The Accidental Connoisseur
Subtitle: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: March 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780865476332
Subjects: Wines; Viticulture; Cooking / Wine; Cooking; Beverages - Wine & Spirits; Cooking / Wine & Spirits; Wine and wine making
First sentence: The mansion of Antonio Terni sits among his family's craggy mulberry trees a few miles inland from the resort of Sirolo.
Description: A wine expert takes readers on a tour of the farmers, vineyards, technology, journalism, consumer trends, and trade wars that make the wine business what it is today, introducing the obsessives and eccentrics who populate the industry.