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Accidental Connoisseur : An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World by Lawrence Osborne (2005, Trade Paperback)

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Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2005, this trade paperback book delves into the quirky and lesser-known aspects of wine culture. Perfect gift for wine lover!

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100865477124

ISBN-139780865477124

eBay Product ID (ePID)43397567

Product Key Features

Book TitleAccidental Connoisseur : an Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBeverages / Alcoholic / Wine

Publication Year2005

GenreCooking

AuthorLawrence Osborne

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-013577

Reviews"Funny, provocative, and vastly entertaining." -- Gerald Asher "A humorous punch in the nose to wine snobs who think money buys good taste." -- Kermit Lynch "Lawrence Osborne's The Accidental Connoisseur is shrewd, apt, acerbic and often quite crazy. We are carried along equally by the honed criticism and the fine writing." -- Jim Harrison, "Funny, provocative, and vastly entertaining." --Gerald Asher "A humorous punch in the nose to wine snobs who think money buys good taste." --Kermit Lynch "Lawrence Osborne's The Accidental Connoisseur is shrewd, apt, acerbic and often quite crazy. We are carried along equally by the honed criticism and the fine writing." -- Jim Harrison, "Funny, provocative, and vastly entertaining." --Gerald Asher "A humorous punch in the nose to wine snobs who think money buys good taste." --Kermit Lynch "Lawrence Osborne'sThe Accidental Connoisseuris shrewd, apt, acerbic and often quite crazy. We are carried along equally by the honed criticism and the fine writing." --Jim Harrison, Lawrence Osborne's The Accidental Connoisseur is shrewd, apt, acerbic and often quite crazy. We are carried along equally by the honed criticism and the fine writing.

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Dewey Decimal641.2/2

SynopsisWhat is taste? Is it individual or imposed on us from the outside? Why are so many of us so intimidated when presented with the wine list at a restaurant? In The Accidental Connoisseur , journalist Lawrence Osborne takes off on a personal voyage through a little-known world in pursuit of some answers. Weaving together a fantastic cast of eccentrics and obsessives, industry magnates and small farmers, the author explores the way technological change, opinionated critics, consumer trends, wheelers and dealers, trade wars, and mass market tastes have made the elixir we drink today entirely different from the wine drunk by our grandparents. In his search for wine that is a true expression of the place that produced it, Osborne takes the reader from the high-tech present to the primitive past. From a lavish lunch with wine tsar Robert Mondavi to the cellars of Marquis Piero Antinori in Florence, from the tasting rooms of Chateau Lafite to the humble vineyards of northern Lazio, Osborne winds his way through Renaissance palaces, $27 million wineries, tin shacks and garages, opulent restaurants, world-famous chais and vineyards, renowned villages and obscure landscapes, as well as the great cities which are the temples of wine consumption: New York, San Francisco, Paris, Florence, and Rome. On the way, we will be shown the vast tapestry of this much-desired, little-understood drink: who produces it and why, who consumes it, who critiques it? Enchanting, delightful, entertaining, and, above all, down to earth, this is a wine book like no other.

LC Classification NumberTP548.O655 2004