Wine : a cultural history / John Varriano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varriano, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--History.

Food.

Wine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Look. Swirl. Sniff. Taste. Savour. Whether you're tasting a refreshing white or an aromatic red, these well-known steps are the only proper way to take the first sip of wine. How did wine surpass all other beverages to achieve global domination? In Wine, Marc Millon travels back to the origins of modern man to find the answer, discovering that this heady drink is intertwined with the roots of civilization itself. Wine traces the long history of the most complex, mysterious and magical of the world's beverages. It takes us from the Transcaucasus some 8,000 years ago across the Mediterranean Sea and throughout Europe with classical civilization, to the New World with the conquistadors, on to the distant lands of Australia and New Zealand and now to the burgeoning economies of India and China, where wine culture has exploded in the past decade. Wine explains winemaking techniques past and present, looking at every part of the process from vine-growing to bottling and marketing, as well as exploring the culture - and character - of wines around the world. Crisp and concise, it is the perfect introduction for novices while offering an engaging chronicle for experts.

Contents:

Introduction 1. The Origins of Wine 2. Wine in Ancient Greece 3. Roman Wine 4. Wine in the Middle Ages 5. Renaissance Wine 6. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 7. Modern Wine 8. Outside the Western Tradition References Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613133700

9781283133708

1283133709

9781861898869

186189886X

OCLC:

723945847