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Author Theise, Terry

Title Reading between the Wines : With a New Preface
Edition 2nd ed
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; One -- Befriending Your Palate; Two -- What Matters (and What Doesn't) in Wine; Three -- Remystifying Wine; Four -- The Three Humors; Five -- Pressing Hot Buttons; Six -- Of Places and Grapes; Seven -- Wine from Outside; Eight -- Wines That Mattered: Or, "The Dog Ate My Point Scores"; Acknowledgments
Summary Acclaimed importer and wine guru Terry Theise, long known for his top-notch portfolio and his illustrious writing, now offers this opinionated, idiosyncratic, and beautifully written testament to wine. What constitutes beauty in wine, and how do we appreciate it? What role does wine play in a soulful, sensual life? Can wines of place survive in a world of globalized styles and 100-point scoring systems? In his highly approachable style, Theise describes how wine can be a portal to aesthetic, emotional, even mystical experience--and he frankly asserts that these experiences are most likely to be
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Subject Wine and wine making -- Miscellanea
COOKING -- Beverages -- Wine & Spirits.
Wine and wine making
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520949737
0520949730
1280097043
9781280097041
9786613520494
6613520497