Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures

Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures
Author: Paul Lukacs
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2013-10-21
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0393239640
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"Meticulously researched history…look[s] at how wine and Western civilization grew up together." —Dave McIntyre, Washington Post Because science and technology have opened new avenues for vintners, our taste in wine has grown ever more diverse. Wine is now the subject of careful chemistry and global demand. Paul Lukacs recounts the journey of wine through history—how wine acquired its social cachet, how vintners discovered the twin importance of place and grape, and how a basic need evolved into a realm of choice.


Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures
Language: en
Pages: 418

Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures

Authors: Paul Lukacs
Categories: Cooking
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-21 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"Meticulously researched history…look[s] at how wine and Western civilization grew up together." —Dave McIntyre, Washington Post Because science and technol
Inventing Wine
Language: en
Pages: 384

Inventing Wine

Authors: Paul Lukacs
Categories: Cooking
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-03 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Lukacs chronicles wine's transformation from a source of sustenance to a consciously pursued pleasure, in the process offering a new way to view the present as
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Language: en
Pages: 350

Inventing Wine

Authors: Paul B. Lukacs
Categories: Wine and wine making
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher:

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This work describes the eight thousand year history of wine, chronicling the changes that have taken place in preparation and taste as the ancient world gave wa
The New York Times Book of Wine
Language: en
Pages: 576

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Authors: Howard G. Goldberg
Categories: Cooking
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-07 - Publisher: Union Square & Co.

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The best on wine from the New York Times! The newspaper of record has always showcased the writing of some of the worlds most respected wine experts, and these
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Language: en
Pages: 306

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Authors: Jay McInerney
Categories: Cooking
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-10 - Publisher: A&C Black

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One of America's best novelists Jay McInerney is also well-known for being a wine connoisseur. Since beginning to drink wine, in emulation of his literary and c