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Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
Tyler Colman
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Description for Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
Paperback. Presents a little-known but extremely influential aspect of the wine business - the politics behind it. This book explains how politics affects what we can buy, how much it costs, how it tastes, what appears on labels, and more. Num Pages: 204 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: KNDF; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520267886
SKU
V9780520267886
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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.
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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 ... Read more