Adventures with old vines
Subtitle: a beginner's guide to being a wine connoisseur
By: Richard L. Chilton Jr
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781538106136
Subjects: Wineries; Wine tasting; Guidebooks; Wine and wine making
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started and buying wine; title: Storing wines: establishing a cellar; title: The art of tasting-how to appreciate wine; title: Collecting versus connoisseurship; title: How to read a wine list; title: The history and role of the sommelier; title: Vines, grapes, and climate ... after all, it's just farming; title: From the grape to the bottle: how is wine really made?; title: Let the journey begin ... the benchmark wines; title: Vineyard profiles.