Great Winemakers Of California
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Great Winemakers Of California
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Author : Robert Benson
language : en
Publisher: Robert Benson
Release Date : 1977
Great Winemakers Of California written by Robert Benson and has been published by Robert Benson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Cooking categories.
Publisher description -- Like the bouquet arising from a fine wine, the winemaker's personality permeates each conversation in this sparkling collection. Robert Benson has captured the essence of 28 California winemakers as they discuss the myths and methodology of making great wines. Join Benson over a bottle of wine and plate of cheese as he listens to the secrets of producing wines which are today rivalling--even excelling--those of France and Germany.
A Companion To California Wine
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Author : Charles L. Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-10-01
A Companion To California Wine written by Charles L. Sullivan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-01 with Cooking categories.
California is the nation's great vineyard, supplying grapes for most of the wine produced in the United States. The state is home to more than 700 wineries, and California's premier wines are recognized throughout the world. But until now there has been no comprehensive guide to California wine and winemaking. Charles L. Sullivan's A Companion to California Wine admirably fills that gap—here is the reference work for consumers, wine writers, producers, and scholars. Sullivan's encyclopedic handbook traces the Golden State's wine industry from its mission period and Gold Rush origins down to last year's planting and vintage statistics. All aspects of wine are included, and wine production from vine propagation to bottling is described in straightforward language. There are entries for some 750 wineries, both historical and contemporary; for more than 100 wine grape varieties, from Aleatico to Zinfandel; and for wine types from claret to vermouth—all given in a historical context. In the book's foreword the doyen of wine writers, Hugh Johnson, tells of his own forty-year appreciation of California wine and its history. "Charles Sullivan's Companion," he adds, "will provide the grist for debate, speculation, and reminiscence from now on. With admirable dispassion he sets before us just what has happened in the plot so far."
New Classic Winemakers Of California
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Author : Steve Heimoff
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2010-12-20
New Classic Winemakers Of California written by Steve Heimoff and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"This book is intellectual eavesdropping for wine lovers. Steve Heimoff asks all the right questions, and then wisely lets the winemakers take center stage."—Paul Lukacs, author of The Great Wines of America
The Finest Wines Of California
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Author : Stephen Brook
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011-03-07
The Finest Wines Of California written by Stephen Brook and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-07 with Cooking categories.
Unconstrained by tradition or viticultural regulation, California winemakers enjoy a freedom that has resulted in a remarkable range of world-class wines. Beautifully illustrated with original photographs and detailed color maps, this guide introduces California wine by exploring the best that the state has to offer —from lush Sonoma Chardonnay to spicy Santa Barbara Syrah to heady Amador Zinfandel. At the heart of the book, award-winning wine writer Stephen Brook offers 90 intimate profiles of top producers—from Napa and Sonoma to the North and Central coasts, the Sierra foothills, and beyond. Brook also includes general information on California wine history, wine culture, grape varieties, and more. Throughout, he searches for the characteristics that make California wine distinctive despite its tremendous diversity—and finds the answer in the state’s unusual climate, especially the shifting interplay between fog and sun, as well as a lively and constant questioning of received ideas about viticulture, vine age, terroir, and winemaking techniques, all of which have helped winemakers to create complexity,individuality, and nuance in their wines.
The New California Wine
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Author : Jon Bonné
language : en
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Release Date : 2013-11-05
The New California Wine written by Jon Bonné and has been published by Ten Speed Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Cooking categories.
A comprehensive guide to the must-know wines and producers of California's "new generation," and the story of the iconoclastic young winemakers who have changed the face of California viniculture in recent years. The New California Wine is the untold story of the California wine industry: the young, innovative producers who are rewriting the rules of contemporary winemaking; their quest to express the uniqueness of California terroir; and the continuing battle to move the state away from the overly-technocratic, reactionary practices of its recent past. Jon Bonné writes from the front lines of the California wine revolution, where he has access to the fascinating stories, philosophies, and techniques of top producers. Part narrative, part authoritative purchasing reference, The New California Wine is a necessary addition to any wine lover's bookshelf.
Lineage Life And Love And Six Generations In California Wine
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Author : Steven Kent Mirassou
language : en
Publisher: Val de Grace
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Lineage Life And Love And Six Generations In California Wine written by Steven Kent Mirassou and has been published by Val de Grace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Cooking categories.
