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The Geography of Wine

Author : Percy H. Dougherty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400704640

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Wine has been described as a window into places, cultures and times. Geographers have studied wine since the time of the early Greeks and Romans, when viticulturalists realized that the same grape grown in different geographic regions produced wine with differing olfactory and taste characteristics. This book, based on research presented to the Wine Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, shows just how far the relationship has come since the time of Bacchus and Dionysus. Geographers have technical input into the wine industry, with exciting new research tackling subjects such as the impact of climate change on grape production, to the use of remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems for improving the quality of crops. This book explores the interdisciplinary connections and science behind world viticulture. Chapters cover a wide range of topics from the way in which landforms and soil affect wine production, to the climatic aberration of the Niagara wine industry, to the social and structural challenges in reshaping the South African wine industry after the fall of apartheid. The fundamentals are detailed too, with a comparative analysis of Bordeaux and Burgundy, and chapters on the geography of wine and the meaning of the term ‘terroir’.

The Geography of Wine

Author : Percy H. Dougherty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400704633

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The Geography of Wine by Percy H. Dougherty Pdf

Wine has been described as a window into places, cultures and times. Geographers have studied wine since the time of the early Greeks and Romans, when viticulturalists realized that the same grape grown in different geographic regions produced wine with differing olfactory and taste characteristics. This book, based on research presented to the Wine Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, shows just how far the relationship has come since the time of Bacchus and Dionysus. Geographers have technical input into the wine industry, with exciting new research tackling subjects such as the impact of climate change on grape production, to the use of remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems for improving the quality of crops. This book explores the interdisciplinary connections and science behind world viticulture. Chapters cover a wide range of topics from the way in which landforms and soil affect wine production, to the climatic aberration of the Niagara wine industry, to the social and structural challenges in reshaping the South African wine industry after the fall of apartheid. The fundamentals are detailed too, with a comparative analysis of Bordeaux and Burgundy, and chapters on the geography of wine and the meaning of the term ‘terroir’.

The Geography of Wine

Author : Brian J. Sommers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781101213544

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Wine is more than taste, smell, and appearance—it is a reflection of a place and its people. Why is Bordeaux a great place for red wines? Why do some places produce Rieslings and others produce Chardonnay? A fun and fascinating examination of terroir (the French word for the geography of a vineyard) this book takes connoisseurs—and potential connoisseurs—on a tour of wine regions, and explains the principles geographers use to understand the critical factors that make up the “wine character” of a place. From the Loire Valley to Napa Valley, Madeira to South Africa, Australia to Chile, The Geography of Wine is an entertaining and informative introduction to viticulture for worldly wine lovers everywhere.

Wine and the Vine

Author : Tim Unwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134761920

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Very few books have products as diverse as those of the grape vine: even fewer have products with such a cultural significance. Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. It considers wine as both a unique expression of the interaction of people in a particular environment, rich in symbol and meaning, and a commercial product of great economic importance to particular regions.

Planet of the Grapes

Author : Robert Sechrist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440854392

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Planet of the Grapes by Robert Sechrist Pdf

A fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the geography, culture, and history of wine that identifies the significance of this simple beverage throughout human history and today. Wine was one the key founding foods of Western culture (bread and oil being the other two). It has played a key role in human history for thousands of years, having been used for enjoyment, rituals, and religious purposes; today, the production and consumption of wine is a billion-dollar industry that plays an important role in the global economy. Planet of the Grapes: A Geography of Wine provides an interesting and accessible lens through which students can learn about geography, culture, society, history, religion, and the environment. The chapters cover the historical geography of wine, document how drinking wine has often been condemned as a vice, and describe wines by region and type, thereby providing a cultural geography of wine. Readers will learn about the historical geography of wine, terroir (the environmental conditions that affect grape crops), grape biogeography, the process of winemaking from a geographic perspective, the economic global significance of the wine trade, the ongoing love-hate relationship between wine and government, and what makes individual wine regions distinct. The content is written to be comprehensible to individuals without detailed previous knowledge about wine but provides detailed information and insight that wine connoisseurs will find engaging. Additionally, through the story of wine comes a unique telling of the social transformations in America that have resulted from sources such as anti-immigrant sentiment, pseudoscience, and censorship.

Wine--a Geographic Appreciation

Author : Harm J. De Blij
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Cooking
ISBN : UOM:39015046366269

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"This unusual book offers a wealth of information not only about traditional wine regions of the world, but also about many probably less familiar even to wine enthusiasts. Attention is given to China and Japan, and countries of the Southern Hemisphere - Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, Argentina - are represented by vintage charts and for all these regions the value of grape varieties is exactingly reviewed in relation to soil and climate. Focusing on the hows, whys and wherefores of the geography of wine making, De Blij's book refers in some detail to the political, cultural and economic contexts - as well as to problems of climate and soil - in which viticulture and vinicultural decisions are made".--BOOKJACKET.

