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The New Guide to Italian Wines
Original Title
Le nouveau guide des vins d'Italie
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Italy, China Mainland (simplified characters)
From Lombardy to Tuscany and from Umbria to Sicily, the author travels the length and breadth of Italy's vineyards and describes in detail the country's wines, which win over enlightened amateurs every year. He paints a portrait of each region, showing us its unique identity and its distinctive wine-growing features. We are introduced to the types of vines, the many labels and the major wine producers, as well as the geography, landscapes and history of Italy. He enthusiastically shares his impressions, his encounters and his experiences on the ground and objectively examines the country's vineyards with a critical eye. The wine-lover will instantly find a wealth of essential information: technical data, serving temperatures, cellaring periods, as well as suggestions for pairings with food. Lastly, the many comments on wine tasting will help the reader make wise choices. In this book, meticulously documented and illustrated with photos and labels, and now considered to be the definitive work in the field,
Jacques Orhon invites us on what is truly a journey through this great wine-producing country.
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- Price :
- 29.95 $ CAD
- ISBN :
- 9782761924375
- Publication date :
- August 2008
- Category :
- Food & Wine
- Pages :
- 528 pages
- Illustrations :
- 750 illustrations
- Dimension :
- 23.0 X 17.8 cm
Author
Jacques Orhon
Jacques Orhon is a master sommelier, a professor of sommellerie since 1981 and the founder of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers. As a lecturer, an expert wine taster and a globetrotter in the name of wine, for more than thirty years he has explored vineyards all over the world. He is a regular contributor to television programs and writes for many magazines, among them Terre des vins, where he writes the World Wines column. He has been honoured by the Gourmand Cook Book Awards as one of world's ten best authors of books on wine.
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