For the love of wine : my odyssey through the world's most ancient wine culture /
Feiring, Alice,author.
This is Feiring's ode to a country, a history, a culture, and the religion that has preserved and continued to shape wine across the centuries. More than that, it's the stories of the people behind the country's wine efforts today, an exploration of the face and heart behind an ancient tradition that is reshaping the contemporary wine scene. --Publisher's description.
Jet lag and the challenge -- Of prophets and toasting -- The lost art of Qvevri -- Wine and god -- The dreamers -- Stalin's last winemaker -- Yom Kippur and Chinuri -- The talented earth -- Lessons of Lamara -- The grape hunters -- Crush pad Imereti style -- Gurian revival and being honored -- Polyphony and the future -- The power of Butchki.
This is Feiring's ode to a country, a history, a culture, and the religion that has preserved and continued to shape wine across the centuries. More than that, it's the stories of the people behind the country's wine efforts today, an exploration of the face and heart behind an ancient tradition that is reshaping the contemporary wine scene. --Publisher's description.
Wine and wine making