On California (eBook)

From Napa to Nebbiolo... Wine Tales from the Golden State

Susan Keevil (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
288 Seiten
Academie du Vin Library (Verlag)
978-1-917084-40-6 (ISBN)

Infos

On California explores this world-class wine region with some of the most respected writers to have written about it. A beautiful volume for all wine lovers.

It captures the essence of California’s spectacular array of wine. Beyond the intricate flavours of Pinot Noir, the power of its Cabernet Sauvignon and the elegance of Chardonnay it asks what brought these wines to the Golden State in the first place?

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On California explores the grapes and the people who have made California wine great. The pioneers, the boffins, the whizz-kids and scientists, many of whom tell their stories on its pages - some in precious archive material, others have set down their thoughts mid-pandemic in 2021: Randall Grahm, Gerald Asher, Steven Spurrier, Paul Draper and Warren Winiarski take a bow.... Includes: California wine and the future: where will the California spirit lead next? The Hollywood Grape : our authors chart the path of Cabernet Sauvignon, from the wish-list of Thomas Jefferson to the hallowed hillsides of Stag s Leap and Screaming Eagle 1976? Of course it was a competition! Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher look back at the motivations behind the famous Paris wine tasting Top New York sommelier Victoria James tells of her near-death introduction to the whacky world of winemaking in Sonoma Will the real Zinfandel please stand up? Paul Draper seeks out the true heritage of California s versatile orphan grape Contributions from top California writers: Elaine Chukan Brown, Mary Margaret McCamic MW, Karen MacNeil, Esther Mobley, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Liz Thach MW, Clare Tooley MW, and Kelli White Hugh Johnson, Jane Anson and Fiona Morrison MW introduce California s intrepid wine pioneers Rex Pickett s Sideways heroes, Jack and Miles, clink glasses over the Central Coast s finest Pinot Noir A Z: from Bob Mondavi to Xylem sap-sensors and pink Zinfandel California wine in bite-size

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‘California’s wine is the most important development, the best news since the Romans planted the vine on the slopes of Burgundy and in the sand and gravel around Bordeaux.’

‘From food to terroir, glamour to grapes, climate to catastrophe, critics and alcohol, On California covers the full gamut.’

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2021
• Reihe/Serie: On Series
• Co-Autor: Karen MacNeil
• Verlagsort: Berkshire
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• ISBN-10: 1-917084-40-4 / 1917084404
• ISBN-13: 978-1-917084-40-6 / 9781917084406