Wine Appreciation / Edition 2

by Richard P. Vine

Overview

Professional wine consultant Richard Vine offers an in-depth look into wines, wine making, wine varieties, wine appreciation, and wines throughout the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471153962
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/23/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	8.74(w) x 11.02(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Richard P. Vine is the author of Wine Appreciation, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Robert Mondavi xiii

Preface xv

Acknowledgements xix

1 Introduction 1

2 Wine History 43

3 Wine and Human Physiology 91

4 Wine Service 129

5 The Wines of America 165

6 The Wines of France 223

7 The Wines of Italy 303

8 The Wines of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 335

9 The Wines of Spain and Portugal 367

10 The Wines of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada 393

11 The Wines of South America and Mexico 415

12 The Wines of South Africa 429

Glossary 439

Bibliography 467

Index 471

Editorial Reviews

This readable reference book successfully surveys the world's wines and vineyards. The author covers wine's history and significance in civilization, production methods and microbiology, the physiology of tasting, the medical effects, and tips on selecting, tasting, serving, and cooking with wine. He describes virtually every wine-growing district in the world and analyzes the major districts by village, vintner, and vineyard. Vine includes information about hundreds of wineries and winemakers (emphasizing American and French) and gives addresses of more than 1000 American wineries and names of many European ones. Useful for most public libraries. Peter C. Leonard, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh

Library Journal

A very attractive general wine book. Vine (enology, Mississippi State U.) covers the basics (origins, varieties, fermentation, production, types), physiology, enjoyment, and history in 200 pages. The remainder of the book deals with wines of the world: the US (120 p.), France (90 p.), Germany (40 p.), Italy (40 p.), the Iberian peninsula (40 p.), and the rest of the world (105 p.). Many illustrations in black and white (no color or coated paper) of labels, pickers, wineries, and maps so stylized as to be nearly useless except to give relative locations of vineyards. The text is authoritative and lively. Vine's research cannot be faulted. the intended reader--the non- specialist--would have found a pronunciation guide useful. A very nice $30. book; at twice that it will find its way into the exhaustive collection, and onto the remainder tables at a realistic price. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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