| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"When journalist Kevin Begos sets out to discover the origins of wine, he finds a whole world of forgotten grapes and meets the archaeologists, chemists, and botanists who are deciphering wine down to molecules of flavor"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 275-277). |
| Contents |
A mysterious wine -- Archaeobiology and ancient wine -- Cremisan -- Israel's forgotten grapes -- The wine scientist -- Flavor, taste, and money -- The Caucasus -- Yeast, co-evolution, and wasps -- Aphrodite, women, and wine -- Goliath, foraging, and an answer -- Italy, Leonardo, and natural wine -- Wine and foie gras -- The science of terroir -- Coming home, and Holy Land wine -- American wine grapes -- The dark side of wine science -- Grapetionary -- The first grapes, and tasting the past. |
| Subject |
Grapes -- Varieties.
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Grapes -- History.
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Viticulture.
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Wine and wine making -- History.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.
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Grapes. (OCoLC)fst00946524
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Grapes -- Varieties.
(OCoLC)fst00946574
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Viticulture. (OCoLC)fst01168260
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Wine and wine making. (OCoLC)fst01175907
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Grapes -- Varieties.
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Grapes -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Begos, Kevin (Kevin Paul), author. Tasting the past First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018 9781616208233 (DLC) 2017055055 |
| ISBN |
9781616205775 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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1616205776 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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