Vino
Nobile and Other Wines of Montepulciano
Emanuele Pellucci, $15.00
With this highly informative
guide, Emanuele Pellucci helps you discover a most fascinating
territory that has earned well deserved fame alongside one of
Italy's most important wines. This guide aims to be a ready
instrument for becoming acquainted with not only the reality
of local vine growing and wine producing, but also for discovering
an entire territory and its culture, a "gem" among
Tuscany's most outstanding jewels.
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Brunello
and Other Wines of Montalcino
Emanuele Pellucci, $15.00
The author, Emanuele Pellucci, visited Montalcino a quarter
of a century ago. He was curious to become more closely acquainted
with the environment in which this mysterious "Brunello"
originated. What made this grape the crown jewel of Italy? Who
isolated this clone among these rolling hilltops? What gives
the grape its legendary longevity?
Emanuel Pellucci has written about Brunello many times during
the past 25 years. With his latest book, he is now offering
the reader an opportunity to come close to the vine growing/wine
producing reality of Montalcino as the second millennium comes
to an end.
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The
New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia
Tom Stevenson, $50.00
Authoritative, international,
and up-to-date, the New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia is arranged
geographically and combines nearly 100 detailed maps with information
on all wine-growing areas, profiles of top producers and assessments
of individual wines. The book's easy-reference style and tremendous
breadth of information make it an unrivaled source for both
beginners and buffs.
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Christie's
Wine Companion
Patrick Matthews & Michael Broadbent
$24.95
An essential book for all wine lovers,
with over twenty-five contributions from some of the best-known
and most authoritative wine writers, including Auberon Waugh,
Hugh Johnson, James Haliday, Gerald Asher, and John Arlott.
Whether you are a serious imbiber or just enjoy an occasional
glass, this book will help educate the palate and focus the
eye.
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The
Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine,
Dorothy J. Gaiter & John Brecher, $25.00
In this book, Dorothy and John write their hugely popular "Tastings"
column in the "Weekend Journal" for a frustrated majority:
people who can afford more and better wine, who want to know
more about wine, but who don't know where to begin.
In this book, they share everything you need to know about buying,
drinking, and enjoying wine, along with listings of 300 great
wine values to get you started. Through it all, John and Dorothy
make it clear that wine isn't an end in itself, but just one
part of a good life. This book is not just about wine, but about
life, love, romance, and fun.
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The
Oxford Companion to Wine
Jancis Robinson, $65.00
Lavishly illustrated, with over 200 black and white pictures,
31 full color plates, and 31 maps of every wine region in the
world, the Companion is the only wine volume to combine
science, history, geography, grape varieties, social and cultural
context, and much more. There are in-depth discussions of all
aspects of wine, and numerous biographies from Dom Perignon
to Robert Parker. All technical terms are fully explained, and
the hundreds of useful drawings and photographs illustrate key
processes. The Oxford Companion to Wine, which
won every major wine book award, is the perfect volume to enhance
a lifetime's enjoyment of this stimulating topic.
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The
University Wine Course
A Wine Appreciation Text & Self-Tutorial
Marian W. Baldy, Ph. D. $35.00
This book is an easy-reading introduction to all aspects of
wine of interest to the consumer - from the vineyard, through
the winery, to tasting the finished product. Professor Marian
Baldy introduces each topic at an informative level not requiring
previous scientific background to understand, yet with sufficient
detail to provide unmistakable value. Among the plethora of
wine texts, this one conducts a
wonderful fact-laden but scenic wine tour that provides solid
information about how to learn through tasting and how to appreciate
the factors in the vineyard and winery that affect the final
sensory properties of the wine.
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Wine
Taster's Secrets,
The Consumer's Guide to Wine Tasting
Andrew Sharp, $6.95
"Only two ounces of the red liquid is poured. The man lifts
his glass to eye level and studies it closely. As if some inaudible
message had been received the glass is replaced on the starched,
with linen table-cloth and a few notes are hastily scratched
on the paper in front of him. Again, the glass is elevated but
this time he swirls the liquid round and round. Even before
it has settled down his nose is thrust well into the glass and
his body swells as he inhales deeply. More notes are hurriedly
added to the paper. He stops, returns his nose to the glass,
sets it down once more, adding more cryptic scribbles to his
growing chronicle."
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