Crush
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-64012-631-2 (ISBN)
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In Crush Nicholas O’Connell provides a behind-the-scenes look at the daily operations of some of the world’s most prestigious wineries on the West Coast. This insider’s view of the wine world includes the intense competition for the best grapes, the bizarre lingo of the tasting rooms, and the visionary winemakers who magically transform grapes into high-end wine. It is a world that includes not only romance and refinement but long hours, back-breaking labor, mind-numbing repetition, and fanatical dedication to quality. Such devotion resulted in the 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet that won the best red wine at the 1976 Judgment of Paris and transformed the U.S. wine industry.
O’Connell’s quest to master the art of winemaking begins in his garage. From there he embarks on an apprenticeship at Betz and DeLille Cellar and other great wineries in California, Oregon, and Washington. He provides a first-person, ground-up view of a business not yet fully explored despite record interest in wine. O’Connell also includes conversations with some of the world’s most gifted vintners, including Warren Winiarski, former owner of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars.
Wine is surrounded by a seemingly impenetrable cloud of descriptors—“wet dog,” “kumquats,” “cat pee”—and a fog of pretention. Crush pierces this fog with colorful, concrete storytelling, in-depth portraits of famous winemakers, and a lively, down-to-earth description of the process by which wine is made: not in the critic’s mind but in the winery and vineyard.
Nicholas O’Connell is based in Washington State and is the founder of the Writer’s Workshop. He contributes to media outlets such as Newsweek, Food & Wine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic Adventure. O’Connell is the author of five books, including The Storms of Denali: A Novel and On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature.
List of Illustrations
Section I: Crush
Chapter 1. Garagiste
Chapter 2. Ciel du Cheval: A Wine Lover’s Idea of Heaven
Section II. Washington
Chapter 3. The Founding Father’s of the Washington Wine Industry
Chapter 4. Betz Family Winery
Chapter 5. DeLille Cellars: The Art of Blending
Chapter 6. Decision Making at Canoe Ridge
Chapter 7. Picking Grapes
Chapter 8. Fermentation and Fruit Flies
Chapter 9. Tom Cooks
Chapter 10. Pressing: The Merlot Mobile
Section III. Oregon
Chapter 11. Seeking Perfection in Pinot Noir: Learning the Secrets of Making Killer Pinot Noir
Chapter 12. Beaux Frères: Avoiding Getting Lee-ed
Chapter 13. Tony Soter: Pinot Noir as an Expression of Place
Chapter 14. Ken Wright Visit: Wine as Fundamentally Spiritual
Section IV: My Wine Journey
Chapter 15. Falling in Love with Wine
Chapter 16. On Hallowed Ground: Visiting Bordeaux and the Great Growths
Section V: California
Chapter 17. Robert Mondavi: Transforming the Tastes of the Nation
Chapter 18. Stag’s Leap: The Search for an American Arcadia
Chapter 19. Opus One: The Place Made the Wine
Chapter 20. Cain Winery and Vineyard: Letting the Land Speak
Section VI. A Question of Balance
Chapter 21. Taking Stock: Should I Go Pro?
Chapter 22. Wine with Dinner
Chapter 23. The Connoisseur: Dan McCarthy
Chapter 24. The Heart of Hospitality: Searching for the Spirit of Domaine Tempier
Chapter 25. Bottling Party
Bibliographic Essay
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 18 color plates, index |
| Verlagsort | Dulles |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64012-631-7 / 1640126317 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64012-631-2 / 9781640126312 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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