A History of Virginia Wines

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231079
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Virginia Wines by : Walker Elliott Rowe

Download or read book A History of Virginia Wines written by Walker Elliott Rowe and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond the bottle and step inside the minds, and vines, of Virginia's burgeoning wine industry in this groundbreaking volume. Join grape grower and industry insider Walker Elliott Rowe as he guides you through some of the top vineyards and wineries in the Old Dominion. Rowe explores the minds of pioneering winemakers and vineyard owners, stitches together an account of the wine industry's foundation in Virginia, from Jamestown to Jefferson to Barboursville, and uncovers the fascinating missing chapter in Virginia wine history. As the Philip Carter Winery's motto explains, "Before there was Jefferson, there was Carter."? Rowe goes behind the scenes to interview migrant workers who toil daily in the vineyards, makes the rounds in Richmond with an industry lobbyist and talks shop with winemakers on the science and techniques that have helped put the Virginia wine industry on the map. Also included are twenty-four stunning color photographs from professional photographer Jonathan Timmes and a foreword by noted wine journalist Richard Leahy.

Virginia Wine

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Publisher : George Mason University
ISBN 13 : 9781942695066
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (95 download)

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Book Synopsis Virginia Wine by : Andrew A. Painter

Download or read book Virginia Wine written by Andrew A. Painter and published by George Mason University. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No state can claim a longer history of experimenting with and promoting viticulture than Virginia--nor does any state's history demonstrate a more astounding record of initial failure and ultimate success.An essential addition to any wine lover's library, Virginia Wine: Four Centuries of Change presents a comprehensive record of the Virginia wine industry, from the earliest Spanish accounts describing Native American vineyards in 1570 through its astonishing rebirth in the modern era.Grape cultivation--for agriculture, horticultural curiosity, and wine production--has absorbed ambitious Virginians since April 1607, when a few casks of European wine washed ashore onto the dunes of Cape Henry in the company of a band of travel-weary English settlers. Andrew Painter chronicles the dynamic personalities, diverse places, and engrossing personal and political struggles that have established the Old Dominion as one of the nation's preeminent wine regions. Virginia's wine industry now accounts for nearly $1 billion in annual sales, with more than 275 wineries growing more than thirty varieties of grapes. The author discusses a multitude of wine-industry trends, events, secondary industries, and jobs that have revolved around the growing of grapes and the making and promotion of wine. This is the definitive look at Virginia's wine history and culture, in an agricultural and industrial sector that is itself unique within world commerce and society. Distributed for George Mason University Press

East Coast Wineries

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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813533124
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (331 download)

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Book Synopsis East Coast Wineries by : Carlo DeVito

Download or read book East Coast Wineries written by Carlo DeVito and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive, up-to-date guide to wineries of the eastern United States! Look out Napa Valley. From Maine to Virginia, a surprising number of vintners are producing impressive wines worthy of a celebratory toast. Or two. Once thought to be a region dominated by quaint farm wines, the eastern U.S. now boasts a number of highly coveted wines. Pinot Noirs and Merlots, Rieslings and Gewürztraminers are being bottled all along the Atlantic, so even the most discriminating wine drinker can find something to please the palate. Here is the only comprehensive, up-to-date directory to nearly 300 wineries across New England and the mid-Atlantic. Wineries in thirteen states are covered: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Invaluable as both a buying and touring guide, East Coast Wineries offers insights into the winemaking world and puts the reviews of the experts at your fingertips. Features include: A short history of the winery A listing of wines offered by that winery, plus recommended buys Reviews by wine experts from major newspapers, magazines, and journals Directions and hours of operation A listing of annual wine festivals and other special events Whether you're a wine connoisseur or a beginner, East Coast Wineries is the book to read. Cheers!

Virginia Wine Country Travel Journal

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ISBN 13 : 9780692063118
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)

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Book Synopsis Virginia Wine Country Travel Journal by : Nancy Bauer

Download or read book Virginia Wine Country Travel Journal written by Nancy Bauer and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever travel journal for Virginia Wine Country. A handy book for checking off visits, recording impressions, learning about Virginia wine, and getting insider tips on the best places to stay, dine, shop and play.

