Planet Wine: A Grape by Grape Visual Guide to the Contemporary Wine World

Pigott, Stuart

ISBN 10: 1840007761 / ISBN 13: 9781840007763

Published by Mitchell Beazley, 2006

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.12GCD

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Planet Wine: A Grape by Grape Visual Guide to the Contemporary Wine World
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840007761
• ISBN 13: 9781840007763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Fasten your seat belts for a non stop, grape-by-grape tour of our wine planet! Combining witty words and provocative pictures, Stuart Pigott takes a simple, unique approach to describing how each of the major grape varieties taste. He provides invaluable information on their origins and flavors, where they are grown, the winemaker’s intervention, winemaking techniques, and environmental issues.
 
Winner of the Gourmand Best Wine Education Book 2004

About the Author

Stuart Pigott was born in London and settled in Berlin in 1993. He has written numerous books on wine and is a regular contributor to Frankfurter Allegemeine Sonntagszeitung, Der Feinschmecker/WeinGourmet, the Los Angeles Times, Decanter (UK), and WINE (Australia). Stuart appears regularly on German television. He lives in Berlin.