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The Wines & Vineyards of France. Louis Jacquelin & René Poulain. Translated by T. A. Layton.
LIBRA - Blank Collection TP553 .J313 1962
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacquelin, Louis.
- Poulain, René, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wine and wine making--France.
- Wine and wine making.
- Wine.
- France.
- Medical Subjects:
- Wine.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 416 pages illustrations, maps 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Wines and Vineyards of France
- Place of Publication:
- New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1962]
- Contents:
- Introduction / T. A. Layton
- Preface
- Chapter I-The Origins of Wine. Egypt; Greece; Rome; Gaul; The Middle Ages
- Chapter II-The Elements. The Site; The Soil; the Vine; Viticulture; The Health of the Vineyard; The Year; The Harvest; The Vinification; Oenology; Ageing the wine
- Chapter III-The French Vineyards. Burgundy; Lower Burgundy; Chalonnais, Mâconnais, Beaujolais; Nivernais; Berry; The Central Plateau; Côtes-du-Rhône; The Alps; Provence; Languedoc-Roussillon; The Bordeaux District; The Dordogne; Lot, Aveyron, Lozère; Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne; Tarn, Haute-Garonne, Ariège; Armagnac; Pyrénées and Landes; Charentes; Vendée, Poitou; Nantes and Brittany; Anjou; Touraine; Ile-de-France; Champagne; Aube and Haute-Marne; Franche-Comté; Lorraine; Alsace; Corsica; Algeria
- Chapter IV-Wine Measures and Labels. Measures, Types of Wine Bottles; The Labels
- Chapter V.-Sophisticated Drinking. Preliminaries to the Serving of Wine; Apéritifs; Hors-d'oeuvre; The Menu and the Service of Wines; The Glass; Wine Tasting; A Vinous Vocabulary; Dishes to serve and not serve with Wine; The Choice of Wine for various dishes.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Vignes et vins de France published by Flammarion 1960.
- Map of Vineyards of France on lining papers.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- OCLC:
- 1493466
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