Wine Spirits category: 1427 books
The Secrets of My Life
Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Peter M. F. Sichel, a fourth-generation wine merchant, found the path he was destined to walk interrupted by the Nazis while growing up as a Jew in Germany. He moved to France in 1939 but was imprisoned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of World War II. When he was released, he hid in the Pyrenees...
Had a Glass 2015
Top 100 Wines Under $20
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The Globe and Mail best-seller, and #1 best-selling wine guide in British Columbia, is back!
James Nevison's annual, unpretentious guide for everyday wine is back, with the top 100 wallet-friendly wines for 2015.
In this expertly selected collection, you will find the very best value for your money...
by Joseph Mills, Danielle Tarmey
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Since the first edition of A Guide to North Carolina’s Wineries
in 2003, the state’s wineries have nearly tripled in number. Tar Heel grapes are grown in the sand of coastal islands, on mountains so steep that tractors slide down them, and everywhere in between. The winegrowers include...
by Andrea Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Completely updated with information on more than 800 of the country's top-selling wines (100 more than were included in the 2006 edition), Andrea Robinson's buying guide is dedicated to the best-quality, most popular, and most readily available wines found in stores and restaurants. In addition to...
by Anthony Dias Blue
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2005
From the expert who promises to avoid winespeak comes an unfussy guide that focuses on American wines and on up-and-coming wineries from around the globe.
For novices and afficionados alike, Anthony Dias Blue's Pocket Guide to Wine 2006 will lead you to the best choices -- and values -- without...
The Winemaker's Hand
Conversations on Talent, Technique, and Terroir
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
In these fascinating interviews, winemakers from the United States and abroad clarify the complex process of converting grapes into wine, with more than forty vintners candidly discussing how a combination of talent, passion, and experience shape the outcome of their individual wines. Each winemaker...
by Jennifer Papale Rignani
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
New Jersey, the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the country, has been making wine since 1864. While perhaps not as well known as other wine-producing states, New Jersey is home to many premier varieties. Award-winning chardonnay, syrah, marechal foch, viognier, traminette, merlot, cabernet, and...
Drink Pink
A Celebration of Rose
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Combining delightful stories with whimsical and clever illustrations, Drink Pink is a clever, captivating, and unpretentious look at rosé for novices and connoisseurs alike.
For years, rosé has lived a quiet life as the not-red and not-white wine, but in the last five years this vintage...
Timeless Bounty
Food and Wine in New York’s Finger Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
This book chronicles the beauty and bounty of the Finger Lakes region, including its historical inhabitants, its natural bounty, and the modern incarnation of those attributes as it pertains to local food and wine. The story is told through the wisdom of the people who have been and still are in the...
by Henry Vizetelly
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
The present is the first instance in which the history of any wine has been traced with the same degree of minuteness as the history of the still and sparkling wines of the Champagne has been traced in the following pages. And not only have the author’s investigations extended over a very wide range,...
The One Minute Wine Master
Discover 10 Wines You'll Like in 60 Seconds or Less
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
All it takes is a minute to master wine! In this fun yet sophisticated guide, world wine authority Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan shows you how simple it can be to figure out which wines will please your palate. Just take the quick and easy flavor test, and Simonetti will lead you through the...
by 瑪德琳．帕克特(Madeline Puckette)、賈斯汀．哈馬克(Justin Hammack)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: Chinese
Release Date: September 8, 2016
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The American Vine-Dresser's Guide
Being a Treatise on the Cultivation of the Vine, and the Process of Wine Making Adapted to the Soil and Climate of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Authored by wine connoisseur John James DeFour, who established the first commercial vineyard in the United States, The American Vine-Dresser’s Guide is an amazingly thorough work on grape growing and wine making specifically adapted to the American climate and soil. Despite being published nearly...
by William B. Alwood
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on making cider and wine, with details of experiments in cider making applicable to farm conditions and notes on the use of pure yeasts in wine making. "Enological Studies" is highly recommended for those with an interest in the science behind brewing,...