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Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
xx, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From planting vines to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox covers every aspect of growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine. Fully illustrated instructions show you how to choose and prepare a vineyard site, build trellising systems, select, plant, prune, and harvest the right grapes for your climate, press, ferment, and bottle wine, and judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, and taste. With information on making sparkling wines, ice...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Maximilian Potter went to Burgundy to report for Vanity Fair on a crime that could have destroyed the Domaine de la Romanée Conti-the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world-he soon found a story that was much larger, and more thrilling, than he had originally imagined. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the DRC, received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Since his release from prison, where he served a two-year sentence for growing cannabis, Benjamin Hecht has grown increasingly reclusive. He keeps busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes outside the town of Natoma, California, but he interacts with almost no one, except for his wife, Ada, and almost never leaves his farm. Most notably, his relationship with his son, Yoel, whose trust he betrayed years ago, has continued to degrade. When Yoel comes...