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The Taste of Wine

Author : Emile Peynaud,Jacques Blouin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996-10-14
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 047111376X

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The Taste of Wine by Emile Peynaud,Jacques Blouin Pdf

Emile Peynaud's Le Gout du Vin has long been considered the definitive book on winetasting by professional tasters. Now, this new English language second edition makes his timeless classic truly accessible to a new generation of American readers. The Taste of Wine is Peynaud's complete examination of the science and practice of winetasting, with detailed treatment of the senses and how they function, tasting techniques and problems, wine balance and quality, winetasting vocabulary, training, and the art of drinking. A brilliant synthesis of the Bordeaux and Burgundy/Beaujolais schools of tasting, Peynaud's unique method combines the subjective description of wine with well-established scientific principles--forming an approach which is definitive, comprehensive, and free of esoteric jargon. With a foreword by Michael Broadbent, this edition features Michael Schuster's excellent translation, which retains all of the wit and sparkle of the original while remaining faithful to Peynaud's precise vocabulary. The text is beautifully complemented by a carefully selected range of illustrations and full-color photographs, which give full expression to the principles and spirit of the book. As vital to increasing our understanding of winetasting as it is to enhancing our appreciation of wine, The Taste of Wine will be savored by professionals and amateurs for generations to come. This English translation of Emile Peynaud's Le Gout du Vin brings a new edition of this classic French work to an American audience for the first time. Erudite yet accessible, as beautifully written as it is scientifically documented, The Taste of Wine is, quite simply, the complete guide to the science and practice of winetasting. Covering all of the essential elements of the subject, from the physiology and experience of the senses to tasting techniques, vocabulary, training, and quality assessment, Peynaud's singular approach is a masterful combination of the empirical and statistical styles of winetasting--a blend as distinctive and enduring as wine itself. Whether you are an oenologist, wine producer, wine merchant, restaurateur, or informed consumer, The Taste of Wine is now yours to enjoy . . .

How to Taste

Author : Jancis Robinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Wine
ISBN : 9780743216777

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How to Taste by Jancis Robinson Pdf

Offers a guide to vintages, grape varieties, and wine appreciation.

Neuroenology

Author : Gordon M. Shepherd
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231542876

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In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just as he did in Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters, that creating the taste of wine engages more of the brain than does any other human behavior. He clearly illustrates the scientific underpinnings of this process, along the way enhancing our enjoyment of wine. Neuroenology is the first book on wine tasting by a neuroscientist. It begins with the movements of wine through the mouth and then consults recent research to explain the function of retronasal smell and its extraordinary power in creating wine taste. Shepherd comprehensively explains how the specific sensory pathways in the cerebral cortex create the memory of wine and how language is used to identify and imprint wine characteristics. Intended for a broad audience of readers—from amateur wine drinkers to sommeliers, from casual foodies to seasoned chefs—Neuroenology shows how the emotion of pleasure is the final judge of the wine experience. It includes practical tips for a scientifically informed wine tasting and closes with a delightful account of Shepherd's experience tasting classic Bordeaux vintages with French winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet of the Chateau Petrus and Dominus Estate.

Money, Taste, and Wine

Author : Mike Veseth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442234642

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Money, Taste, and Wine by Mike Veseth Pdf

“It’s complicated!” That’s a simple way to describe the sort of relationship that seemingly defies simple explanations. Like a love triangle, money, taste, and wine are caught in a complicated relationship affecting every aspect of the wine industry and wine enthusiast experience. As wine economist and best-selling author Mike Veseth peels back the layers of the money-taste-wine story, he discovers the wine buyer’s biggest mistake (which is to confuse money and taste) and learns how to avoid it, sips and swirls dump bucket wines and Treasure Island wines, and toasts anything but Champagne. He bulks up with big-bag, big-box wines and realizes that sometimes the best wine is really a beer. Along the way he questions wine’s identity crisis, looks down his nose at wine snobs and cheese bores, follows the money, surveys the restaurant war battleground, and imagines wines that even money cannot buy before concluding that money, taste, and wine might have a complicated relationship but sometimes they have the power to change the world. His engaging and enlightening book will surprise, inform, inspire, and delight anyone with an interest in wine—or complicated relationships.

