Authentic Wine (eBook)

Toward Natural and Sustainable Winemaking

Jamie Goode, Sam Harrop (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
272 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94969-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"A great primer. . . . If you're new to the natural/organic/biodynamic wine debates, Authentic Wine is the place to start."—Huffington Post

"This is one of the most engaging, thoughtful and enlightening books on contemporary wine. . . . A manifesto for an industry looking to shape its future."—Wine And Spirits



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 language. They also discuss topics including cultured and wild yeasts, wine "faults," the carbon footprint of the wine industry, "natural" as a marketing concept, and more. Authentic Wine illuminates a subject of great interest to wine producers, consumers, and anyone wondering where the wine industry is headed.

Inhalt

Preface

1 Introduction
2 The diversity of wine: how a natural approach can help preserve wine’s interest
3 Terroir
4 Grafted vines
5 Biodynamics and organics
6 Sustainable winegrowing
7 When winemakers intervene: the chemical and physical manipulation of wine
8 The natural wine movement
9 Yeasts, wild and cultured
10 Ripeness and high alcohol
11 Wine faults
12 The carbon footprint of wine
13 Marketing authentic wine
14 Conclusions

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Schlagworte: Acidification • Alcoholic Beverages • books about wine • books for sommelier • California Wine • food and wine • healthy wine • homemade wine • how to make wine • Napa Valley • natural foods • Natural Wine • Organic Cooking • Organic Farming • organic wine • Reverse OSmosis • science of wine • sustainability • sustainable farming • Vineyards • vino lovers • Wine and Spirits • wine and viticulture • wine chemistry • wine class • Wine consumers • wine experts • Wine Industry • wine lover gifts • wine lovers • wine making process • Wine producers • Wine tasting
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94969-2 / 0520949692
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94969-0 / 9780520949690