Untrodden Grapes

Steadman, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0151011672 / ISBN 13: 9780151011674

Published by Harcourt, 2005

About this Item

1st printing. Unmarked copy, lightly rubbed at tips. 246pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout by Steadman. In a very nice unclipped jacket. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Seller Inventory # 050238

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Untrodden Grapes
• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151011672
• ISBN 13: 9780151011674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

From Chile to California, South Africa to Alsace, Ralph Steadman has seen the best of the world's wine-producing regions. On a search for the unique and original, he meets Aurelio Montes, the Chilean winemaker who planted syrah vines on a rocky, south-facing hill in order to "steal the wild complexity of the mountain's soul." In Spain, he learns of the white chalky soil called albariza that produces the sherry of the Jerez region. In California, the author describes crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, driving up into Marin County, and meeting enthusiastic winemakers whose vineyards sit precariously on the San Andreas fault. As the journey continues on through Burgundy, Champagne, and Sicily, Steadman brings the landscape and its people to life with pictures and prose.

About the Author

RALPH STEADMAN has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwell's Animal Farm. He is the author of The Grapes of Ralph (for which he won a Glenfiddich Food & Drink Award), Still Life with Bottle, The Book of Jones, and Gonzo. He lives in England.