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    On California: From Napa to Nebbiolo… Wine Tales from the Golden State
    On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…
    On Bordeaux: Tales of the Unexpected from the World's Greatest Wine Region
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    On Series

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    Burgundy is France's most prized and prestigious wine region today as well as being one of its oldest and most traded, if not always by the English. Its wines, to quote Jay McInerney who contributes, are ‘for lovers, lunatics and poets…’ and are the textbook definition of what terroir is all about. Villages mere metres apart produce wines of startlingly different personalities, and it is one of the rare regions in Europe whose red and white wines are equally celebrated. For all of its precious history it is also a region at the forefront of vinous innovation, with many winemakers certified as biodynamic. It is home to some of the world's most famous wine estates, and its top wines are all made from just one red and one white grape, yet the range of wine styles across the region, from Chablis in the north to Beaujolais in the south is significant. On Burgundy explores all of these themes and ideas with contributions from many of the world's top wine writers, looking at the kings, popes, mavericks and pioneers who have made wine in this region for generations.
    On Burgundy’s team of experts explore the magical golden slope, from Chablis to Chiroubles, to reveal the riches of the ‘Côte d’Or’. From the jewel-like wines of its tiny, cherished villages, to the Jurassic vineyards in which they grew; from the hoarders and fraudsters of this region’s far-from-saintly past, to the winemaking heroes who craft the burgundies we know today. This is the region that inspires all others – its story told here by greatest names in wine writing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcadémie du Vin Library
    Release dateSep 1, 2020
    On California: From Napa to Nebbiolo… Wine Tales from the Golden State
    On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…
    On Bordeaux: Tales of the Unexpected from the World's Greatest Wine Region

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      On Bordeaux: Tales of the Unexpected from the World's Greatest Wine Region
      On Bordeaux: Tales of the Unexpected from the World's Greatest Wine Region

      On Bordeaux: Tales of the Unexpected from the World's Greatest Wine Region

      Susan Keevil
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      When things turn out right for Bordeaux, as they frequently do, its wines are sublime. They inspire many thousands of tributes, from Samuel Pepys’ succinct reviews to the most rhapsodic of Michael Broadbent’s tasting notes – in short, over 300 years of wine writing. On Bordeaux is a collection of the best bits, from our best-loved wine writers, critics and commentators, set around 10 of the themes that make Bordeaux tick. As Jane Anson writes in her introduction: “multi-layered, clear-eyed, moving and often extremely funny [this] collection of stories… celebrates, illuminates and renews our understanding of Bordeaux.” * Hugh Johnson, Fiona Beckett and Baron Elie de Rothschild discuss dining out on Bordeaux: how best to serve it, with what and who with. * Mathieu Chadronnier, Christian Seely and Joe Fattorini shed light on the way we see claret today. * Ian Maxwell Campbell extols the virtues of 1871 and 1875, the last great vintages before the phylloxera plague. * Fiona Morrison MW explores Bordeaux’s great bounce-back and how the vintage of 1982 changed everything. * John Salvi, Bill Blatch and Peter Vinding-Diers reveal the wines that lead the way to Bordeaux’s future. * Joe Fattorini serves up everything you need to know on running the iconic Médoc Marathon. * Hugh Johnson pays tribute to Bordeaux master Michael Broadbent.

      When things turn out right for Bordeaux, as they frequently do, its wines are sublime. They inspire many thousands of tributes, from Samuel Pepys’ succinct reviews to the most rhapsodic of Michael Broadbent’s tasting notes – in short, over 300 years of wine writing. On Bordeaux is a collection of the best bits, from our best-loved wine writers, critics and commentators, set around 10 of the themes that make Bordeaux tick. As Jane Anson writes in her introduction: “multi-layered, clear-eyed, moving and often extremely funny [this] collection of stories… celebrates, illuminates and renews our understanding of Bordeaux.” * Hugh Johnson, Fiona Beckett and Baron Elie de Rothschild discuss dining out on Bordeaux: how best to serve it, with what and who with. * Mathieu Chadronnier, Christian Seely and Joe Fattorini shed light on the way we see claret today. * Ian Maxwell Campbell extols the virtues of 1871 and 1875, the last great vintages before the phylloxera plague. * Fiona Morrison MW explores Bordeaux’s great bounce-back and how the vintage of 1982 changed everything. * John Salvi, Bill Blatch and Peter Vinding-Diers reveal the wines that lead the way to Bordeaux’s future. * Joe Fattorini serves up everything you need to know on running the iconic Médoc Marathon. * Hugh Johnson pays tribute to Bordeaux master Michael Broadbent.

