Vino business
Subtitle: the cloudy world of French wine
By: Isabelle Saporta ; translated by Kate Deimling
Contributors: Deimling, Kate, translator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780802124036
Subjects: Wine industry
Description: "A shocking exposé of the French wine world, and a cri de coeur for the lost values of traditional winemaking, Vino Business pulls back the curtain on the secret domain of Bordeaux, a land ever more in thrall to the grapes of wealth.,"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Translated from the French.

"First published in France in 2014 by Éditions Albin Michel."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Bordeaux elite and the Fete de la Fleur; title: Louis Vuitton and Prada make wine; title: The hidden side of the system : blockbuster wines; title: The classification scandal; title: Such a nice dictator; title: With a bogus authority, the INAO; title: And in the middle, a handful of alchemists; title: That hide a dangerous secret; title: Maintained by curious methods; title: Praised by an enthusiastic court; title: A very nice carnival; title: Bordeaux is booming in China; title: Vino China; title: The sharks divide up the land; title: The longmarch of the Pomerol exiles; title: You have to think bigger; title: The helicopters of good taste; title: Little arrangements between lords; title: Pesticide victims; title: The one who said no; title: A little guy among the greats; title: Tribulations of a Bordeaux winemaker in China; title: The CAP jackpot; title: Fear, or the reign of modern oenology; title: My kingdom for a chip; title: Afterword.