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Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, Vine Talk's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue...

Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, Vine Talk's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue...

Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, Vine Talk's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue...

Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, Vine Talk's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue...

Stylish, trend-setting, and bold, Vine Talk's host Stanley Tucci invites a panel of celebrity friends to join him for engaging conversation and blind taste-tests from different selections of world famous wineries each week. Regardless of personal expertise, all can enjoy the intriguing dialogue...

What makes a wine distinctive is the goût du terroir, or the taste of the land - plus the personality and passion of the wine maker who lovingly adds his own liqueur de dosage or secret ingredient to each bottle. Here is a vintner's month-by-month account of one vintage at the Iron Horse vineyard located in the hills of Sonoma County in California. Author and wife of Iron Horse's wine-maker, Joy Sterling, fascinates with her account of the commitment involved in producing a premium wine.

"Il vino può essere quell'elastico che ci riporta indietro. Per me è stato un'occasione di rinascita personale ma può esserlo per chiunque voglia cambiare vita." Dopo gli inizi come giornalista nella sua Bergamo, Laura Donadoni si è dovuta trasferire in America dove ha ricominciato da zero diventando in poco tempo esperta di vino e sommelier di successo e fondando uno dei wine blog e canali Instagram più seguiti, The Italian Wine Girl.

Sie möchten zum wahren Weinkenner werden, und das ohne ein ganzes Jahr in eine Ausbildung zum Sommelier zu investieren? Guter Wein "macht den Kranken gesund", wusste bereits der römische Gelehrte Marcus Terentius Varro zu berichten. Laut Aussage des Dichters Tibull verschönert er den Tag, wobei vermutlich einige, die Wein predigen, Wasser trinken - Oder war es anders herum? Und heute? Ist und bleibt der Wein vielerorts ein wichtiges kulturelles Gut.

Hans Reiner Schultz, Professor für Weinbau und Präsident der Hochschule Geisenheim, erzählt: "Die Weinrebe", "Klimatische Voraussetzungen", "Weinbauzonen", "Regionale Identität", "Lehren aus der Reblauskatastrophe", "Rebschnitt", "Laubwandmanagement", "Blütephase", "Laubschnitt", "Pilzkrankheiten", "Pflanzenschutzmittel", "Traubenbildung", "Beerenentwicklung", "Aromastoffgruppen", "Traubenverarbeitung", "Weinbereitung", "Farbstabilität", "Rotundone", "Hefe", "Schweflige Säure", "Gärung", "Reinzuchthefen", "Ausbau im Holzfass", "Ökologischer und biodynamischer Anbau", "Terroir".

Let’s be honest, we’ve all had a little too much to drink at some point, but why do some people black out and others wake up feeling fine the next day? Listen in to this best of Seeker collection and explore the science of alcohol: Does it have health benefits? Does food taste better when you’re drunk? Is vaping alcohol the future?

Somewhat About Wine is a collection of newsletter entries and blogs composed for members of the David Girard Vineyard Wine Club. Through these blogs, the listener will learn about the trials and tribulations surrounding the owning, running, developing, and farming of a Northern California vineyard, thoughts and musings related to wine and vineyard cultivation, a little history, a little friendship, and a lot of fun.

United by the common denominators of gender and professional calling, today's women of wine have traveled diverse paths to fulfill their passions. Written from a distinctly female viewpoint, Women of the Vine explores the stories of women winemakers, women sommeliers, and women who are members of wine groups, embodying each woman's personal experience in an often male-dominated industry. These women share their lives, wine tips, pairings, and enthusiasm for wine. They also reveal candid stories of their personal triumphs and failures and discuss balancing work and family.

Cambia la forma en que percibes el vino. ¿Te gusta? ¿Coincide bien? ¿Te lo has pasado muy bien bebiendo? ¡Bueno, adelante, y disfruta! Desde el conocimiento familiar y profesional del vino, Meritxell Falgueras nos anima a aprender de una manera divertida no sólo el ABC del vino, sino incluso la Z que encontrarás en el Diccionario del Vitivinícola para que, después de hacer un recorrido espumoso por todos los sentidos (los cinco más intuición), puedas disfrutar del vino con facilidad y sin complejos. 

“Not just a thorough guide to the history of apples and cider in this country but also an inspiring survey of the orchardists and cidermakers devoting their lives to sustainable agriculture through apples.”—Alice Waters “Pucci and Cavallo are thorough and enthusiastic chroniclers, who...

Bloomsbury presents A Beautiful Pint by Ian Ryan, read by Seán Burke. The ultimate guide to Guinness and the history, culture, and facts to help you find the perfect pint—from the pub to the pour—wherever you are. We’ve all got a friend who claims to know where you can get the best pint...

In our complicated world, T. Valenza celebrates the act of drinking black coffee in 10 small humanifesto paragraphs with warmth, wit, and a few philosophical sips.

New York Times Best Wine Book of 2021. South of Somewhere begins and ends in Robert Camuto’s maternal ancestral town of Vico Equense, Italy—a tiny paradise south of Naples on the Sorrento Peninsula. It was here in 1968, at 10-years-old, that the author first tasted Italian life.

In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse—you name it—from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement.

Learning about wine will not only increase your appreciation for the drink, but will expand your mind. There is so much more to wine than a color and a name. Even the same type of wine made by different distilleries can have differences in flavor and aroma. It’s also not that hard to learn about wine once you get started. The best part, I feel, is that this is something that you can do with friends. Wine can bring people together. Beyond learning about how to taste wine, you can learn how to pair wine to your meal, or vice versa. You can impress people with your skills for pairings.

An indispensable book for every wine lover. You're about to discover the magical world of wine. Based on the information presented in this book, you will soon become a wine connoisseur, being able to know and recommend the finest wines to others. And you will be able to choose the perfect wine for every occasion.