Category: Wine
The annual bible for lovers of Australian wine, detailing the best wineries and vintages of the key regions. For over thirty years James Halliday has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognized as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. A best-se ...Show more
Category: Wine | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnesse ...Show more
Category: Wine
The fiery burn of rebellion rum, a thirst-quenching gulp of ice-cold beer, the medicinal tang of restorative bitters... What did the drinks that shaped Australia first taste like? In search of answers, award-winning writer Max Allen takes us on a personal journey through Australia's colourful and comple ...Show more
Category: Wine
Today Australian gins are earning recognition for their quality and are winning top awards all over the world. New distilleries are opening at such an astounding rate that no one has published a comprehensive book about Australian Gin, until now. What is fuelling this boom: consumers are turning their b ...Show more
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Australia's First Families of Wine celebrates eleven of Australia's most iconic and important wine families and the vineyards and businesses they have built. With more than 5,000 hectares under vine, the families operate in sixteen wine-growing regions around Australia. They make many of Australia's mo ...Show more
Category: Wine
Country & Townhouse's Best Book for Christmas, 2018 A delectable anthology celebrating the finest writing on wine. In this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney - bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town & Country, the Wall Street Journal and House and Garden - selects ove ...Show more
Category: Wine
An opinionated, illustrated guide for cocktail beginners, covering the basics of spirits plus making and drinking cocktails, written by celebrated craft cocktail bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler. This easy-reading, colorful introduction for cocktail beginners, with approximately 100 succinct lessons on dr ...Show more
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This book sees the most exciting, ground-breaking and pioneering craft breweries in the world reveal the recipes behind their best beers. Some 50 international craft breweries have volunteered a recipe (from the mighty Brew Dog to the much-loved Brooklyn in New York) to create a unique, useful and techn ...Show more
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Celebrate the treasure that is champagne with this sparkling tribute to the bubbly--now fully revised and updated. Nothing says "special occasion" like popping open a bottle of champagne. Champagne guides you through the astounding story of how this delicious drink became the hallmark of celebrations, ...Show more
Category: Wine
Tales of the Tea Trade looks at the world of tea from a completely new perspective. Taking the reader on a fascinating journey directly into the lives of those who plant, pluck and process tea; going beyond the standard story of leaf to cup; this book offers readers a unique first-hand insight into ...Show more
Category: Wine
"What Simon Loftus does in this captivating story of a Burgundy village is to explore the mystery of how seven and a half acres of impoverished soil became the most precious agricultural land on earth, producing the grandest of all white wines: Puligny-Montrachet. " "He immerses us first in the village ...Show more
Category: Wine | Series: Oxford Companions
Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and woman of the year accolades for its editor on both sides o ...Show more