The Dirty Guide to Wine: Following Flavor from Ground to Glass

Author : Alice Feiring
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781581575255

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The Dirty Guide to Wine: Following Flavor from Ground to Glass by Alice Feiring Pdf

Discover new favorites by tracing wine back to its roots

The Wine Lover's Daughter

Author : Anne Fadiman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780374711764

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The Wine Lover's Daughter by Anne Fadiman Pdf

In The Wine Lover’s Daughter, Anne Fadiman examines—with all her characteristic wit and feeling—her relationship with her father, Clifton Fadiman, a renowned literary critic, editor, and radio host whose greatest love was wine. An appreciation of wine—along with a plummy upper-crust accent, expensive suits, and an encyclopedic knowledge of Western literature—was an essential element of Clifton Fadiman’s escape from lower-middle-class Brooklyn to swanky Manhattan. But wine was not just a class-vaulting accessory; it was an object of ardent desire. The Wine Lover’s Daughter traces the arc of a man’s infatuation from the glass of cheap Graves he drank in Paris in 1927; through the Château Lafite-Rothschild 1904 he drank to celebrate his eightieth birthday, when he and the bottle were exactly the same age; to the wines that sustained him in his last years, when he was blind but still buoyed, as always, by hedonism. Wine is the spine of this touching memoir; the life and character of Fadiman’s father, along with her relationship with him and her own less ardent relationship with wine, are the flesh. The Wine Lover’s Daughter is a poignant exploration of love, ambition, class, family, and the pleasures of the palate by one of our finest essayists.

Taste Buds and Molecules

Author : Francois Chartier
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780771023125

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Taste Buds and Molecules by Francois Chartier Pdf

What's the secret relationship between the strawberry and the pineapple? Between mint and Sauvignon Blanc? Thyme and lamb? Rosemary and Riesling? In Taste Buds and Molecules, sommelier François Chartier, who has dedicated over twenty years of passionate research to the molecular relationships between wines and foods, reveals the fascinating answers to these questions and more. With an infectious enthusiasm, Chartier presents a revolutionary way of looking at food and wine, showing how to create perfect harmony between the two by pairing complementary (and often surprising) ingredients. The pages of this richly illustrated practical guide are brimming with photos, sketches, recipes from great chefs, and tips for creating everything from simple daily meals to tantalizing holiday feasts. Wine amateurs and connoisseurs, budding cooks and professional chefs, and anyone who simply loves the pleasures of eating and drinking will be captivated and charmed by this journey into the hidden world of flavours.

Cork Dork

Author : Bianca Bosker
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780698195905

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK “Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she’s not wrong, though Bill Buford’s Heat is probably a shade closer.” —Jennifer Senior, The New York Times Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn’t know much about wine—until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a “cork dork.” With boundless curiosity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist’s fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: what’s the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way you drink wine—and, perhaps, the way you live—forever. “Think: Eat, Pray, Love meets Somm.” —theSkimm “As informative as it is, well, intoxicating.” —Fortune

Wine Folly

Author : Madeline Puckette,Justin Hammack
Publisher : Avery
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781592408993

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Wine Folly by Madeline Puckette,Justin Hammack Pdf

"A hip, new guide to wine for the new generation of wine drinkers, from the sommelier creators of the award-wining site WineFolly.com"--Provided by publisher.

To Taste The Wine

Author : Fern Michaels
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780758268105

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To Taste The Wine by Fern Michaels Pdf

From the incomparable Fern Michaels comes a timeless story of desire, ambition, and star-crossed love, stretching from the bustling streets of 19th century London to the untamed beauty of Australia. Since she was a young girl, Chelsea Myles has performed with her uncle Cosmo's theater troupe, entertaining London's roughest crowds while Cosmo picks customers' pockets. Fate has given her no other means of surviving. Until one night, a robbery goes awry and Chelsea is left holding a fortune in gold--enough to buy her passage to Australia, and the chance of a new life. On board the vessel bound for New South Wales, Chelsea meets charismatic Quaid Tanner, who's returning to his vineyard in Sydney. Their affair is as brief as it is blissful, for Quaid holds a secret that must keep them apart. But beneath the endless skies of this bold new land, two passionate hearts will defy the odds and overcome every obstacle to find a way back to each other. . . To Taste The Wine

Wine. All the Time.

