A Carafe of Red

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-520-27032-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past thirty years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those who simply enjoy vivid evocations of people and places. Asher puts wine in its context by taking the reader on a series of discursive journeys that start with the carafe at his elbow. In his introduction, Asher says, “Wine. draws on everything and leads everywhere.” Whether the subject is a supposedly simple red wine shared in a Parisian café or a Napa Valley Cabernet tasted with its vintner, every essay in A Carafe of Red is as pleasurable as the wines themselves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asher, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps

Introduction

A Carafe of Red

Storm in a Champagne Flute

Côte Rôtie and Condrieu: Drinking with Pliny and Columella

Côtes de Castillon: A Bordeaux Wine Reborn

Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arrivé!

Armagnac: The Spirit of D’Artagnan

Les Chevaliers du Tastevin

Jerez de la Frontera: Sherry and Tapas

Malmsey: A Greek Classic

Barbaresco: A Glimpse of Paradise

Priorato: A Heady Success Story

School Days on the Rhine

Franconia: Going for Baroque

California Cabernet Sauvignon

A Morning Tasting with Joe Heitz

Beaulieu Vineyard’s Georges de Latour Private Reserve

Santa Cruz Mountains: Ingenuity and Tenacity

Zinfandel: California’s Own

Wine and Food: The Myth of a Perfect Match

Chardonnay: Buds, Twigs, and Clones

Haut-Brion: A Most Particular Taste

Judgment of Paris: California’s Triumph

A Silent Revolution: Organic and Biodynamic Wines

A Memorable Wine

Missouri: Return of the Native

Spreading the Word: Books on Wine

Simple Pleasures: Warm Bread and Hot Chocolate

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gerald Asher is author of The Pleasures of Wine, Vineyard Tales, Wine Journal, and On Wine. As an international wine merchant, he was decorated by the French Government in 1974 for his contribution to French viticulture, in 2001 was named Outstanding Wine Professional of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, and in 2009 was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintner’s Hall of Fame.