Winemaker Steven Kent Mirassou has brought forth a jewel of a book, one that will have a unique place in the literature of American wine. With his decades of winemaking expertise, and with his extraordinary gift for evocative writing, Steven takes us straight into the heart of his calling: how it looks and feels to be in a vineyard heavy with grapes, awaiting the dawn and the throbbing pulse of a harvest about to begin. It's a magical moment, and it's the beginning of a journey deep into the art, the craft, the passion, and the 8,000 years of history that lie inside the finest of wines. This is not glossy PR copy. This is raw truth, dirty jeans, arms deep in crushed grapes, heart pounding, dust in your nose, spirit in your mouth writing, flowing from a winemaker who sees crafting beautiful wines and combining them with healthy food as a way to serve others, to bring people together in joy and common cause, a noble calling that Steven Mirassou aptly terms "the true north" of our civilization. And every step of the way, Steven helps us feel his connection to the six generations that the Mirassou family has been growing grapes and crafting wines in California, the last thirty years in the Livermore Valley. It's a region that struggles, image-wise, in the shadow of the Napa Valley but holds fast to its belief in the virtues of its hills and valleys and fertile soils, and to its unshakable faith that crafting beautiful wines and sharing them with others is, at its core, good for the heart and pure tonic for the soul. There is high drama too. Like all family-owned wineries, Steven's faces a mountain of challenges: rough growing seasons, business mistakes, the loss of cherished vineyards and more. And Steven loses something larger too: his beloved wife, from a terrible illness. But as Steven shows us, with the proper attitude every loss can be a new beginning, an opportunity to live more deeply, and, with luck, to improve the character of the wines you craft and the enduring wisdom you can pass along to the next generation. In the literature of American wine, there is nothing quite like what Steven Kent Mirassou has brought us. Come feel the spirit, come share the wine.
Winemaking In California
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Author : Ruth Teiser
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Release Date : 1983
Winemaking In California written by Ruth Teiser and has been published by McGraw-Hill Companies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Cooking categories.
Publisher description -- This lively interpretive account, based on careful research into the state's vineyards, vineyardists, wineries, and winemakers, brings you the full flavor of successes and failures, sparked with anecdotes new and old. There are tales of the pioneers and stories about the present giants of the industry.
Vintage Talk
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Author : Dennis Schaefer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Vintage Talk written by Dennis Schaefer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Cooking categories.
Soft Soil Black Grapes
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Author : Simone Cinotto
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2014-05-02
Soft Soil Black Grapes written by Simone Cinotto and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-02 with Business & Economics categories.
Winner of the 2013 New York Book Show Award in Scholarly/Professional Book Design From Ernest and Julio Gallo to Francis Ford Coppola, Italians have shaped the history of California wine. More than any other group, Italian immigrants and their families have made California viticulture one of America’s most distinctive and vibrant achievements, from boutique vineyards in the Sonoma hills to the massive industrial wineries of the Central Valley. But how did a small group of nineteenth-century immigrants plant the roots that flourished into a world-class industry? Was there something particularly “Italian” in their success? In this fresh, fascinating account of the ethnic origins of California wine, Simone Cinotto rewrites a century-old triumphalist story. He demonstrates that these Italian visionaries were not skilled winemakers transplanting an immemorial agricultural tradition, even if California did resemble the rolling Italian countryside of their native Piedmont. Instead, Cinotto argues that it was the wine-makers’ access to “social capital,” or the ethnic and familial ties that bound them to their rich wine-growing heritage, and not financial leverage or direct enological experience, that enabled them to develop such a successful and influential wine business. Focusing on some of the most important names in wine history—particularly Pietro Carlo Rossi, Secondo Guasti, and the Gallos—he chronicles a story driven by ambition and creativity but realized in a complicated tangle of immigrant entrepreneurship, class struggle, racial inequality, and a new world of consumer culture. Skillfully blending regional, social, and immigration history, Soft Soil, Black Grapes takes us on an original journey into the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine.
Favorite Recipes Of California Winemakers
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Author : Wine Advisory Board
language : en
Publisher: Board and Bench Publishing
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Favorite Recipes Of California Winemakers written by Wine Advisory Board and has been published by Board and Bench Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Cooking categories.
This cookbook is dedicated to a simple, well-known truth: good food is even better with wine. This book features recipes from more than 200 dedicated vintners and their families who have have contributed more than 500 time-tested recipes.