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The Search for Good Wine: From the Founding Fathers to the Modern Table
John Hailman
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Description for The Search for Good Wine: From the Founding Fathers to the Modern Table
Hardcover. Offers an informative dialogue on all aspects of wine and its consumption. This book offers insightful tips on how to select a good wine store, how to decipher wine labels and wine lists, and even how to extract unruly Champagne corks without crippling yourself or others. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
The Search for Good Wine is a highly entertaining and informative book on all aspects of wine and its consumption by nationally-syndicated wine columnist John Hailman, author of the critically-acclaimed Thomas Jefferson on Wine (2006). Hailman explores the wine-drinking experiences and tastes of famous wine-lovers from jolly Ben Franklin and the surprisingly enthusiastic George Washington to Julius Caesar, Sherlock Holmes, and Ernest Hemingway among numerous other famous figures. Hailman also recounts in fascinating detail the exotic life of the founder of the California wine industry, Hungarian Agoston Haraszthy, who introduced Zinfandel to the U.S.
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The Search for Good Wine is a highly entertaining and informative book on all aspects of wine and its consumption by nationally-syndicated wine columnist John Hailman, author of the critically-acclaimed Thomas Jefferson on Wine (2006). Hailman explores the wine-drinking experiences and tastes of famous wine-lovers from jolly Ben Franklin and the surprisingly enthusiastic George Washington to Julius Caesar, Sherlock Holmes, and Ernest Hemingway among numerous other famous figures. Hailman also recounts in fascinating detail the exotic life of the founder of the California wine industry, Hungarian Agoston Haraszthy, who introduced Zinfandel to the U.S.
Hailman gives calm and reliable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
301
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781628461367
SKU
V9781628461367
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Ref
99-3
About John Hailman
John Hailman, Oxford, Mississippi, has worked as a wine consultant, nationally syndicated weekly wine columnist, and as a regular wine judge for over twenty years. He is also a retired federal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's office in Oxford, Mississippi. He is the author of Thomas Jefferson on Wine and From Midnight to Guntown, both from University Press of Mississippi. ... Read more
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