Life Beyond Lambrusco
Title | Life Beyond Lambrusco PDF eBook |
Author | Nicolas Belfrage |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 306 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Wine and wine making |
ISBN | 9780283992711 |
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol
Title | The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol PDF eBook |
Author | Scott C. Martin |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | 2823 |
Release | 2014-12-16 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1483374386 |
Alcohol consumption goes to the very roots of nearly all human societies. Different countries and regions have become associated with different sorts of alcohol, for instance, the “beer culture” of Germany, the “wine culture” of France, Japan and saki, Russia and vodka, the Caribbean and rum, or the “moonshine culture” of Appalachia. Wine is used in religious rituals, and toasts are used to seal business deals or to celebrate marriages and state dinners. However, our relation with alcohol is one of love/hate. We also regulate it and tax it, we pass laws about when and where it’s appropriate, we crack down severely on drunk driving, and the United States and other countries tried the failed “Noble Experiment” of Prohibition. While there are many encyclopedias on alcohol, nearly all approach it as a substance of abuse, taking a clinical, medical perspective (alcohol, alcoholism, and treatment). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol examines the history of alcohol worldwide and goes beyond the historical lens to examine alcohol as a cultural and social phenomenon, as well—both for good and for ill—from the earliest days of humankind.
The Pleasures of Wine
Title | The Pleasures of Wine PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Asher |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 2002-06 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 9780811834971 |
Essays about wine, from vine to table.
Wine and the Vine
Title | Wine and the Vine PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Unwin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 441 |
Release | 2005-07-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1134761910 |
Very few books have products as diverse as those of the grape vine: even fewer have products with such a cultural significance. Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. It considers wine as both a unique expression of the interaction of people in a particular environment, rich in symbol and meaning, and a commercial product of great economic importance to particular regions.
Wine and the Vine
Title | Wine and the Vine PDF eBook |
Author | P. T. H. Unwin |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 440 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Agricultural geography |
ISBN | 0415144167 |
Provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present, considering wine as a symbol, rich in meaning and a commercial product of great economic importance to specific regions.
The Wine Pioneers
Title | The Wine Pioneers PDF eBook |
Author | Anton Massel |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 177 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0970493223 |
At first there were the horticulturists and wine growers, then came the wine makers, the coopers, and the cellar masters. Inevitably there were wine shippers and wine merchants. Chemists and biologists added their skills in the past two centuries, and only very recently came the oenologists and the professional wine tasters. Wine writers play an important role in today's wine trade, and there were always wine connoisseurs and wine snobs. From 5000BC to the modern day, this book provides a chronological history of the wine pioneers through the ages.
A Vineyard in My Glass
Title | A Vineyard in My Glass PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Asher |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2011-09-12 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 0520949722 |
Gerald Asher, who served as Gourmet’s wine editor for thirty years, has drawn together this selection of his essays, published in Gourmet and elsewhere, for the collective insight they give into why a wine should always be an expression of a place and a time. Guiding the reader through twenty-seven diverse wine regions in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and California, he shows how every wine worth drinking is a reflection of its terroir—in the broadest sense of that untranslatable word. In evocative reminiscences of wines, winemakers, and the meals he has had with them, he weaves together climate, terrain, and local history, sharing his knowledge and experience so skillfully that we learn as we are entertained and come to understand, gradually, that the meaning and pleasure of a wine lie always in the context of its origin and in the concurrence of where, how, and with whom we enjoy it.