North American Pinot Noir (eBook)

John Winthrop Haeger (Autor)

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2004
455 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-93094-0 (ISBN)

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Pinot noir, the famously elegant, sexy, and capricious red grape of Burgundy, is finally producing impressive wines in North America. Credit talented winemakers, enthusiastic restaurateurs, and consumers in search of alternatives to cabernet and zinfandel. Considered perhaps the ultimate food wine, pinot noir has an allure based on its special combination of aromas, flavors, and mouthfeel; on its legendary capacity to reflect the terroir where it is grown; and on its reputation for being hard to grow and make. This is the definitive work on pinot noir in North America. A comprehensive reference for winemakers and aficionados as well as a sourcebook for casual enthusiasts, it includes extensive historical and viticultural background on pinot noir in the New World and profiles of six dozen prominent producers in California, Oregon, British Columbia, and New York. John Winthrop Haeger, known for his perceptive wine writing for more than fifteen years, gives contextual and comparative information about pinot noir in Burgundy and then tells the story of wine producers' early failures, frustrations, and breakthroughs in North America. He discusses plant genetics and clones, identifies the essential conditions for really good pinot, tells where the best wines are grown and made, and analyzes the factors that determine wine styles and signatures. In the second part of the book, he presents detailed producer profiles with accessibly written tasting notes on recent and mature vintages. A final section covers glassware, vintages, wine and food pairings, and other matters of interest to consumers. Maps prepared especially for this book cover all the major pinot-producing regions in North America.

Inhalt

List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I. The Grape, the Wine, and the History
1. The Basics
2. The Burgundian Connection
3. The Rise of Pinot Noir in North America
4. Where It Happens
5. Clones and Selections of Pinot Noir
6. Winegrowing and Winemaking
7. Burgundies and North American Pinots Compared
8. Reflections

Part II. Profiles of Key Producers

Part III. Enjoying Pinot Noir
Advice for Consumers

Pinot Terminology
A Note on Sources
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.9.2004
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Schlagworte: American wine • British Columbia • Burgundy • Cabernet • California Wine • New World • New York • North America • north american wine • oregon wine • Pinot Noir • red wine • Sommelier • wine • wine glass • wine grapes • wine growers • wine lovers • winemakers • winemaking • Wine producers • wine production • Wine styles • wine vintages • zinfandel
• ISBN-10: 0-520-93094-0 / 0520930940
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-93094-0 / 9780520930940