Beverages category: 3182 books
The Vintner's Apprentice
An Insider's Guide to the Art and Craft of Wine Making, Taught by the Masters
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
An insider tour of vineyards, wineries, cellars, and more! In The Vintner’s Apprentice, you get behind-the-scenes access to the wine world’s real-life masters of the craft, as well as a guide to the techniques that made them so successful. Benefit from their experience selecting a site, planting...
The Story of Tea
A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Whether it's a delicate green tea or a bracing Assam black, a cup of tea is a complex brew of art and industry, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the world of tea, veteran tea traders Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss chronicle tea's influence across the globe...
The Juice
Vinous Veritas
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
This new collection by the acclaimed novelist—and, according to Salon, “the best wine writer in America”—is generous and far-reaching, deeply knowledgeable and often hilarious.
For more than a decade, Jay McInerney’s vinous essays, now featured in The Wall Street...
Adventures on the Wine Route
A Wine Buyer's Tour of France (25th Anniversary Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
When Adventures on the Wine Route was first published, Victor Hazan said, "In Kermit Lynch's small, true, delightful book there is more understanding about what wine really is than in everything else I have read." A quarter century later, this remarkable journey of wine, travel, and taste...
The Road to Burgundy
The Unlikely Story of an American Making Wine and a New Life in France
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
An intoxicating memoir of an American who discovers a passion for French wine and gambles everything to chase a dream of owning a vineyard in Burgundy
Ray Walker had a secure career in finance until a wine-tasting vacation ignited a passion he couldn’t stifle. He quit his job and moved to...
The Wet and the Dry
A Drinker's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
**Selected as a Top Ten Book of the Year by Dwight Garner, New York Times
A “fearlessly honest account” (Financial Times) of man’s love of drink, and an insightful meditation on the meaning of alcohol consumption across cultures worldwide**
Drinking alcohol: a beloved tradition,...
A Tale of Two Valleys
Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2003
When acclaimed journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky house guest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a raging controversy. A civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley, which epitomized elitism, prestige and wealthy excess, and the neighboring...
Wine Trails
52 Perfect Weekends in Wine Country
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher,Wine Trails, the first book in Lonely Planet's "Perfect Weekends" series, introduces the secret gems in well-known regions such as Napa and Sonoma, Tuscany, Burgundy and Rioja, and also explores off-the-beaten-path regions in...
The Mezcal Rush
Explorations in Agave Country
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
"A rich, inclusive portrait of one of the world's great drinks." —Kirkus Reviews
Mezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been reinvented as a pricy positional good popular among booze connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail ingredient. Unlike...
Jigger, Beaker and Glass
Drinking Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2001
Charles Baker has created what is perhaps the greatest armchair drinking book of all time.
Finding Mezcal
A Journey into the Liquid Soul of Mexico, with 40 Cocktails
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
In this groundbreaking and deeply personal book, Ron Cooper—a leading voice in the artisanal mezcal movement, and the person largely responsible for popularizing the spirit in the United States—shares everything he knows about this storied, culturally rich, and now hugely in-demand spirit, along...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Agave dates back to the Aztec civilization as an important crop in Mexico. Since the 1600s, the people of western Mexico have cultivated blue agave from the red volcanic soil that blankets the region, to make what we know as tequila. The Spirit of Tequila celebrates the tradition, culture, and myth...
by Andrew Forbes, DAvid Henley, Okakura Kakuzo
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
An illustrated version of Okakura Kakuzo’s classic ‘The Book of Tea’ with an introductory biography of Okakura and a chapter on ‘Tea - The Serviceable Herb’. 22,000 words, 75 images
Perhaps the most universal of all drinks but water, tea enjoys a unique popularity around the globe....
The Book of Tea Classic Edition
Classic Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves. A keepsake enjoyed by tea lovers for over a hundred years, The Book of Tea Classic Edition will enhance your enjoyment and understanding...