Author | : Bruce Cass |
File Size | : 54,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Oxford : Oxford University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 19 April 2024 |
ISBN | : 019860114X |
Pages | : 0 pages |
The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America by Bruce Cass Book PDF Summary
An authoritative guide to wine production in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, highlighting geographical, philosophical, and commercial variations throughout the region. It consists of a series of introductory essays, discussing in depth key topics such as prohibition, cybersales, wine auctions,microbiology, labor, and viticulture, followed by more than 500 A-Z entries, including individual wineries and winemakers, regions, grape varieties, technical terms, and more. The text is complemented by 20 beautiful full-colour illustrations, and by an extensive map section. The text is closelylinked, for example by the use of cross-references, to the Oxford Companion to Wine, to which it serves as a complementary volume.