The Finest Wines of California: A Regional Guide to the Best Producers and Their Wines - Brossura

Brook, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0520266587 ISBN 13: 9780520266582

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Unconstrained by tradition or viticultural regulation, California winemakers enjoy a freedom that has resulted in a remarkable range of world-class wines. Beautifully illustrated with original photographs and detailed color maps, this guide introduces California wine by exploring the best that the state has to offer from lush Sonoma Chardonnay to spicy Santa Barbara Syrah to heady Amador Zinfandel. At the heart of the book, award-winning wine writer Stephen Brook offers 90 intimate profiles of top producersfrom Napa and Sonoma to the North and Central coasts, the Sierra foothills, and beyond. Brook also includes general information on California wine history, wine culture, grape varieties, and more. Throughout, he searches for the characteristics that make California wine distinctive despite its tremendous diversityand finds the answer in the state’s unusual climate, especially the shifting interplay between fog and sun, as well as a lively and constant questioning of received ideas about viticulture, vine age, terroir, and winemaking techniques, all of which have helped winemakers to create complexity,individuality, and nuance in their wines.

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L'autore:

Stephen Brook writes on California wine regularly for Decanter and World of Fine Wine, among other publications. He is the author of fifteen books on wine, includingBordeaux: Medoc and Graves, The Complete Bordeaux, Pocket Guide to California Wine, andThe Wines of California, and is in demand as an international wine judge.

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• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0520266587
• ISBN 13: 9780520266582
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320