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28%OFFTyler Colman - Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink - 9780520255210 - V9780520255210
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Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink

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Description for Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink Hardback. Aims to expose the politics behind wine business. This book explains how politics affects what we can buy, how much it costs, how it tastes, and what appears on labels. It offers a comparative view of wine-making in Napa and Bordeaux, tracing the different paths American and French wines take as they travel from vineyard to dining room table. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JP; KNDF; WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
After reading this intriguing book, a glass of wine will be more than hints of blackberries or truffles on the palate. Written by the author of the popular, award-winning website DrVino.com, "Wine Politics" exposes a little-known but extremely influential aspect of the wine business - the politics behind it. Tyler Colman systematically explains how politics affects what we can buy, how much it costs, how it tastes, what appears on labels, and more. He offers an insightful comparative view of wine-making in Napa and Bordeaux, tracing the different paths American and French wines take as they travel from vineyard to ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520255210
SKU
V9780520255210
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Tyler Colman
Tyler Colman teaches wine classes at New York University and the University of Chicago. He contributed to the third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine and his articles have appeared in Food & Wine and Wine & Spirits.

Reviews for Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
"An enlightening volume on a complex topic." Publishers Weekly "Contain(s) so much history, data and anecdotes in a highly readable 144 pages."
John Mariani Bloomberg News "It is the kind of book a wine economist would want to read and gift as a gift to friends. " Journal Of Wine Economics "Exposes a little-known but influential aspect of the ... Read more

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