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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Wine and the new South Africa -- A brief history of South African wine to 1994 -- Grape varieties and wine styles -- Wine of origin: legislation, labels, and terroir -- Constantia and the Cape Peninsula -- Stellenbosch -- Paarl and Wellington -- Franschhoek -- Durbanville to Darling -- The Swartland -- Breede River Calley -- Walker Bay and Cape Agulhas -- Elgin and Overberg -- Tulbagh and Ceres -- Olifants river, West Coast, and Cederberg -- Klein Karoo and adjacent wards -- Appendix: synoptic table of South African wine production, 1993-2011. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony were considered to be among the world's best during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa began to re-emerge onto the international wine scene. Tim James, an expert on South African wines, takes the reader on an information-packed tour of the region, showing us how and why the unique combination of terroir and climate, together with dramatic improvements in winemaking techniques, result in wines that are once. |
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Wine and wine making -- South Africa.
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Wine and wine making -- History.
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Wine and wine making -- South Africa -- Guidebooks.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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Wine and wine making. (OCoLC)fst01175907
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South Africa. (OCoLC)fst01204616
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Print version: James, Tim (Timothy James), 1954- Wines of the new South Africa. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013] 9780520260238 (DLC) 2012048632 (OCoLC)818734495 |
| ISBN |
9780520954830 (electronic bk.) |
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0520954831 (electronic bk.) |
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1299557929 (electronic bk.) |
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9781299557925 (electronic bk.) |
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