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The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec
Ian Mount
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Description for The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec
Paperback. "A definite must-read for Malbec drinkers everywhere."-Lettie Teague, WSJ.com Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
As wine connoisseurs know, Argentine wine was once famously bad. The grapes were overwatered, harvested in brutal heat, fermented in enormous cement pools, aged in antiquated oak vats, and then watered down and adulterated. The final product was industrial plonk, drinkable only on ice. But in 2001, a Cabernet Sauvignon / Malbec blend beat Napa and Bordeaux’s finest in a blind taste test. Suddenly, Argentina emerged as a premier wine region with a champion varietal—what best-selling author Benjamin Wallace calls “the humble Malbec.” How did this happen?
Ian Mount’s vivid journey through Argentina’s Wild West explores the ... Read more
As wine connoisseurs know, Argentine wine was once famously bad. The grapes were overwatered, harvested in brutal heat, fermented in enormous cement pools, aged in antiquated oak vats, and then watered down and adulterated. The final product was industrial plonk, drinkable only on ice. But in 2001, a Cabernet Sauvignon / Malbec blend beat Napa and Bordeaux’s finest in a blind taste test. Suddenly, Argentina emerged as a premier wine region with a champion varietal—what best-selling author Benjamin Wallace calls “the humble Malbec.” How did this happen?
Ian Mount’s vivid journey through Argentina’s Wild West explores the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393344172
SKU
V9780393344172
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About Ian Mount
Ian Mount has written about wine for the Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, and other publications. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Reviews for The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec
"Mount's impressive history... provides ample regional and global color in a lively addition to wine literature." "Gracefully interweaves history and geography with the harder sciences of agriculture, geography, and chemistry to tell a fascinating story."
Katie Tuttle "This well-informed chronicle captures the distinctive nature of winemaking in a country challenged by an unforgiving climate and political and economic instability." ... Read more
Katie Tuttle "This well-informed chronicle captures the distinctive nature of winemaking in a country challenged by an unforgiving climate and political and economic instability." ... Read more