If you are a wine collector, connoisseur, or merely interested in learning more about wine, definitely get this book on your shelf. It’s a beautiful book, and it covers a ton of different subjects; definitely great as a resource for your home bar.
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Red Winemaking - The winemaking facilities of Rioja producer Marqués de Riscal include both steel and oak for fermentation and aging. The fermentation tanks are all small enough to ferment wines on a block-by-block basis. Note how they stand well clear of the ground to facilitate drainage by gravity.
Over the past 30 years, wine glasses have moved from regional tradition to technical shapes, with today’s emphasis clearly placed on physical and aesthetic qualities that have been engineered to suit specific styles of wine.
Citrus fruit
This is a very common taste descriptor in France, where agrume is attributed to the fresh complexity of many young white wines. It is often more complex than a specific citrus fruit aroma (one or more of limonene, citonellol, linalool).
Honey
Almost every fine white wine becomes honeyed with age, but particularly great Burgundy, classic German Riesling, and botrytised wines (phenylethylic acid).
Tomato
We tend to think of tomato as a vegetable, but it is really a fruit and, although not a common feature in wines, it is found in bottle-aged Sylvaner and, with blood-orange, in Ruby Cabernet. Also found in Merlot, Pinot Noir, and various Italian wines (trans-2-pentanal).
Viloet
Violet can often be found as part of the finesse on the finish of Cabernet-based red wines, notably Bordeaux, especially from Graves. It is possibly more tactile- based than a volatile aroma (ionones).
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Great book, beware of shipping damage
Man, I really wanted to give this five stars because this is the perfect book on wine for the oenophile that wants to know everything. Amazing collection of knowledge. However, beware that by purchasing online and having shipped to your house it may arrive damaged. Certainly not gift-worthy, and I’d be hesitant to display my copy because the front of the dust jacket looks like something slid up and down on top of it prior to (and possibly during) shipping. Additionally, the binding along the entire spine had already come apart when I received it. Fortunately I know how to repair that and the hassle of returning it outweighs the hassle of shoving some book glue down the spine. For the value of the book, I would expect some protective measures to be taken to preserve it such as a plastic cover, bubble wrap, anything at all. The corner of the front hard-cover was bent/damaged, and the dust jacket had additional damage on the corners and edges. Great buy overall, but mildly frustrating that it showed up more banged up than expected.
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
I have several wine books, and this is by far the best one... and the largest. Clear and concise with nice colorized pages and pictures to support the topics. Very professional layout and is well-organized. Covers some information many books only graze over or skip (like vine soils, vine training, vineyard operations, and many other things. The only downside I found was that it is 3.5kg (~1.6lbs)... very big and heavy. But that's the price one pays for a high-quality book. That won't stop me from using it.
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2025
Man, I really wanted to give this five stars because this is the perfect book on wine for the oenophile that wants to know everything. Amazing collection of knowledge. However, beware that by purchasing online and having shipped to your house it may arrive damaged. Certainly not gift-worthy, and I’d be hesitant to display my copy because the front of the dust jacket looks like something slid up and down on top of it prior to (and possibly during) shipping. Additionally, the binding along the entire spine had already come apart when I received it. Fortunately I know how to repair that and the hassle of returning it outweighs the hassle of shoving some book glue down the spine. For the value of the book, I would expect some protective measures to be taken to preserve it such as a plastic cover, bubble wrap, anything at all. The corner of the front hard-cover was bent/damaged, and the dust jacket had additional damage on the corners and edges. Great buy overall, but mildly frustrating that it showed up more banged up than expected.
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Libro sicuramente buono - normalmente molto sodisfatto con amazon ma questo volta l'articolo è arrivato danneggiato dovuto alla mancanza di imballaggio.Tenuta di Montegiovearrivato danneggiato non imballato bene
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- Jon M.Reviewed in Canada on December 27, 2020
Great book but shipping packaging needs to be changed!
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Arthur AzevedoReviewed in Brazil on January 20, 2021
Indispensável para quem quer entender de vinho
