A Vineyard in My Glass (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520274419)

Gerald Asher, who served as Gourmet's wine editor for thirty years, has drawn together this selection of his essays, published in Gourmet and elsewhere, for the collective insight they give into why a wine should always be an expression of a place and a time. Guiding the reader through twenty-seven diverse wine regions in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and California, he shows how every wine worth drinking is a reflection of its terroir--in the broadest sense of that untranslatable word. In evocative reminiscences of wines, winemakers, and the meals he has had with them, he weaves together climate, terrain, and local history, sharing his knowledge and experience so skillfully that we learn as we are entertained and come to understand, gradually, that the meaning and pleasure of a wine lie always in the context of its origin and in the concurrence of where, how, and with whom we enjoy it.

Author: Gerald Asher
ISBN-10: 0520274415
ISBN-13: 9780520274419
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.70d