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Author: Steven Spurrier Publisher: ISBN: 9780956238788 Category : Vintners Languages : en Pages : 0
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This is the story of Steven Spurrier's rich and eventful life in and around wine. From being inspired by a glass of Cockburn 1908 Vintage Port at thirteen years old, Steven Spurrier joined London's oldest wine merchant in 1964; he bought a wine shop in Paris ("Your wine merchant speaks English"), and organised what became known as the Judgement of Paris, when, at a blind tasting, nine of the best tasters in France placed Californian wines, both white and red, above the greatest French wines, changing the wine world forever. Steven Spurrier was 2017 Decanter Man of the Year, a title generally reserved for the greatest of the world's wine makers, and is currently President of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. He has recently planted a vineyard in Dorset to produce sparkling wine.
Author: Steven Spurrier Publisher: ISBN: 9780956238788 Category : Vintners Languages : en Pages : 0
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This is the story of Steven Spurrier's rich and eventful life in and around wine. From being inspired by a glass of Cockburn 1908 Vintage Port at thirteen years old, Steven Spurrier joined London's oldest wine merchant in 1964; he bought a wine shop in Paris ("Your wine merchant speaks English"), and organised what became known as the Judgement of Paris, when, at a blind tasting, nine of the best tasters in France placed Californian wines, both white and red, above the greatest French wines, changing the wine world forever. Steven Spurrier was 2017 Decanter Man of the Year, a title generally reserved for the greatest of the world's wine makers, and is currently President of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. He has recently planted a vineyard in Dorset to produce sparkling wine.
Author: George M. Taber Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416547894 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 347
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The only reporter present at the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976 for the first time introduces the eccentric American winemakers and records the tremendous aftershocks of this historic event that changed forever the world of wine. The Paris Tasting of 1976 will forever be remembered as the landmark event that transformed the wine industry. At this legendary contest—a blind tasting—a panel of top French wine experts shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France’s best. George M. Taber, the only reporter present, recounts this seminal contest and its far-reaching effects, focusing on three gifted unknowns behind the winning wines: a college lecturer, a real estate lawyer, and a Yugoslavian immigrant. With unique access to the main players and a contagious passion for his subject, Taber renders this historic event and its tremendous aftershocks—repositioning the industry and sparking a golden age for viticulture across the globe. With an eclectic cast of characters and magnificent settings, Judgment of Paris is an illuminating tale and a story of the entrepreneurial spirit of the new world conquering the old.
Author: Steven Spurrier Publisher: Scribner ISBN: Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 230
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This revised and expanded edition of Academie du Vin Wine Course is the complete guide to wine, based on the curriculum of the Academie du Vin in Paris, which has trained the owners and sommeliers of the world's finest restaurants. Includes 22 comparative tastings that will teach the reader how to make distinctions between producers and vintages. 100 full-color photographs.
Author: KEEVIL Publisher: ISBN: 9781913141059 Category : Languages : en Pages : 288
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- Bordeaux is the world's most famous and arguably favorite wine region. This book tells its story - Articles and extracts from some of the most loved wine writers of yesterday and today - An essential wine book for every wine lover and wine student - Beautifully designed and illustrated to bring the region to life on the page When things turn out right for Bordeaux, as they frequently do, its wines are sublime. They inspire many thousands of tributes, from Samuel Pepys' succinct reviews to the most rhapsodic of Michael Broadbent's tasting notes - in short, over 300 years of wine writing. On Bordeaux is a collection of the best bits, from our best-loved wine writers, critics and commentators, set around 10 of the themes that make Bordeaux tick. As Jane Anson writes in her introduction: "multi-layered, clear-eyed, moving and often extremely funny [this] collection of stories... celebrates, illuminates and renews our understanding of Bordeaux." * Hugh Johnson, Fiona Beckett and Baron Elie de Rothschild discuss dining out on Bordeaux: how best to serve it, with what and who with. * Mathieu Chadronnier, Christian Seely and Joe Fattorini shed light on the way we see claret today. * Ian Maxwell Campbell extols the virtues of 1871 and 1875, the last great vintages before the phylloxera plague. * Fiona Morrison MW explores Bordeaux's great bounce-back and how the vintage of 1982 changed everything. * John Salvi, Bill Blatch and Peter Vinding-Diers reveal the wines that lead the way to Bordeaux's future. * Joe Fattorini serves up everything you need to know on running the iconic Me ́doc Marathon. * Hugh Johnson pays tribute to Bordeaux master Michael Broadbent.