The Wild Vine

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307409376
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wild Vine by : Todd Kliman

Download or read book The Wild Vine written by Todd Kliman and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters, The Wild Vine is the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today. Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. At a time when the vineyards of France were being ravaged by phylloxera, this grape seemed to promise a bright future for a truly American brand of wine-making, earthy and wild. And then Norton all but vanished. What happened? The narrative begins more than a hundred years before California wines were thought to have put America on the map as a wine-making nation and weaves together the lives of a fascinating cast of renegades. We encounter the suicidal Dr. Daniel Norton, tinkering in his experimental garden in 1820s Richmond, Virginia. Half on purpose and half by chance, he creates a hybrid grape that can withstand the harsh New World climate and produce good, drinkable wine, thus succeeding where so many others had failed so fantastically before, from the Jamestown colonists to Thomas Jefferson himself. Thanks to an influential Long Island, New York, seed catalog, the grape moves west, where it is picked up in Missouri by German immigrants who craft the historic 1873 bottling. Prohibition sees these vineyards burned to the ground by government order, but bootleggers keep the grape alive in hidden backwoods plots. Generations later, retired Air Force pilot Dennis Horton, who grew up playing in the abandoned wine caves of the very winery that produced the 1873 Norton, brings cuttings of the grape back home to Virginia. Here, dot-com-millionaire-turned-vintner Jenni McCloud, on an improbable journey of her own, becomes Norton’s ultimate champion, deciding, against all odds, to stake her entire reputation on the outsider grape. Brilliant and provocative, The Wild Vine shares with readers a great American secret, resuscitating the Norton grape and its elusive, inky drink and forever changing the way we look at wine, America, and long-cherished notions of identity and reinvention.

Virginia Wineries

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Handy Guide to Virginia Wineries

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ISBN 13 : 9780985585419
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Book Synopsis Handy Guide to Virginia Wineries by : Donna R. Gough

Download or read book Handy Guide to Virginia Wineries written by Donna R. Gough and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handy Guide to Virginia Wineries introduces readers to Virginia's wine regions and wineries in one easy-to-read and accessible package. By providing a description of the wineries, detailing the wines they offer, and including prices that specify the tasting fee as well as the cost of the wine, it offers all the basic information potential visitors will need. The guide also covers special occasions sponsored by the wineries, such as live music, festivals, and charity events, as well as whether children and pets are welcome to the winery or if the winery is available to rent for parties or weddings. More than fifty maps show the precise location of the wineries, which is particularly useful for those located in regions where GPS coverage is often spotty or selects a route of unpaved and narrow mountain roads. An up-to-date directory, tour guide, and excellent source of reference, this book is geared to adults with an interest in wine and in exploring Virginia. With the fifth largest number of wineries in the U.S., Virginia's wine country is being discovered by more and more tourists and wine lovers from all over America.

What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328761959
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)

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Book Synopsis What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by : Terry Theise

Download or read book What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking written by Terry Theise and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paean to authentic wines and a New York Times Best Wine Book of the Year from the James Beard Award-winning author of Reading Between the Wines. What makes a wine worth drinking? As celebrated wine writer Terry Theise explains in this gem of a book, answering that seemingly simple question requires us to look beyond what’s in our glass to consider much bigger questions about beauty, harmony, soulfulness, and the values we hold dear. Most of all, Theise shows, what makes a wine worth drinking is its authenticity. When we choose small-scale, family-produced wine over the industrially produced stuff, or when we opt for subtle, companionable wines over noisy, vulgar ones, we not only experience their origins with the greatest possible clarity and detail—we also gain a new perspective on ourselves and the world we inhabit. In this way, artisanal wine is not only the key to good drinking; it is also the key to a good life. An unforgettable literary journey into the heart and soul of wine, What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking is a gift to be cherished from a writer “whose id is directly connected to his mouth” (Eric Asimov, The New York Times). Winner of the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards Chairman’s Award A “Best Wine Gift” by WineSpeed “Grown-up wine writing, full of emotion . . . and, in these dangerously cynical times, exactly what we wine enthusiasts—we human beings—need.”—The World of Fine Wine “Theise’s fans, as well as those just meeting him for the first time, will revel as he leads us on an existential tour of wine.”—Dave McIntyre, The Washington Post

Beyond Jefferson's Vines

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9781402797743
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (977 download)

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Book Synopsis Beyond Jefferson's Vines by : Richard Leahy

Download or read book Beyond Jefferson's Vines written by Richard Leahy and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 30 years, Thomas Jefferson grew grapes in his Monticello vineyards in hopes of producing fine wine, but to no avail. Today that has completely changed. Virginia wine now has a reputation as some of the best in America. This book covers its history, interviews with the state's top winemakers and updates on the industry developments.

