Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover
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Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover

Author: Jancis Robinson
Author: Jancis Robinson
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A classic book about the pleasures of wine by the editor of The Oxford Companion to WineEven the French admit that Jancis Robinson is the “undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine” (Le Figaro) and her is vintage memoir of a life in wine. Internationally renowned for her work in both television and print, she is the editor of the bestselling Oxford Companion to Wine and has won more than two dozen major awards around the world. Tasting Pleasure is her compelling account of a passion that began while studying at Oxford University.Writing with Julia Child’s authority, Elizabeth David’s intelligence, and M.F.K. Fisher’s verve, Robinson takes us on a journey through the world’s finest cellars, most beautiful vineyards, and best restaurants. As she explores the universe of the grape–from Bordeaux to Australia and South Africa to California–we meet scores of colorful, wine-loving characters, including Philippe de Rothschild, Julian Barnes, Francis Ford Coppola, and Julio Gallo.There are many books about producing and rating wine; this one is about enjoying it. Witty, revealing, and knowledgeable, in Tasting Pleasure Jancis Robinson has distilled twenty years in the wine world into a hugely entertaining read.

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Weight 0.32 kg
Dimensions 1.94 × 13.67 × 20.15 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

352
Publisher

Year Published

1999-5-1
Imprint

Publication City/Country

USA
ISBN 10

0140270019
About The Author

Jancis Robinson, OBE and Master of Wine is one of the world's leading authorities on wine, voted the Wine Writers' Writer by her peers in The Observer. The first person outside the wine trade to have passed the notoriously tough Master of Wine exams, she is now the wine columnist for the Financial Times and writes a regular column for publications in ten countries on five continents. She is known to millions as a television presenter on wine and food, and wrote and presented the award-winning 10-part Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, shown around the world in the late 1990s. Shecurrently spends the majority of her time writing for her website http://www.jancisrobinson.com, which has subscribers from over 70 countries. Among her nine wine books are the bestselling Oxford Companion to Wine (editor) and Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, the basis of a five-hour PBS-TV series. She lives in London.

"She writes about wine and the people who make it in a style both personable and reporterly; she refuses to take herself too seriously; and she is something of a gossip." –Coleman Andrews, Saveur "worth buying just for the sections on the secret world of the Gallo dynasty and Robert Parker" —  Richard Neill, Daily Telegraph"Robinson is a jaunty writer who imparts her expertise with ease. Here she tours the vineyards of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Australia and California (where, with a touch of show-biz pizzazz, she visits Francis Ford Coppola's Napa Valley wine estate), and along the way explains the qualities that distinguish the finest wines, introduces winemakers and gossips about major figures in the trade." — Publishers Weekly 
Table Of Content

Tasting PleasureAcknowledgmentsA Tale of Two Wine ProducersLiquid Magic – Birth of a Wine LoverBecoming a Wine WriterEarly Days – Wine-Sodden NightsThe Old Wine TradeBlind TastingFirst Steps AbroadThe Thirsty Tour OperatorMy Very Own ImprintCasting AdriftA New World of WineLurching Toward RespectabilityWine on the BoxMarathon Tastings, and a 1787Mastering WineDistractionsThe Wine Revolution, and My CellarA Stake in the MotherlandDiscovering France's StomachSome Very Special BottlesThe Ball and Chain Cast OffHalf CenturiesOn Writing About WineVin FinIndex

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