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      On California: From Napa to Nebbiolo… Wine Tales from the Golden State
      On California: From Napa to Nebbiolo… Wine Tales from the Golden State

      On California: From Napa to Nebbiolo… Wine Tales from the Golden State

      Susan Keevil
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      On California explores the grapes and the people who have made California wine great. The pioneers, the boffins, the whizz-kids and scientists, many of whom tell their stories on its pages – some in precious archive material, others have set down their thoughts mid-pandemic in 2021: Randall Grahm, Gerald Asher, Steven Spurrier, Paul Draper and Warren Winiarski take a bow…. Includes: • California wine and the future: where will the ‘California spirit’ lead next? • The ‘Hollywood Grape’: our authors chart the path of Cabernet Sauvignon, from the wish-list of Thomas Jefferson to the hallowed hillsides of Stag’s Leap and Screaming Eagle • 1976? Of course it was a competition! Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher look back at the motivations behind the famous Paris wine tasting • Top New York sommelier Victoria James tells of her near-death introduction to the whacky world of winemaking in Sonoma • Will the real Zinfandel please stand up? Paul Draper seeks out the true heritage of California’s versatile orphan grape • Contributions from top California writers: Elaine Chukan Brown, Mary Margaret McCamic MW, Karen MacNeil, Esther Mobley, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Liz Thach MW, Clare Tooley MW, and Kelli White • Hugh Johnson, Jane Anson and Fiona Morrison MW introduce California’s intrepid wine pioneers • Rex Pickett’s Sideways heroes, Jack and Miles, clink glasses over the Central Coast’s finest Pinot Noir • A–Z: from ‘Bob’ Mondavi to Xylem sap-sensors and pink Zinfandel – California wine in bite-size

      On California explores the grapes and the people who have made California wine great. The pioneers, the boffins, the whizz-kids and scientists, many of whom tell their stories on its pages – some in precious archive material, others have set down their thoughts mid-pandemic in 2021: Randall Grahm, Gerald Asher, Steven Spurrier, Paul Draper and Warren Winiarski take a bow…. Includes: • California wine and the future: where will the ‘California spirit’ lead next? • The ‘Hollywood Grape’: our authors chart the path of Cabernet Sauvignon, from the wish-list of Thomas Jefferson to the hallowed hillsides of Stag’s Leap and Screaming Eagle • 1976? Of course it was a competition! Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher look back at the motivations behind the famous Paris wine tasting • Top New York sommelier Victoria James tells of her near-death introduction to the whacky world of winemaking in Sonoma • Will the real Zinfandel please stand up? Paul Draper seeks out the true heritage of California’s versatile orphan grape • Contributions from top California writers: Elaine Chukan Brown, Mary Margaret McCamic MW, Karen MacNeil, Esther Mobley, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Liz Thach MW, Clare Tooley MW, and Kelli White • Hugh Johnson, Jane Anson and Fiona Morrison MW introduce California’s intrepid wine pioneers • Rex Pickett’s Sideways heroes, Jack and Miles, clink glasses over the Central Coast’s finest Pinot Noir • A–Z: from ‘Bob’ Mondavi to Xylem sap-sensors and pink Zinfandel – California wine in bite-size

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      On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…
      On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…

      On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…

      Susan Keevil
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      Champagne is never a simple glass of fizz… As soon as the cork flies, the first sip reveals a wine of fascinating complexity. For even the most modest non-vintage cuvée, a bevy of blending decisions, multi layers of history and the incalculable climate of this northern corner of France all come into play. In On Champagne the thoughts, opinions and conclusions of the world’s finest champagne writers gather to reveal this wine’s action-packed trajectory from the myth of its accidental discovery – not in France, we find, but in the cider cellars of England – to the development of a high-tech champagne fit for space travel. It’s a journey that starts and ends with capturing that sparkle in a bottle and along the way beguiles us with the nuances of its chalky terrain, the determination of rebels from Ambonnay to Avize, and the mystery of a champagne cellar under the sea. We meet the pioneers who created the great champagnes of the past and the personalities who are ‘greening’ this landscape, nurturing it through climate change to shape the exquisite champagnes of the future.

