Barolo to Valpolicella: the Wines of nor - Softcover

Belfrage, Nicolas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571178529 ISBN 13: 9780571178520

Verlag: Mitchell Beazley, 1999

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In the first of two volumes on the wines of Italy, Nicolas Belfrage explores the mysteries of Northern Italian viniculture. Using the many local and international grape varieties as signposts, the author guides us through this most complex and fascinating of wine-lands - from Mont Blanc to the Slovenian border, from the Swiss-Italian Alps to the Apennine foothills. On the way we take in such magical areas as Valpolicella and Soave Classico, South Tyrol and Trentino, the hills of Bologna and the Po Valley plain where Lambrusco vines once hung from trees. Have the Italians got it in them to take centre stage among the wines of the world in the 21st century? The author puts the case for such an eventuality and provides a base from which readers may form an opinion for themselves.

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Wine is, and has been since time immemorial, the lifeblood of Italy -- and in the late twentieth century, it has also become hugely popular around the world. Such is their variety today that Italian wines, ranging from a classic Piemonte red like Barbaresco to the Veneto's elegant white Soave Classico, have come to be considered both fine wines to be savored and affordable wines that can be drunk every day.

In Barolo to Valpolicella, Nicolas Belfrage explores the mysteries of Northern Italian viniculture, focusing on dozens of wines ranging from the normale to the highest-quality single-vineyard masterpieces. Using many local and international grape varieties as signposts, he guides the reader through such magical areas as Valpolicella, South Tyrol, and Trentino as well as the hills of Bologna and the Po Valley plain, where Lambrusco wines really did once hang from trees. Enhancing his text with an extensive listing of producers, a helpful glossary of Italian terms, and even a guide to pronouncing Italian words, Belfrage has written one of the most complete and accessible guides to today's Italian wines yet to be published.

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• Verlag: Mitchell Beazley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0571178529
• ISBN 13: 9780571178520
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384