AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY WINPB
Autor Mike Vesethen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 sep 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781538138311
ISBN-10: 153813831X
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN-10: 153813831X
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Notă biografică
Mike Veseth is professor emeritus of international political economy at the University of Puget Sound. He is editor of the award-winning blog The Wine Economist and author of several books on the business and pleasure of wine, including the best-selling Wine Wars, Extreme Wine, and Money, Taste, and Wine, which received the 2016 Gourmand International award for ¿Best in the World¿ wine writing. He¿s currently working on his next book in Seattle when he isn¿t traveling around the world with his wife, Sue; speaking to wine industry groups; and looking for great wines and great wine stories.
Cuprins
Part I: From London to Beirut
1 London: The Challenge Is Made and the Journey Begins
2 France: Which Bottle? Which Wine?
3 Italy: Batali¿s Impossibility Theorem
4 Syria, Lebanon, and Georgia: The Wine Wars
Part II: Rounding the Cape
5 Spain: El Clásico
6 Portugal: Any Porto in a Storm
7 Out of Africa
8 India and Beyond: New Latitudes, New Attitudes
Part III: High and Low
9 Shangri-La
10 Australia: The Library and the Museum
11 Tasmania: Cool Is Hot
12 Southern Cross
Part IV: Sour Grapes?
13 Napa Valley Wine Train
14 A Riesling Rendezvous
15 Cannonball Run
16 Back to London: Victory or Defeat?
Notes
The Wine List
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Descriere
Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, Mike Veseth takes readers on a journey Around the World in Eighty Wines that will inspire, inform, and entertain anyone who loves travel, adventure, or wine.