The Geography of Wine : : how Landscapes, Cultures, Terroir, and the Weather Make a Good Drop

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Includes index.
Geography and the study of wine -- Wine landscapes and wine regions -- St. Emilion -- Climatology of viticulture -- Spain -- Microclimate and wine -- The Rhine and its tributaries -- Grapes, soil, and terroir -- Bordeaux -- Biogeography and the grape -- The Loire valley -- Viticulture, agriculture, and natural hazards -- California -- Wine and geographic information systems -- Oregon and Washington state -- Winemaking and geography -- Oporto, Madeira, Jerez -- Wine diffusion, colonialism, and political geography -- Greece, South Africa, and Chile -- Urbanization and the wine geography -- Burgundy -- Retail geography and wine -- Australia -- Communism, geography and wine -- Eastern Europe -- Geography and wine's competitors: beer, cider, and distilled spirits -- The whiskeys of Scotland -- Wine and the geography of temperance -- Arab world and America east of the Rockies -- Regional identity, wine, and multinationals -- Champagne -- Localism and wine tourism -- Central Italy -- My favorite places to drink wine.

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PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 289 p.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780452288904
0452288908

SUBJECTS
Wine and wine making.
Viticulture.