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Indlæser... Godforsaken Grapes: A Slightly Tipsy Journey through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Underappreciated Wineaf Jason Wilson
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I applaud the goal of the author to introduce his readers to "weirdo" grapes. And he does seem to have a knack for meeting with winemakers all over Europe to discuss their work with indigenous grapes. I did learn a few new things about some grapes I didn't know about before. However, I feel like the book set a really low bar for previous wine knowledge. As a WSET diploma student, I was already aware of most of the "weirdo" grapes the author breathlessly describes. Still, he tells a good tale, and the book is a fun read. A treatise, however, it is not. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"There are nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world--from altesse to zierfandler--but 80 percent of the wine we drink is made from only 20 grapes. In Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover what we miss. Stemming from his own growing obsession, Wilson moves far beyond the "noble grapes," hunting down obscure and underappreciated wines from Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, France, Italy, the United States, and beyond. In the process, he looks at why these wines fell out of favor (or never gained it in the first place), what it means to be obscure, and how geopolitics, economics, and fashion have changed what we drink. A combination of travel memoir and epicurean adventure, Godforsaken Grapes is an entertaining love letter to wine."--provided by Amazon.com. No library descriptions found. |
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Besides that, this is something of a memoir, as Wilson recounts the steps that lead him on his current path as a travel writer and a student of wine history. It was certainly a more personal story than I expected. ( )