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Author: Robert Benson Publisher: Robert Benson ISBN: Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 324
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Publisher description -- Like the bouquet arising from a fine wine, the winemaker's personality permeates each conversation in this sparkling collection. Robert Benson has captured the essence of 28 California winemakers as they discuss the myths and methodology of making great wines. Join Benson over a bottle of wine and plate of cheese as he listens to the secrets of producing wines which are today rivalling--even excelling--those of France and Germany.
Author: Robert Benson Publisher: Robert Benson ISBN: Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher description -- Like the bouquet arising from a fine wine, the winemaker's personality permeates each conversation in this sparkling collection. Robert Benson has captured the essence of 28 California winemakers as they discuss the myths and methodology of making great wines. Join Benson over a bottle of wine and plate of cheese as he listens to the secrets of producing wines which are today rivalling--even excelling--those of France and Germany.
Author: Jon Bonné Publisher: Ten Speed Press ISBN: 1607743019 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 306
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A comprehensive guide to the must-know wines and producers of California's "new generation," and the story of the iconoclastic young winemakers who have changed the face of California viniculture in recent years. The New California Wine is the untold story of the California wine industry: the young, innovative producers who are rewriting the rules of contemporary winemaking; their quest to express the uniqueness of California terroir; and the continuing battle to move the state away from the overly-technocratic, reactionary practices of its recent past. Jon Bonné writes from the front lines of the California wine revolution, where he has access to the fascinating stories, philosophies, and techniques of top producers. Part narrative, part authoritative purchasing reference, The New California Wine is a necessary addition to any wine lover's bookshelf.
Author: Wine Advisory Board Publisher: Board and Bench Publishing ISBN: 0932664032 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 129
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This cookbook is dedicated to a simple, well-known truth: good food is even better with wine. This book features recipes from more than 200 dedicated vintners and their families who have have contributed more than 500 time-tested recipes.
Author: Charles L. Sullivan Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 9780520920873 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 464
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California is the nation's great vineyard, supplying grapes for most of the wine produced in the United States. The state is home to more than 700 wineries, and California's premier wines are recognized throughout the world. But until now there has been no comprehensive guide to California wine and winemaking. Charles L. Sullivan's A Companion to California Wine admirably fills that gap—here is the reference work for consumers, wine writers, producers, and scholars. Sullivan's encyclopedic handbook traces the Golden State's wine industry from its mission period and Gold Rush origins down to last year's planting and vintage statistics. All aspects of wine are included, and wine production from vine propagation to bottling is described in straightforward language. There are entries for some 750 wineries, both historical and contemporary; for more than 100 wine grape varieties, from Aleatico to Zinfandel; and for wine types from claret to vermouth—all given in a historical context. In the book's foreword the doyen of wine writers, Hugh Johnson, tells of his own forty-year appreciation of California wine and its history. "Charles Sullivan's Companion," he adds, "will provide the grist for debate, speculation, and reminiscence from now on. With admirable dispassion he sets before us just what has happened in the plot so far."
Author: Randy Leffingwell Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) ISBN: 9780896584914 Category : California Languages : en Pages : 0
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California Wine Country" opens with the history of winemaking in the state and explains how and why Californian wines have become famous around the world. Leffingwell then guides readers through the winemaking cycle and takes them on a personal tour of the state's most breathtaking and popular wine making regions. 300 color photos.
Author: Stephen Brook Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520266587 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 320
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Unconstrained by tradition or viticultural regulation, California winemakers enjoy a freedom that has resulted in a remarkable range of world-class wines. Beautifully illustrated with original photographs and detailed color maps, this guide introduces California wine by exploring the best that the state has to offer —from lush Sonoma Chardonnay to spicy Santa Barbara Syrah to heady Amador Zinfandel. At the heart of the book, award-winning wine writer Stephen Brook offers 90 intimate profiles of top producers—from Napa and Sonoma to the North and Central coasts, the Sierra foothills, and beyond. Brook also includes general information on California wine history, wine culture, grape varieties, and more. Throughout, he searches for the characteristics that make California wine distinctive despite its tremendous diversity—and finds the answer in the state’s unusual climate, especially the shifting interplay between fog and sun, as well as a lively and constant questioning of received ideas about viticulture, vine age, terroir, and winemaking techniques, all of which have helped winemakers to create complexity,individuality, and nuance in their wines.
Author: Larry J. Bettiga Publisher: UCANR Publications ISBN: 9781879906631 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 196
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This beautifully illustrated book is a must-have for growers, vintners, and enthusiasts. Inside you'll find information on ripening periods for 53 varieties grown in California, ripening dates of varieties by period and growing district, and detailed illustrations of grapevine structure. Most valuable of all is the discussion of the 36 major wine grape varieties grown in the state. Every variety receives an overview of synonyms, source, physical characteristics, harvest periods and methods, and winery use. Each variety is highlighted by close-up photography of its clusters, leaves, and leaf shoots.
Author: Julia Flynn Siler Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781592402595 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 492
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An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built--and then spectacularly lost--a global wine empire. Award-winning journalist Flynn Siler brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama.
Author: Simone Cinotto Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814717381 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 278
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Winner of the 2013 New York Book Show Award in Scholarly/Professional Book Design From Ernest and Julio Gallo to Francis Ford Coppola, Italians have shaped the history of California wine. More than any other group, Italian immigrants and their families have made California viticulture one of America’s most distinctive and vibrant achievements, from boutique vineyards in the Sonoma hills to the massive industrial wineries of the Central Valley. But how did a small group of nineteenth-century immigrants plant the roots that flourished into a world-class industry? Was there something particularly “Italian” in their success? In this fresh, fascinating account of the ethnic origins of California wine, Simone Cinotto rewrites a century-old triumphalist story. He demonstrates that these Italian visionaries were not skilled winemakers transplanting an immemorial agricultural tradition, even if California did resemble the rolling Italian countryside of their native Piedmont. Instead, Cinotto argues that it was the wine-makers’ access to “social capital,” or the ethnic and familial ties that bound them to their rich wine-growing heritage, and not financial leverage or direct enological experience, that enabled them to develop such a successful and influential wine business. Focusing on some of the most important names in wine history—particularly Pietro Carlo Rossi, Secondo Guasti, and the Gallos—he chronicles a story driven by ambition and creativity but realized in a complicated tangle of immigrant entrepreneurship, class struggle, racial inequality, and a new world of consumer culture. Skillfully blending regional, social, and immigration history, Soft Soil, Black Grapes takes us on an original journey into the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine.
Author: Robert Benson
Author: Robert Benson
Author: Jon Bonné
Author: Wine Advisory Board
Author: Charles L. Sullivan
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Author: Stephen Brook
Author: Larry J. Bettiga
Author: Julia Flynn Siler
Author: Simone Cinotto
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