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- Artist
- Steadman, Ralph
- ISBN
- 9780151011674
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151011672
ISBN-13
9780151011674
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45706406
Product Key Features
Book Title
Untrodden Grapes
Number of Pages
260 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Beverages / Alcoholic / General, Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Cooking
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
45.2 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-010763
Reviews
Starred Review. Steadman, illustrator of several of Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo narratives, also has a reputation in the world of wine-which is no contradiction, as he thinks of himself as "a romantic and a lifetime supporter of the maverick tradition in all fields of human activity." In this volume, which follows his well-received Grapes of Ralph, he wanders to notable vineyards in California, Chile, Spain, France, Italy and South Africa for a look at their grapes and wine-making techniques. Steadman chats with the owners, eyes their dogs, tastes their wines and takes notes, which frequently meander into fond digressions on unusual oenophilic practices. Still, it's Steadman's sketches that make the book: vertiginous mountain vineyards; splotchy caricatures of idiosyncratic vintners; lumpy, mustachioed villagers (male and female); even a brief album of wine dogs, "grand cru mutts." Although he's designed many wine labels himself, Steadman's no label snob; indeed, he rails against "the rigid aristocracy of fine appellation" and misses the "good, bad old days" when you could decant a nice Roussillon into your own jug straight from a pump at the wine cooperative. Readers dithering over the right bottle to surprise a wine-loving friend with might do better to shop at the bookstore for a Steadman instead., Steadman's utterly distinctive drawings are the stars of his eccentric book about the world of wine, which his curmudgeonly prose just complements. Though hardly for the chardonnay- or merlot-swilling masses, the book does include a step-by-step how-to on making champagne and a careful description of how each year's sherry is mixed with some from earlier years to smooth and refine the marketable product. How-to's and why-for's aren't really Steadman's meat, however. He is interested in the offbeat and overlooked: wine made by old hippies who ignore wasps flying about the outdoor vats, or by reckless Chileans who hang the vines off cliffs, or even by himself, as he dabbles in grape growing in England (no wonder he's cranky about chardonnay). Illustrations of vineyards capture the strange beauty of vines thwarted from their natural, rampant leafiness and crowded into trellised rows, but more memorable are muddy dogs met in vineyards from France to California and caricatured vingerons hard at work. Not to be missed: the saga of the scandalous red wine Cardinal Zin.
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTION ix CHILE xiv SPAIN 4 CALIFORNIA 32 BOGGSHAFFT 56 CHAMPAGNE IMPRESSION 60 GASCONY 76 WINE DOGS OF THE WORLD 90 SOUTH AFRICA 96 WINE LABELS 126 WINE MAKING 138 SICILY 142 BURGUNDY 176 LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON 196 ALSACE 214 WINE SUITE 233 OLD SYRAH VINES 242 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 245
Synopsis
From Chile to California, South Africa to Alsace, Ralph Steadman has seen the best of the world's wine-producing regions. On a search for the unique and original, he meets Aurelio Montes, the Chilean winemaker who planted syrah vines on a rocky, south-facing hill in order to "steal the wild complexity of the mountain's soul." In Spain, he learns of the white chalky soil called albariza that produces the sherry of the Jerez region. In California, the author describes crossing the Golden GateBridge, driving up into Marin County, and meeting enthusiastic winemakers whose vineyards sit precariously on the San Andreas fault. As the journey continues on through Burgundy, Champagne, and Sicily, Steadman brings the landscape and its people to life with pictures and prose., From Chile to California, South Africa to Alsace, Ralph Steadman has seen the best of the world's wine-producing regions. On a search for the unique and original, he meets Aurelio Montes, the Chilean winemaker who planted syrah vines on a rocky, south-facing hill in order to "steal the wild complexity of the mountain's soul." In Spain, he learns of the white chalky soil called albariza that produces the sherry of the Jerez region. In California, the author describes crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, driving up into Marin County, and meeting enthusiastic winemakers whose vineyards sit precariously on the San Andreas fault. As the journey continues on through Burgundy, Champagne, and Sicily, Steadman brings the landscape and its people to life with pictures and prose., From Chile to California, South Africa to Alsace, Steadman has seen the best of the world's wine-producing regions. On a search for the unique and original, he brings the landscape and its people to life with pictures and prose.
LC Classification Number
TP548.S7213 2005
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