American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine
de Lukacs, Paul
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395914787
- ISBN 13
- 9780395914786
- Librería
-
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Sinopsis
Only a generation ago, the United States was little more than a footnote in the story of wine. Then, seemingly overnight, everything changed. American varieties began outscoring their counterparts in international competitions and tantalizing palates at home and abroad. Today, American wines not only compete successfully with prestigious imports but also set international standards for style and quality. How did a country with virtually no winemaking traditions of its own suddenly become a world leader? In AMERICAN VINTAGE, Paul Lukacs tells the story of the improbable rise of American wine. He populates his narrative with a series of quirky heroes and visionaries who changed the course of wine history. They include Nicholas Longworth, the founding father of American wine, a diminutive real estate tycoon who in the decades before the Civil War transformed Ohio into "the American Rhineland"; George Husmann, a nineteenth-century Missouri grape grower who passionately believed that American wines belonged on American supper tables; and Gustave Niebaum, a Finnish sea captain who made a fortune in the fur trade and went on to establish one of California's premier vineyards. Lukacs chronicles the fall of wine during the dark days of Prohibition and then its gradual rise at the hands of the "first families of American wine" -- the Mondavis and the Gallos -- who held opposing views of the new direction that American wine would take, with important consequences for its future. In chronicling the tumultuous history of wine, Lukacs reveals as much about American culture as he does about wine and viticulture.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Books Do Furnish A Room (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 118033
- Título
- American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine
- Autor
- Lukacs, Paul
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395914787
- ISBN 13
- 9780395914786
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Palabras clave
- American wine.
Términos de venta
Books Do Furnish A Room
Payment with order: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Money Order, Cashiers Check, PayPal (using info@booksdofurnisharoom.com), Personal Check. Books can be returned within 10 days for any reason. US Shipping & Handling: Media Mail aka "Book Rate": $3.00 for the first book. 75 cents each additional book. Priority Mail: most books $6.00 for the first book. $2.00 for each additional book. Priority Mail costs for heavy and oversized books will be quoted before shipping. Overseas Shipping & Handling: Surface Global Economy Letter Post for most books: $6.50 for the first book. $2.00 for each additional book. Global Priority Mail for books that fit in flat-rate envelope. $13.00 each. Global Priority costs for heavier and oversized books will be quoted before shipping. Shipping & Handling costs for Canada: First Class Mail International: $6.00 for the first book; $1.00 each additional book.. Global Priority Mail for books that fit in large flat-rate envelope: $8.00 each. Air Mail & Global Priority costs for heavier and oversized books will be quoted before shipping. You can pay using your MasterCard or Visa at our website : www.booksdofurnisharoom.com. Or you can email or telephone your credit card number & expiration date. We also accept personal checks and money orders in US funds.
Sobre el vendedor
Books Do Furnish A Room
Sobre Books Do Furnish A Room
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen: