This comprehensive guide to the continent’s wines is the latest work
from Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein. As well as focusing on well-known
wine producing countries, like Argentina and Chile, the book finds time
to explore lesser-known wines of countries such as Peru and Bolivia.
Goldstein’s anecdotes and experiences inflect the whole book, giving a
flavour of the whole continent as well as being a definitive account of
South America’s wines.
The first book from established wine journalist Jane Parkinson bills
itself as a guide to food and wine matching. First, though, it begins
with an in-depth look at wine varieties, designed to intrigue the
enthusiastic amateur by being chatty, informative and never
intimidating. The food matching goes deeper than the major food groups,
looking at specific cuisines and always making her logic clear.
Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine
It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood film – a criminal slowly poisons one of the world’s most expensive vineyards, demanding €1m to leave the survivors untouched. This extraordinary story about the threat to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is a jumping off point for a discussion of the estate itself and the history of the Burgundy region in general, which proves just as thrilling as the criminal machinations.
Beautiful photographs and quirky facts combine to make this book perfect
to dip into to find out everything you never thought to ask about wine.
The scattering of anecdotes and quotes gives an insight into the long
history of French wine, talking about how toasts began to prevent
poisoning and what Napoleon thought about champagne.
25USD. Available at Amazon
25USD. Available at Amazon
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