El Vino Y la Viña

Author : P. T. H. Unwin
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415031202

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El Vino Y la Viña by P. T. H. Unwin Pdf

Provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present, considering wine as a symbol, rich in meaning and a commercial product of great economic importance to specific regions.

Innovation and Technological Catch-Up

Author : Elisa Giuliani,Andrea Morrison,Roberta Rabellotti
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780857930514

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Innovation and Technological Catch-Up by Elisa Giuliani,Andrea Morrison,Roberta Rabellotti Pdf

'This book overturns the old paradigm ideas about natural-resource-based activities. It sheds light on the new opportunities for technological dynamism and catching-up by using science to open novel directions in traditional sectors. It should become a classic in what I expect will be a very important academic debate and a new trend in development policy.' - Carlota Perez, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Cambridge University and University of Sussex, UK 'This excellent book provides a deep understanding of why and how emerging countries are able to catch-up and enter international markets in an industry that once was considered as traditional, but which has now become a relatively articulated and sciencebased sectoral system.' - Franco Malerba, KITeS, Bocconi University, Italy 'This excellent book demonstrates better than any other I know the strengths and limits of the concept of a national system of innovation for understanding economic development today. Any careful student of innovation or development will want to read it.' - Charles Sabel, Columbia Law School, US 'In the New World, viticulture and wine production has had to develop with verve and enthusiasm, to be able to survive and to flourish. In countries like Chile and Argentina, the continuing decline of domestic wine consumption has forced technicians and entrepreneurs to conquer the world with innovation and technology, to produce wines of international taste and to attract potential buyers to these markets. This book is a very professional account of these phenomena, which have profoundly changed the marketing of wines in the past 20 years.' - Aurelio Montes, President of Viña Montes, Chile 'This book takes a fresh look at the innovations that have changed the global wine sector, presenting established thinking in a new light. Building on the world's knowledge base in wine production, the book encourages novel thinking for both Old World and New World producers. The content is topical, current and well written. This is a must-read for anyone with an interest in wine innovation.' - Sakkie Pretorius, The Australian Wine Research Institute

The World of Niagara Wine

Author : Michael Ripmeester,Phillip Gordon Mackintosh,Christopher Fullerton
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781554584062

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The World of Niagara Wine by Michael Ripmeester,Phillip Gordon Mackintosh,Christopher Fullerton Pdf

The World of Niagara Wine is a transdisciplinary exploration of the Niagara wine industry. In the first section, contributors explore the history and regulation of wine production as well as its contemporary economic significance. The second section focuses on the entrepreneurship behind and the promotion and marketing of Niagara wines. The third introduces readers to the science of grape growing, wine tasting, and wine production, and the final section examines the social and cultural ramifications of Niagara’s increasing reliance on grapes and wine as an economic motor for the region. The original research in this book celebrates and critiques the local wine industry and situates it in a complex web of Old World traditions and New World reliance on technology, science, and taste as well as global processes and local sociocultural reactions. Preface by Konrad Ejbich.

The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition

Author : Hugh Johnson,Jancis Robinson
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1784726184

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"The most useful single volume on wine ever published... If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one." - Andrew Jefford, Decanter Few wine books can be called classic, but the first edition of The World Atlas of Wine made publishing history when it appeared in 1971. It is recognized by critics as the essential and most authoritative wine reference work available. This eighth edition will bring readers, both old and new, up to date with the world of wine. To reflect all the changes in the global wine scene over the past six years, the Atlas has grown in size to 416 pages and 22 new maps have been added to the wealth of superb cartography in the book. The text has been given a complete overhaul to address the topics of most vital interest to today's wine-growers and drinkers. With beautiful photography throughout, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, the world's most respected wine-writing duo, have once again joined forces to create a classic that no wine lover can afford to be without. "The World Atlas of Wine is the single most important reference book on the shelf of any wine student." - Eric Asimov, New York Times "Like a good bottle of wine, you'll find yourself going back to it again and again... Perfect for anyone who has a thirst for greater wine knowledge." - Edward Deitch, NBC/today.com "The World Atlas of Wine belongs on your shelf... The essential rootstock of any true wine lover's library. A multi-layered snapshot of wine and how it has evolved." - Dave McIntyre, Washington Post

Adventures on the Wine Route

Author : Kermit Lynch
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780374710477

