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Families of the Vine
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6,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Transworld Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 31.12.2011 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781448111343 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 352 |
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Beschreibungen
In 2001, Michael Sanders spent a year abroad creating an eloquent portrait of rural French life, a story he told through the seasons of a local restaurant and its patrons, the critically-acclaimed FROM HERE YOU CAN'T SEE PARIS. After spending some time back in the States, Sanders decided to return to southern France to complete his journey. This time he decided to focus on the regional wines.FAMILIES OF THE VINE invites the reader into the working lives of three families whose sole crop is the grapes grown in their vineyards, grapes from which they all make very good, yet quite different, wine, as they have been doing for more than four generations. FAMILIES OF THE VINE loosely follows them throughout the winemaking year, from the hopes of spring, through the drama of a summer drought and heat wave, to the mad dash of fall harvest, and then into the wine barns heady with the smells of fermentation and the reek of aging barrels.Rich with the history and tradition of French winemaking, FAMILIES OF THE VINE is told through the voices of winemakers and their friends, from a barrelmaker in Bordeaux to a sommelier in a one-star restaurant. Whether puzzling over the maddeningly imprecise French concept of terroir or taking a gentle swipe at the 'science' of wine tasting, Michael Sanders has an engaging writing style that will appeal to amateur and enthusiast alike.
A fascinating and refreshingly down-to-earth book about French winemaking
Michael Sanders, a former book editor and author of From Here, You Can't See Paris and The Yard, lives in midcoast Maine with his wife and daughter.
A few good friends, a good meal, a glass of wine - what could be a more simple pleasure? Why then does the subject of wine often seem so complicated? In Families of the Vine Michael Sanders shares his experience of two wonderful years spent among French winemakers and vineyards - two years in which he discovered that the story of the wine from vine to glass is as much about the people who make it, their history and traditions as it is a tale of yeast, grape and barrel. The families of this book all work in southwest France growing malbec grapes, from which they have been making very good, very different wines for more than a hundred years. The author follows them through the seasons, sharing the hopes of spring, the anguish of a summer drought, the mad rush of the fall harvest, and then into the wine barns heady with the smells of fermentation.Families of the Vine is not just a fascinating guide to wine and winemaking culture. It is a celebration of the breathtakingly beautiful French countryside, the delicious traditional food and most importantly of all, a quite remarkable way of life.
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