Author: Arthur Eperon Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc ISBN: 9780935161984 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 260
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The Republic of Austria spans some 83,853 square km in south-central Europe. The entire western third of the nation lies in the Alps, and much of its central and southern territories are Alpine as well - some 75% of the country is mountainous. The nation boasts a greater percentage of forested land than any other European nation - about 39% of its terrain is covered with trees.aWhether you love to walk or you love to find the most unforgettable restaurants, shops and charming inns, this guide has you covered! Traditional mountain hamlets oozing with allure. Fun attractions for parents and kids. Resorts where the revelry starts early and lasts long. Havens of hedonism for shopping, dining and entertainment. Towns with the best surrounding trails for walking or skiing. It's all here! The author also details the most pristine wilderness areas, the most dramatic drives, resorts where socialites show up to show off, discrete retreats for a quiet getaway, all the places to stay, from guesthouses and hostels to the most luxurious hotels. This book shows you how to experience everything this region offers more intensely and directly than most travelers know how to do - seeing the places close-up through adventures, both cultural and physical."
Author: Kermit Lynch Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374710473 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 288
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When Adventures on the Wine Route was first published, Victor Hazan said, "In Kermit Lynch's small, true, delightful book there is more understanding about what wine really is than in everything else I have read." A quarter century later, this remarkable journey of wine, travel, and taste remains an essential volume for wine lovers. In 2007, Eric Asimov, in The New York Times, called it "one of the finest American books on wine," and in 2012, The Wall Street Journal pro-claimed that it "may be the best book on the wine business." In celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary, Adventures on the Wine Route has been thoroughly redesigned and updated with an epilogue and a list of the great wine connoisseur's twenty-five most memorable bottles. In this singular tour along the French wine route, Lynch ventures forth to find the very essence of the wine world. In doing so, he never shies away from the attitudes, opinions, and beliefs that have made him one of our most respected and outspoken authorities on wine. Yet his guiding philosophy is exquisitely simple. As he writes in the introduction, "Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull . . . If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms, there is a world of magic to discover." Adventures on the Wine Route is the ultimate quest for this magic via France's most distinguished vineyards and wine cellars. Lynch draws vivid portraits of vintners—from inebriated négociants to a man who oversees a vineyard that has been in his family for five hundred years—and memorably evokes the countryside at every turn. "The French," Lynch writes, "with their aristocratic heritage, their experience and tradition, approach wine from another point of view . . . and one cannot appreciate French wine with any depth of understanding without knowing how the French themselves look at their wines, by going to the source, descending into their cold, humid cellars, tasting with them, and listening to the language they employ to describe their wines." Here, Kermit Lynch assures a whole new generation of readers—as well as his loyal fans—that discussions about wine need not focus so stringently on "the pH, the oak, the body, the finish," but rather on the "gaiety" of the way "the tart fruit perfume[s] the palate and the brain."
Author: Michel Bettane Publisher: Harry N. Abrams ISBN: 9781584797326 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 0
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Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve are French wine experts known all over the world by wine professionals and consumers alike. Now they bring their expertise to the English-speaking market in their encyclopedic Guide to the Wines of France. This comprehensive buying guide is organized by region, including not only such celebrated areas as Burgundy and Bordeaux, but also lesser-known wine-making provinces such as Languedoc and Jura. Within each chapter, a complete picture of the region is presented through entries for individual wineries and detailed information about their wines; each wine is rated using the familiar 100-point scale. Written in clear, user-friendly language, the guide is accessible even to wine novices. Whether you're looking to stock your cellar or to expand your wine-tasting horizons, Bettane and Desseauve's Guide to the Wines of France is the oenophile's essential companion. Praise for Bettane and Desseauve's Guide to the Wines of France: "The definitive and encyclopedic work of two of the giants of wine journalism in France." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "If you have any interest in French wines-and you should-then there is no better single guide to that celebrated region than the encyclopedic Guide to the Wines of France . . . Kudos, too, to the publishers, who have delivered a book that is beautiful, easy to use, and feels like you're getting far more than your money's worth." -The Austin Chronicle "Destined to be on the shelf of every wine lover." --France Magazine
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