The Winemaker's Dance : Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley


Jonathan. Swinchatt
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 2004.
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1 online resource (247 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Place and the Notion; 1 birth of a valley; 2 the underpinnings of terroir; 3 great wine begins with dirt; 4 the land and its climate; 5 civilizing the vine; 6 the winery; 7 the winemaker's dance; 8 some final and fundamental issues; Bibliography; Index. - There is a saying among winemakers that ""great wine begins with dirt."" Beginning from this intriguing premise, The Winemaker's Dance embarks on an eye-opening exploration of ""terroir"" in one of the greatest places on earth to grow wine - California's Napa Valley. Jonathan Swinchatt and David G. Howell weave a tale that begins millions of years ago with the clash of continental plates that created the Napa Valley and go on to show how this small region, with its myriad microclimates, complex geologic history, and dedicated winemakers, came to produce world-class wines. A fascinating look at
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