Book of California Wine

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA / SOTHEBY BOOK OF CALIFORNIA WINE edited by Doris Muscatine, Maynard A. Amerine, and Bob Thompson I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all thaty than I can remember living befőve I breathed. With this remarkable sentence M. F. K. Fisher opens this abundant book in which forty-four of the most knowledgeable winemakers and wine authorities explore the achievement of California wine from the Mission days to the present. - 7- * DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS THE QUALITY OF California wines has captured the attention of wine drinkers around the world. Quiet tastings by European merchants and winemakers have led to celebrated ones, which in turn have led to popular discovery abroad and increased appreciation, along with higher prices, at home. No single recent development can explain the steady... Tovább

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA / SOTHEBY BOOK OF CALIFORNIA WINE edited by Doris Muscatine, Maynard A. Amerine, and Bob Thompson I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all thaty than I can remember living befőve I breathed. With this remarkable sentence M. F. K. Fisher opens this abundant book in which forty-four of the most knowledgeable winemakers and wine authorities explore the achievement of California wine from the Mission days to the present. - 7- * DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS THE QUALITY OF California wines has captured the attention of wine drinkers around the world. Quiet tastings by European merchants and winemakers have led to celebrated ones, which in turn have led to popular discovery abroad and increased appreciation, along with higher prices, at home. No single recent development can explain the steady rise to prominence of California wines. Whereas there were just over two hundred bonded wineries in the state in 1970, more than five hundred were active only a dozen years later. New plantings have increased once-sparse acreages of quality varietals by a hundred- and even a thousand-fold. Encouraged by advances in viticulture, vineyardists have planted energetically, sometimes recklessly, across the state. Growers and winemakers have learned where to plánt each type of grape, when to harvest, and how to use varied oaks in casks of differing shapes and sizes to achieve nuances of flavor and style. Long dependent on Europe, Californians have come to understand the unique characteristics of the soil and climate along the Pacific Slope and to take pleasure in the winning qualities of their own wines. THE EDITORS D0R13 Muscatine writes on food, wine, and cultural history. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad. She has written three books: Vissza