Adventures with Old Vines
eBook - ePub

Adventures with Old Vines

A Beginner's Guide to Being a Wine Connoisseur

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Adventures with Old Vines

A Beginner's Guide to Being a Wine Connoisseur

About this book

Adventures with Old Vines offers an engaging and knowledgeable guide to demystify wine for novice enthusiasts. Richard Chilton provides detailed information about buying and storing wine, how to read a wine list, the role of the sommelier, wine fraud, how wine is really made, and how weather patterns can influence the quality of a vintage. A vineyard owner and lifelong wine lover, the author encourages readers to discover wine by tasting, taking notes, and tasting again.

The book also includes a richly illustrated, full-color reference section on a select group of vineyards from all over the world, describing their history, winemaking philosophy, terroir, and top vintages—what Chilton calls benchmark wines. The characteristics of these memorable wines provide the essential starting point to understand what to look for when evaluating any wine. Equipped with this easy-to-read reference, readers will have all the tools they need to begin their own wine journey.

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Information

Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Agribusiness

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Getting Started and Buying Wine
  5. Chapter 2: Storing Wines
  6. Chapter 3: The Art of Tasting
  7. Chapter 4: Collecting versus Connoisseurship
  8. Chapter 5: How to Read a Wine List
  9. Chapter 6: The History and Role of the Sommelier
  10. Chapter 7: Vines, Grapes, and Climate . . . After All, It’s Just Farming
  11. Chapter 8: From the Grape to the Bottle
  12. Chapter 9: Let the Journey Begin . . . the Benchmark Wines
  13. Vineyard Profiles
  14. Summary of Great Vintages and Those to Avoid
  15. Notes
  16. Credits