The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America
Author | : Bruce Cass |
Publisher | : Oxford : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 019860114X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780198601142 |
Rating | : 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: An authoritative guide to wine production in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, highlighting geographical, philosophical, and commercial variations throughout the region. It consists of a series of introductory essays, discussing in depth key topics such as prohibition, cybersales, wine auctions,microbiology, labor, and viticulture, followed by more than 500 A-Z entries, including individual wineries and winemakers, regions, grape varieties, technical terms, and more. The text is complemented by 20 beautiful full-colour illustrations, and by an extensive map section. The text is closelylinked, for example by the use of cross-references, to the Oxford Companion to Wine, to which it serves as a complementary volume.