Bibliograph

Tasting the past, the science of flavor & the search for the original wine grapes, Kevin Begos

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Label

Tasting the past, the science of flavor & the search for the original wine grapes, Kevin Begos

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 275-277)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tasting the past

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1012615762

Responsibility statement

Kevin Begos

Sub title

the science of flavor & the search for the original wine grapes

Summary

"When journalist Kevin Begos sets out to discover the origins of wine, he finds a whole world of forgotten grapes and meets the archaeologists, chemists, and botanists who are deciphering wine down to molecules of flavor"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A mysterious wine -- Archaeobiology and ancient wine -- Cremisan -- Israel's forgotten grapes -- The wine scientist -- Flavor, taste, and money -- The Caucasus -- Yeast, co-evolution, and wasps -- Aphrodite, women, and wine -- Goliath, foraging, and an answer -- Italy, Leonardo, and natural wine -- Wine and foie gras -- The science of terroir -- Coming home, and Holy Land wine -- American wine grapes -- The dark side of wine science -- Grapetionary -- The first grapes, and tasting the past

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