Author: Susan Keevil Publisher: ISBN: 9781913141035 Category : Wine and wine making Languages : en Pages : 224
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- A perfect gift for any wine lover who revels in the stories about wine - Full of humorous, philosophical, literary and knowledgeable articles and extracts, all from great writers - A modern day tribute to Cyril Ray's - The Compleat Imbiber An elegantly bound collection of fine wine writing past and present - the perfect gift for wine lovers everywhere (or the wine lovers in their life). With contributions from Michael Broadbent on good and bad vintages, Ian Maxwell Campbell on Bordeaux vs Burgundy, George Orwell and PG Wodehouse on the complementary pleasures of wine and tea, Randall Graham on the search for California's 'magic grape' and Andrew Caillard MW on the art of the wine label, it brims with wit and wisdom from some of the most erudite wine writers ever to raise a glass. Also includes Steven Spurrier, Jason Tesauro, Jane MacQuitty, Giles MacDonogh, Philippe de Rothschild, Fiona Morrison MW, Dan Keeling, Charles Walter Berry and many more. Like Cyril Ray's classic Compleat Imbiber before it, In Vino Veritas might rightfully be described as 'the quintessential late-evening or bedtime book for those who like wine'. 'Denied wine's bridge to gregariousness, "cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in to saucy doubts and fears," as Macbeth once complained, we need an antidote, and rummaging around in this anthology of wine writing is a good one: It's a set of keys to open the windows and let some sun shine in.' - World of Fine Wine
Author: Yves Thuriès Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company ISBN: Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 446
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Over 1000 recipes have been adapted to modern restaurant pastry methods, bringing new life to this area of French cuisine. With basics developed during this and earlier centuries, Thuries now creates the foundation for pastry making in the twenty-first century.
Author: Simon Spurrier Publisher: Games Workshop(uk) ISBN: 9781844161577 Category : Science fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Trapped on one of the huge megacities of the Imperial, a rogue Chaos Space Marine must evade his pursuers and navigate unseen while paving the way for invasion.
Author: Steven Spurrier Publisher: Academie Du Vin Library Limited ISBN: 9781913141462 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 0
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- Limited edition, numbered, 500 copies - Foreword by Tim Mondavi - An illustrated walk-through the wine tasting process, incorporating all of the wisdom that Steven acquired during a lifetime of tasting fine wine - A thoroughly up-to-date view of how grapes are grown and turned into wine, and the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change - Twenty-nine of the of the world's most important grape varieties under the microscope, complete with graphic profiles and tasting notes, and examples of wines that express them to perfection - A comprehensive guide, with maps, to the world's wine-producing regions - 36 in all - including Steven's views on those that are up and coming as well as the old favorites - An insider's guide to cellaring, building a collection, buying en primeur and investing, complete with 30-year vintage charts "Steven had a unique perspective, and he wanted to open people's eyes to the variety and quality of wine available throughout the world " - Tim Modavi Académie du Vin's founder, the late Steven Spurrier, wine connoisseur, critic extraordinaire and instigator of the famed 1976 Judgement of Paris, was a man who in the immortal of words of Hugh Johnson, 'was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never stopped stirring'. Back in 1972, Steven founded the Académie du Vin - a series of classes that blended factual information with practical tasting experience, and which were structured so that students could build their knowledge in a gradual, orderly way without becoming 'swamped'. In the 1980s his Académie du Vin Wine Course became a best-selling book. Now, the Académie du Vin Library is delighted to honor Steven's legacy by publishing an all-new commemorative edition, handsomely bound in a linen slipcase, and fully revised and updated to reflect the wine world of today. True to the spirit of the original, Steven Spurrier's Académie du Vin Wine Course takes the reader logically through every aspect of wine appreciation: how to taste wine like the professionals; why the ways grapes are grown and wines are made have such a profound impact on the final taste; the characteristics of the most popular grape varieties and the world's wine-growing regions; and last, but certainly not least, how to store and collect wine so that you can appreciate it in years to come. Whether you're a newcomer to fine wine or already an aficionado, there is no more enjoyable, concise way to take your learning to the next level.
Author: Oz Clarke Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780151009183 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 360
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An updated edition of the guide tothe best wines in the world by two of the world's most knowledgeable and entertaining wine experts. This handsome, updated edition of Clarke & Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide is the ultimate ready-reference to the world's best wine-for buying, for estimating the value of your collection, for restaurant selection, for investing. Organized by wine region with an alphabetical list of the top wine names and leading producers in every major wine-producing country, the guide is fully cross-referenced for ease of use. In this completely redesigned elegant and enduring format, these two expert authors survey the world of wine and bring you its best-not necessarily the famous Bordeaux growths, but the best wine from around the globe.
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