Oz Clarke: Grapes & Wines: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours - Softcover

Clarke, Oz; Rand, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1454915986 ISBN 13: 9781454915980

Publisher: Union Square & Co., 2015

Synopsis

What do you taste in wine? Why do you taste it? Consumers have changed the way they think and learn about wine, approaching the subject by going back to its origins: the grape. This expanded and updated edition of Oz Clarke's highly acclaimed award-winning guide explores the world's greatest grapes and the wines they make. Containing vivid descriptions of 350 grape varieties in an easy-to-use A-Z format, it looks at wine history, places, people, styles, and flavors, and offers hundreds of recommendations. Beautiful botanical illustrations plus more than 550 photos, maps, artworks, wine labels, maturity charts, and an appellation decoder make this a volume that's both attractive and informative.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

From Albarino to Zinfandel, an essential reference for both the connoisseur and the novice
""If we have any interest in wine and its flavors, we have to be interested in the grape variety itself. If we have any interest in how a wine matures and changes with age, we have to know about the potential of the particular grape. If we care about the style of a wine, whether it should be sweet or dry, fizzy or fortified or still, each different grape variety's peculiar talents will be of prime importance."--Oz Clarke"
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First published in hardcover as "Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes," "Oz Clarke's""Grapes and Wines" is newly revised and updated to provide the most current information on an even wider array of grapes.
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and fifteen other "classic" grapes are covered in depth--with features on tradition and innovation, methods used in the vineyard and the winery, and different wine styles around the world. The people behind the world's best wine talk about what they do and what they are trying to achieve.
Oz also provides vivid descriptions of more than three hundred grape varieties organized in his renowned A-to-Z format, as well as a glossary of technical terms and a wine decoder that lists which grapes go into which wines.
"Well-written and beautifully illustrated."--"Dallas"" Morning-Star Telegram"
"A nicely packaged alphabetical directory of 350 varieties with lively commentary."--"Chicago"" Tribune"
"Authoritative . . . Offers in-depth information about today's most important grape varieties."--Anthony Dias Blue, "Orient Express Magazine"
[no author photo]Oz Clarke is one of the world's leading wine experts. He has won all the major wine-writing awards, including the Glenfiddich (three times), the Andre Simon, the Wine Guild (three times), the Julia Child, and the James Beard. He lives in London.
Margaret Rand is an award-winning wine writer and a former editor at the magazines "Wine," "Wine & Spirit International," and "Whiskey." She writes for "Decanter" and the "World of Fine Wine" and has edited a number of Oz Clarke titles. She lives in London.

About the Author:

A former leading West End actor, Oz Clarke is one of the world's best-known wine experts, whose formidable reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge and accessible, no-nonsense approach. Known for his phenomenal palate, irreverent style, accurate predictions and enthusiasm for life in general, Oz is Britain's most popular wine writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1454915986
• ISBN 13: 9781454915980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336