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When Adventures on the Wine Route was first published, Victor Hazan said, "In Kermit Lynch's small, true, delightful book there is more understanding about what wine really is than in everything else I have read." A quarter century later, this remarkable journey of wine, travel, and taste remains an essential volume for wine lovers. In 2007, Eric Asimov, in The New York Times, called it "one of the finest American books on wine," and in 2012, The Wall Street Journal pro-claimed that it "may be the best book on the wine business." In celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary, Adventures on the Wine Route has been thoroughly redesigned and updated with an epilogue and a list of the great wine connoisseur's twenty-five most memorable bottles. In this singular tour along the French wine route, Lynch ventures forth to find the very essence of the wine world. In doing so, he never shies away from the attitudes, opinions, and beliefs that have made him one of our most respected and outspoken authorities on wine. Yet his guiding philosophy is exquisitely simple. As he writes in the introduction, "Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull . . . If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms, there is a world of magic to discover." Adventures on the Wine Route is the ultimate quest for this magic via France's most distinguished vineyards and wine cellars. Lynch draws vivid portraits of vintners—from inebriated négociants to a man who oversees a vineyard that has been in his family for five hundred years—and memorably evokes the countryside at every turn. "The French," Lynch writes, "with their aristocratic heritage, their experience and tradition, approach wine from another point of view . . . and one cannot appreciate French wine with any depth of understanding without knowing how the French themselves look at their wines, by going to the source, descending into their cold, humid cellars, tasting with them, and listening to the language they employ to describe their wines." Here, Kermit Lynch assures a whole new generation of readers—as well as his loyal fans—that discussions about wine need not focus so stringently on "the pH, the oak, the body, the finish," but rather on the "gaiety" of the way "the tart fruit perfume[s] the palate and the brain."

Wine and the Vine

Author : Tim Unwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134761913

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Very few books have products as diverse as those of the grape vine: even fewer have products with such a cultural significance. Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. It considers wine as both a unique expression of the interaction of people in a particular environment, rich in symbol and meaning, and a commercial product of great economic importance to particular regions.

Wine Production

Author : Keith Grainger,Hazel Tattersall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781405173544

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Wine Production by Keith Grainger,Hazel Tattersall Pdf

The standard of wines made today is arguably higher than any timein the six thousand years of vinous history. The level of knowledgeof producers and the ability to control the processes in wineproduction is also greatly improved. Authors Keith Grainger and Hazel Tattersall detail theseprocesses, from vine to bottle, looking at key factors such asgeography, winemaking techniques, the impact of decisions made uponstyle and quality, and problems that may be encountered. Theauthors are not afraid to discuss practices that may be regarded ascontroversial. Highly regarded consultants to the wine industry, Grainger andTattersall present a clear and accessible handbook: Bullet points Vineyard and winery photographs Diagrams Text boxes Wine Production: Vine to Bottle is a concise and easy-to-usereference guide for all busy food and beverage industryprofessionals, students and others needing a working knowledge ofwine production.

The Wine Region Atlas

Author : Istvan Barczikay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1399930397

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The Wine Region Atlas can assist anyone from hobbyist to professional looking to expand their knowledge by helping them enjoy wine while understanding the geography from which they derive. This is the benefit of an atlas focused only on wine. This atlas is more than a collection of maps. It provides valuable information essential to wine culture, up to date as of August 2022. Included is information regarding classification systems, leading wine producing countries, information on regions, sub-regions, important towns and villages, as well as respected vineyards and chateaux. This comprehensive atlas will allow readers to identify wine locations and identify the features of a particular region and wine. It will help expand knowledge by revealing geographical features, wine classifications, neighboring regions, and lead to the discovery of similar wines. I hope that my passion for this world shines through the pages to those just starting on their own wine journeys, or those who are looking to expand their already extensive knowledge of the art. If you love wine, this book is for you.

The Red and the White

Author : Leo A. Loubere
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1978-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438411316

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The delight of Bacchus, wine has ever been man's solace and joy. Growing out of the poorest soil, the wild grape was tamed and blended over millennia to produce a royal beverage. But the nineteenth century brought a near revolution in the production of wine, and democracy in its consumption; technology made wine an industry, while improved living standards put it on the people's dinner table. The vintners of France and Italy frantically bought land and planted grapes in their attempt to profit from the golden age of wine. But the very technology which made possible swift transportation, with all its benefits to winemen, brought utter devastation from America—the phylloxera aphids—and only when France and Italy had replanted their entire vineyards on American stock did they again supply the thirsty cities and discriminating elite. In an exhaustive examination Professor Loubère follows the wine production process from practices recommended long ago by the Greeks and Romans through the technical changes that occurred in the nineteenth century. He shows how technology interacted with economic, social, and political phenomena to produce a new viticultural world, but one distinct in different regions. Winemen espoused a wide range of politics and economics depending on where they lived, the grapes they grew, and the markets they sought. While a place remained for carefully hand-raised wine, the industry had, by the end of the century, turned to mass production, though it was capable of great quality control and consistency from year to year. The author uses a wide range of sources, including archives and contemporary accounts. The volume contains extensive figures, tables, graphs, and maps.