin. This... American tavern owners caused a sensation in the late eighteenth century when they mixed sugar, water, bitters, and whiskey and served the drink wi... |
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68,57 |
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