Author : Marissa A. Ross
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780399574177

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Wine. All the Time. by Marissa A. Ross Pdf

“Can I just be Marissa, please? I want to be hilarious and sexy and smart and insanely knowledgeable about wine.” —Mindy Kaling A fresh, fun, and unpretentious guide to wine from Marissa A. Ross, official wine columnist for Bon Appétit. Does the thought of having to buy wine for a dinner party stress you out? Is your go-to strategy to pick the bottle with the coolest label? Are you tired of choosing pairings based on your wallet, instead of your palate? Fear not! Bon Appétit wine columnist and Wine. All The Time. blogger Marissa A. Ross is here to help. In this utterly accessible yet comprehensive guide to wine, Ross will walk you through the ins and outs of wine culture. Told in her signature comedic voice, with personal anecdotes woven in among its lessons, Wine. All the Time. will teach you to sip confidently, and make you laugh as you're doing it. In Wine. All The Time., you’ll learn how to: • Describe what you’re drinking, and recognize your preferences • Find the best bottle for you budget and occasion • Read and understand what’s written on a wine label • Make the perfect pairings between what you’re drinking and what you’re eating • Throw the best damn dinner party your guests will ever attend • And much more

Beyond Flavour

Author : Nick Jackson,Nick Jackson Mw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1709965703

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Beyond Flavour is a practical guide to blind wine tasting which will help wine lovers increase their knowledge and improve their blind tasting skills. The book offers detailed descriptions of the key attributes of major grape varieties and wine producing regions, and argues that assessing a wine's structure - acid structure in white wines and tannin structure in red wines - is a more reliable indicator of a wine's identity than the traditional reliance on flavour. Beyond Flavour includes analysis of wine style by country and region; descriptions of recent vintages for classic European origins; and tips for blind tasting exams. Beyond Flavour is an indispensable guide to blind wine tasting for wine students, professionals and others seriously interested in understanding why wines taste like they do.

Taste

Author : Anthony Terlato
Publisher : Agate Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781572846470

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Taste by Anthony Terlato Pdf

Anthony Terlato's story is not simply the usual CEO narrative of achieving business success, nor i it the typical winemaker's tale of pursuing perfection in a glass. Straddling both of those stories, Terlato uses broad strokes to show how one individual had an enormous impact on Americans' wine-drinking habits. Wine journalist Linda Murphy described Terlato in the San Francisco Chronicle as "one of the most accomplished wine personalities on the planet," and readers of this account of a 50-year love affair with wine see this affable, intelligent man at his finest.

The Taste of Wine

Author : Emile Peynaud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Wine tasting
ISBN : 0356149110

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Australian Wine

Author : Patrick Iland,Peter Gago,Andrew Caillard,Peter Dry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07
Category : Viticulture
ISBN : 0994635613

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Australian Wine by Patrick Iland,Peter Gago,Andrew Caillard,Peter Dry Pdf

Australian Wine: styles and tastes, people and places is a key to understanding and enjoying Australian wine. Absorbing text and stunning photography take the reader on a journey through the story of Australian wine from the vineyard to the winery to the cellar and to the wine in the glass. The contents include topics such as, the history of Australian wine, how to taste wine, a guide to cellaring wine, wine and food, wine and health, vine growth, berry ripening, organic and biodynamic grapegrowing and winemaking, sustainability, how the different styles of wine ? dry white wines, semi-sweet and sweet white wines, sparkling wines, dry red wines and fortified wines ? are made and how they taste, how climate, soils and vineyard management and winemaking practices impact on the taste of a wine, wine regions of Australia, regionality, terroir and provenance. It introduces the reader to many of the people who grow grapes and make wine across the Australian wine scene. It tells stories of places where vines grow and the importance of place in the taste of a wine. Overall it is an interesting and educational read of the story of Australian wine from its beginnings to the present day. The concise, easy to follow educational format contains 290 pages of informative text, maps, wine style guides and over 300 photographs to illustrate the diversity and richness of Australian wine. The four co-authors are experienced educators, winemakers, wine journalists and commentators.The book can be used in wine training courses, by cellar door personnel and by the wine consumer who enjoys a good read and who would like to know a little more about Australian wine.