Thomas Jefferson on Wine

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578068418
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson on Wine written by John R. Hailman and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A connoisseur's compendium of a great American's passion for fine wine

Beyond Jefferson's Vines

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Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503394117
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Book Synopsis Beyond Jefferson's Vines by : Richard G. Leahy

Download or read book Beyond Jefferson's Vines written by Richard G. Leahy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Jefferson's Vines is the complete story of wine in Virginia, from the Jamestown Settlement, to Thomas Jefferson and his vineyard at Monticello, to the thriving world-class wine industry of today. It focuses on the last decade and explains how vintners today have achieved the success Jefferson only dreamed of. Richard Leahy's complete, indispensable book is a new, expanded second edition, and blends history with travelogue and basic viticulture, along with personal interviews with key industry members, to help you gain a full understanding of the subject. You'll have a new appreciation for the quality Virginia wine has achieved today, and the risk these dedicated people take in their dogged pursuit to realize Jefferson's dream of a fine wine industry in Virginia.

Virginia Wine Country

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Publisher : Betterway Books
ISBN 13 : 9780932620873
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Virginia Wine Country by : Hilde Gabriel Lee

Download or read book Virginia Wine Country written by Hilde Gabriel Lee and published by Betterway Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Virginia Wine Country" describes [the Virginia] wineries; the founders and their philosophies, their vineyards, and the wines they produce. Not a taster's guide (judging the wines is left to the reader), the book is more than a tour of the regions of Virignia in which these wines are produced. In addition to descriptions of the wineries, the authors offer a sampling of inns and restaurants that serve these fine wines and (what is wine without the appropriate cuisine to accompany it?) more than one hundred forty favorite recipes of the restaurants and wineries themselves. -- From publisher's description.

Wine for Normal People

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Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452171416
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Book Synopsis Wine for Normal People by : Elizabeth Schneider

Download or read book Wine for Normal People written by Elizabeth Schneider and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fun but respectful (and very comprehensive) guide to everything you ever wanted to know about wine from the creator and host of the popular podcast Wine for Normal People, described by Imbibe magazine as "a wine podcast for the people." More than 60,000 listeners tune in every month to learn a not-snobby wine vocabulary, how and where to buy wine, how to read a wine label, how to smell, swirl, and taste wine, and so much more! Rich with charts, maps, and lists—and the author's deep knowledge and unpretentious delivery—this vividly illustrated, down-to-earth handbook is a must-have resource for millennials starting to buy, boomers who suddenly have the time and money to hone their appreciation, and anyone seeking a relatable introduction to the world of wine.

The Merlot Murders

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416536043
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis The Merlot Murders by : Ellen Crosby

Download or read book The Merlot Murders written by Ellen Crosby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucie Montgomery is the only member of her family opposed to the sale of the family's vineyard, and therefore the next possible victim of a greedy murderer.

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402767678
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (676 download)

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Book Synopsis Windows on the World Complete Wine Course by : Kevin Zraly

Download or read book Windows on the World Complete Wine Course written by Kevin Zraly and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at how and where wine is made and how this affects its quality and pricing, including information on how the professionals taste and rate wine and a country-by-country tour of the latest vintages.

Virginia Wine Country III

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ISBN 13 : 9780963960559
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis Virginia Wine Country III by : Hilde Gabriel Lee

Download or read book Virginia Wine Country III written by Hilde Gabriel Lee and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade

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Publisher : ASCSA
ISBN 13 : 9780876616192
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade by : Virginia Grace

Download or read book Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade written by Virginia Grace and published by ASCSA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although this booklet is based on broken pottery found during the excavation of the Agora, the author ranges far beyond the confines of Athens in her discussion of the purpose and significance of different amphora types. Amphoras were used in the ancient world to transport various different types of products, including wine and oil. The author shows how chronological variations in shape and the geographical clues offered by stamped handles make amphoras a fascinating source of economic information. The booklet illustrates many different forms of amphora, all set into context by the well-written text.