Wine: An Introduction for Americans
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| Management number | 201810516 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $38.57 | Model Number | 201810516 | ||
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Wine: An Introduction for Americans by M. A. Amerine and V. L. Singleton provides a comprehensive, factual, and accessible introduction to wine written from an American perspective, covering U.S. production practices and California's central role. It demystifies wine and empowers readers to approach the subject with confidence and curiosity, and is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates the university's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Format: Hardback
Length: 366 pages
Publication date: 13 May 2022
Publisher: University of California Press
Wine: An Introduction for Americans by M. A. Amerine and V. L. Singleton is a comprehensive, factual, and accessible introduction to wine written from an American perspective. It aims to explain principles, correct misconceptions, and open the world of wine to informed enjoyment. With particular attention to U.S. production practices and California's central role, the book situates American readers within their own marketplace while also surveying the global traditions that give wine its richness. Technical explanations are balanced with cultural context, enabling readers to understand how wine is made and used. The authors emphasize facts where available and considered judgments where necessary, while offering carefully selected references for those who wish to explore further. Wine: An Introduction for Americans remains a landmark text, a clear, reliable, and inviting guide that demystifies wine and empowers readers to approach the subject with confidence and curiosity. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates the University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed books available to a wide audience.
Weight: 590g
Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520359185
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