      Champagne is never a simple glass of fizz… As soon as the cork flies, the first sip reveals a wine of fascinating complexity. For even the most modest non-vintage cuvée, a bevy of blending decisions, multi layers of history and the incalculable climate of this northern corner of France all come into play. In On Champagne the thoughts, opinions and conclusions of the world’s finest champagne writers gather to reveal this wine’s action-packed trajectory from the myth of its accidental discovery – not in France, we find, but in the cider cellars of England – to the development of a high-tech champagne fit for space travel. It’s a journey that starts and ends with capturing that sparkle in a bottle and along the way beguiles us with the nuances of its chalky terrain, the determination of rebels from Ambonnay to Avize, and the mystery of a champagne cellar under the sea. We meet the pioneers who created the great champagnes of the past and the personalities who are ‘greening’ this landscape, nurturing it through climate change to shape the exquisite champagnes of the future.

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      On Burgundy: From Maddening to Marvellous in 39 Tales
      On Burgundy: From Maddening to Marvellous in 39 Tales

      On Burgundy: From Maddening to Marvellous in 39 Tales

      Susan Keevil
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      Burgundy is France's most prized and prestigious wine region today as well as being one of its oldest and most traded, if not always by the English. Its wines, to quote Jay McInerney who contributes, are ‘for lovers, lunatics and poets…’ and are the textbook definition of what terroir is all about. Villages mere metres apart produce wines of startlingly different personalities, and it is one of the rare regions in Europe whose red and white wines are equally celebrated. For all of its precious history it is also a region at the forefront of vinous innovation, with many winemakers certified as biodynamic. It is home to some of the world's most famous wine estates, and its top wines are all made from just one red and one white grape, yet the range of wine styles across the region, from Chablis in the north to Beaujolais in the south is significant. On Burgundy explores all of these themes and ideas with contributions from many of the world's top wine writers, looking at the kings, popes, mavericks and pioneers who have made wine in this region for generations. On Burgundy’s team of experts explore the magical golden slope, from Chablis to Chiroubles, to reveal the riches of the ‘Côte d’Or’. From the jewel-like wines of its tiny, cherished villages, to the Jurassic vineyards in which they grew; from the hoarders and fraudsters of this region’s far-from-saintly past, to the winemaking heroes who craft the burgundies we know today. This is the region that inspires all others – its story told here by greatest names in wine writing.

      Burgundy is France's most prized and prestigious wine region today as well as being one of its oldest and most traded, if not always by the English. Its wines, to quote Jay McInerney who contributes, are ‘for lovers, lunatics and poets…’ and are the textbook definition of what terroir is all about. Villages mere metres apart produce wines of startlingly different personalities, and it is one of the rare regions in Europe whose red and white wines are equally celebrated. For all of its precious history it is also a region at the forefront of vinous innovation, with many winemakers certified as biodynamic. It is home to some of the world's most famous wine estates, and its top wines are all made from just one red and one white grape, yet the range of wine styles across the region, from Chablis in the north to Beaujolais in the south is significant. On Burgundy explores all of these themes and ideas with contributions from many of the world's top wine writers, looking at the kings, popes, mavericks and pioneers who have made wine in this region for generations. On Burgundy’s team of experts explore the magical golden slope, from Chablis to Chiroubles, to reveal the riches of the ‘Côte d’Or’. From the jewel-like wines of its tiny, cherished villages, to the Jurassic vineyards in which they grew; from the hoarders and fraudsters of this region’s far-from-saintly past, to the winemaking heroes who craft the burgundies we know today. This is the region that inspires all others – its story told here by greatest names in wine writing.

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