Richard L. Chilton Jr.

Adventures with Old Vines (eBook, ePUB)

A Beginner''s Guide to Being a Wine Connoisseur

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Adventures with Old Vines offers an engaging and knowledgeable guide to demystify wine for novice enthusiasts. Richard Chilton provides detailed information about buying and storing wine, how to read a wine list, the role of the sommelier, wine fraud, how wine is really made, and how weather patterns can influence the quality of a vintage. A vineyard owner and lifelong wine lover, the author encourages readers to discover wine by tasting, taking notes, and tasting again. The book also includes a richly illustrated, full-color reference section on a select group of vineyards from all over the world, describing their history, winemaking philosophy, terroir, and top vintages-what Chilton calls benchmark wines. The characteristics of these memorable wines provide the essential starting point to understand what to look for when evaluating any wine. Equipped with this easy-to-read reference, readers will have all the tools they need to begin their own wine journey.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538106143
• Artikelnr.: 49070941

Autorenporträt

By Richard L. Chilton Jr.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Getting Started and Buying Wine
Chapter 2 Storing Wines: Establishing a Cellar Chapter 3 The Art of
Tasting: How to Appreciate Wine Chapter 4 Collecting versus Connoisseurship
Chapter 5 How to Read a Wine List Chapter 6 The History and Role of the
Sommelier Chapter 7 Vines, Grapes, and Climate . . . After All, It's Just
Farming Chapter 8 From the Grape to the Bottle: How Is Wine Really Made?
Chapter 9 The Benchmark Wines . . . Let the Journey Begin Vineyard Profiles
Notes Credits Index