Wine Spirits category: 1427 books
The Year of Drinking Adventurously
52 Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
-Author Jeff Cioletti is the editor of Beverage World magazine and the founder of DrinkableGlobe.com. Jeff has offered his beverage-related insights on several media outlets, including CNN International, Fox Business News, CNBC, Beer Sessions Radio, NPR, BBC World, BBC Radio, the Associated Press,...
Postmodern Winemaking
Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2013
In Postmodern Winemaking, Clark Smith shares the extensive knowledge he has accumulated in engaging, humorous, and erudite essays that convey a new vision of the winemaker's craft--one that credits the crucial roles played by both science and art in the winemaking process. Smith, a leading innovator...
Uncorked
The Science of Champagne - Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
Uncorked quenches our curiosity about the inner workings of one of the world's most prized beverages. Esteemed for its freshness, vitality, and sensuality, champagne is a wine of great complexity. Mysteries aplenty gush forth with the popping of that cork. Just what is that fizz? Can you judge champagne...
The Complete Guide to Making Mead
The Ingredients, Equipment, Processes, and Recipes for Crafting Honey Wine
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Mead may have been “discovered,” as some suggest, when one of our not-yet-upright forebears stuck their hand in a fermenting bee hive and came away with a honeycomb containing a little more than they bargained for.
Whatever the truth, brewers have brought this beverage into the twenty-first...
The Vineyard Years
A Memoir with Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book chronicles the personal journey of pioneering female winery owner Susan Sokol Blosser, from deciding on a whim to grow wine grapes in the early 1970s, to the trials and tribulations of starting her family-owned winery, Sokol Blosser, in the then little-known Willamette Valley, to the transfer...
The Homebuilt Winery
43 Projects for Building and Using Winemaking Equipment
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
Build your own winery! Learn how to set up a home winery and construct all the basic equipment for just a fraction of what commercially manufactured products would cost. Leading you through the entire winemaking process, Steve Hughes includes building plans and step-by-step instructions for making...
Aperitivo
Drinks and snacks for the Dolce Vita
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Let's be honest: who doesn't want to be a little bit Italian? To glide through Rome on a Vespa like Marcello Mastroianni, wearing an impeccable suit? Or sit in St Mark's Square in Venice at dusk, nibbling cicchetti and sipping an Aperol spritz? This is la dolce vita, and this is aperitivo - Italy's...
by Michael Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
This title is firmly established as the most authoritative and sought-after guide to New Zealand wines. Updated yearly with new tasting notes and vintage ratings, including the most current vintage, this is a `must-have? publication for the new initiate and the established wine-buff alike. This book...
by Michael Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The best-selling Buyer?s Guide is now in its 21st year of publication. This title is firmly established as the most authoritative and sought-after guide to New Zealand wines. Updated yearly with new tasting notes and vintage ratings, including the most current vintage, this is a `must-have? publication...
by William V. Cruess
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book comprises a detailed investigation of the 'Flor Sherry Process', with information on acidity, oxidation, fining and stabilizing, effect of temperature, and much more besides. Written in clear language and full of useful information and helpful diagrams and tables, this text will be of considerable...
by A. Haraszthy
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
A description of wine making in California during the 1860's, when the industry was in it's infancy.
RICH RARE AND RED
A GUIDE TO PORT
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
In this fourth edition of his bestselling book, Ben Howkins captures the essence of port and what it means to the people who produce it and those who drink it. Packed with a wealth of up-to-date information, including a complete list of vintages and guide to tasting, this book will appeal to lovers...
by Darby Higgs
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
This is the third edition of the book which was first published in 2006 and issued as a revised version in 2010 under the title Vinodiversity the Book. In this third edition many new varieties have been added as well as revised descriptions of the variety and updated lists of Australian producers.
Emerging...
Bourbon Curious
A Simple Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
In Bourbon Curious: A Simple Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker, award-winning whiskey writer and Wall Street Journalbest-selling author Fred Minnick creates an easy-to-read interactive tasting journey that helps you select barrel-aged bourbons based on your flavor preferences. Using the same tasting...