Vine World
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Vine World
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Author : Robert R. Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2019-02-14
Vine World written by Robert R. Duncan and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-14 with Fiction categories.
The only time (mostly) you saw the ground was at the protected wells, the only source of water. The vines took all the rest. Most of our time was spent in the upper layer of vines. Below was too dangerous. If the vines didn’t get you, the animals might. Then of course, there was the sky. As a result of the warped artificial ozone, the entire sky was filled with a cascade of colors and bolts of electricity rolling across the sky. The more active the lights were in the sky, the more active were the vines shone on by them.
The Curious World Of Wine
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Author : Richard Vine
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-11-06
The Curious World Of Wine written by Richard Vine and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-06 with Cooking categories.
The Curious World of Wine is a fascinating miscellany about the colorful characters, celebrated places, and quirky events surrounding wine-making. Recounting wine tales that are by turns amusing, surprising, and occasionally a bit naughty, wine expert Richard Vine reveals little-known facts such as: • The oldest vineyard still producing grapes is thought to be in Maribor, Slovenia, where vines up to four hundred years old remain fruitful. • “Plonk,” a term used to insult any modestly priced wine, got its name from the French words for white wine—vin blanc, pronounced “vawn blawnk,” which was corrupted to “plawnk” or “plonk.” • Thomas Jefferson was so eager to plant native French vines at his Monticello mansion that he nearly went bankrupt fruitlessly hiring experts to defeat a condition that caused European vines to mysteriously die in North American soil. • Touching wineglasses as a toast was originally a deft move to exchange a splash of wine into each other’s cup to ensure that neither party was being poisoned. The Curious World of Wine will keep any wine fan entertained and enlightened—from the most erudite connoisseur to Two Buck Chuck devotees.
The World Wine And Vine Products Economy
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The World Wine And Vine Products Economy written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Grapes categories.
Women Of The Vine
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Author : Deborah Brenner
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2007-01-22
Women Of The Vine written by Deborah Brenner and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-22 with Cooking categories.
This book takes you on a very different journey to wine country, inviting you to enjoy the remarkable stories of twenty dynamic women in the world of wine. These women share their lives, wine tips, pairings, and most important, enthusiasm for wine while imparting their rich life lessons and wine expertise—a wonderful way to share your love for wine with the enterprising women who help bring it to your table.
The Botanist And The Vintner
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Author : Christy Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-03-25
The Botanist And The Vintner written by Christy Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-25 with Cooking categories.
Describes how French botanist Jules-Émile Planchon, aided by American entomologist Charles Valentine Riley, came up with a solution to a devastating plague of aphids that nearly destroyed the French wine industry.
Phylloxera
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Author : Christopher Campbell
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 2004
Phylloxera written by Christopher Campbell and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Cooking categories.
A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of, first, France and then Europe in the 1860s -- and how one young botanist, who had served an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens, eventually 'saved wine for the world'. Bordeaux, inexplicably began to wither and die. Panic seized France, and Jules-Emile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. Magnifying glass in hand, he discovered the roots of a dying vine covered in microscopic yellow insects. The tiny aphid would be named Phylloxera vastatrix -- 'the dry leaf devastator'. Where it had come from was utterly mysterious, but it advanced with the speed of an invading army. As the noblest vineyards of France came under biological siege, the world's greatest wine industry tottered on the brink of ruin. The grand owners fought the aphid with expensive insecticide, while peasant vignerons simply abandoned their ruined plots in despair. Within a few years the plague had spread across Europe, from Portugal to the Crimea. the parasite had accidentally been imported from America. He believed that only the introduction of American vines, which appeared to have developed a resistance to the aphid, could save France's vineyards. His opponents maintained that this would merely assist the spread of the disease. Meanwhile, encouraged by the French government's offer of a prize of 300,000 gold francs for a remedy, increasingly bizarre suggestions flooded in, and many wine-growing regions came close to revolution as whole local economies were obliterated. Eventually Planchon and his supporters won the day, and phylloxera-resistant American vines were grafted onto European root-stock. Despite some setbacks -- the first fruits of transplanted American vines were universally pronounced undrinkable -- by 1914 all vines cultivated in France were hybrid Americans. of one of the earliest and most successful applications of science to an ecological disaster.
The Modern World Dictionary Of The English Language
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Modern World Dictionary Of The English Language written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
I Am The True Vine And My Father Is The Vinedresser
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Author : Heinz Duthel
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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I Am The True Vine And My Father Is The Vinedresser written by Heinz Duthel and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Vine And Wine In The Ancient Greek World
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Author : Stavroula Kourakou-Dragona
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Vine And Wine In The Ancient Greek World written by Stavroula Kourakou-Dragona and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Dionysus
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Author : Edward Hyams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Dionysus written by Edward Hyams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Viticulture categories.
Publisher description -- This is the story of a sacred plant, Vitis vinifera, the grape-vine, from its pre-historic origins in western Asia to its spectacular expansion north, east, and west, and its final conquest of the world with the planting of vines in the southern hemisphere in the last century. The vine has been a symbol of both pagan and Christian deities from earliest times; indeed its history is so interwoven with the history of religion that god and vine are sometimes scarcely to be distinguished. The author describes how the vine has been cultivated, what sorts of wines have been drunk, how they were made and taxed, and how they have affected people's lives. It is the account of a single plant species through the eighty centuries of its association with man.