Vino business : the cloudy world of French wine / Isabelle Saporta ; translated by Kate Deimling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saporta, Isabelle, author.

Contributor:

Deimling, Kate, translator.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Wine industry.

Wine industry--France.

France.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages : map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, [2015]

Summary:

"A shocking exposé of the French wine world, and a cri de coeur for the lost values of traditional winemaking, Vino Business pulls back the curtain on the secret domain of Bordeaux, a land ever more in thrall to the grapes of wealth.,"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction

The Bordeaux elite and the Fete de la Fleur

Louis Vuitton and Prada make wine

The hidden side of the system : blockbuster wines

The classification scandal

Such a nice dictator

With a bogus authority, the INAO

And in the middle, a handful of alchemists

That hide a dangerous secret

Maintained by curious methods

Praised by an enthusiastic court

A very nice carnival

Bordeaux is booming in China

Vino China

The sharks divide up the land

The longmarch of the Pomerol exiles

You have to think bigger

The helicopters of good taste

Little arrangements between lords

Pesticide victims

The one who said no

A little guy among the greats

Tribulations of a Bordeaux winemaker in China

The CAP jackpot

Fear, or the reign of modern oenology

My kingdom for a chip

Afterword.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

"First published in France in 2014 by Éditions Albin Michel."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228).

ISBN:

0802124038

9780802124036

OCLC:

903763587