The Curious World Of Wine: Facts, Legends, And Lore About The Drink We Love So Much
by Richard Vine /
2012 / English / EPUB
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The Curious World of Wine
The Curious World of Wine is a fascinating miscellany about
the colorful characters, celebrated places, and quirky events
surrounding wine-making. Recounting wine tales that are by turns
amusing, surprising, and occasionally a bit naughty, wine expert
Richard Vine reveals little-known facts such as:
is a fascinating miscellany about
the colorful characters, celebrated places, and quirky events
surrounding wine-making. Recounting wine tales that are by turns
amusing, surprising, and occasionally a bit naughty, wine expert
Richard Vine reveals little-known facts such as:
• The oldest vineyard still producing grapes is thought to be in
Maribor, Slovenia, where vines up to four hundred years old remain
fruitful.
• The oldest vineyard still producing grapes is thought to be in
Maribor, Slovenia, where vines up to four hundred years old remain
fruitful.
• “Plonk,” a term used to insult any modestly priced wine, got its
name from the French words for white wine—vin blanc, pronounced
“vawn blawnk,” which was corrupted to “plawnk” or “plonk.”
• “Plonk,” a term used to insult any modestly priced wine, got its
name from the French words for white wine—vin blanc, pronounced
“vawn blawnk,” which was corrupted to “plawnk” or “plonk.”
• Thomas Jefferson was so eager to plant native French vines at his
Monticello mansion that he nearly went bankrupt fruitlessly hiring
experts to defeat a condition that caused European vines to
mysteriously die in North American soil.
• Thomas Jefferson was so eager to plant native French vines at his
Monticello mansion that he nearly went bankrupt fruitlessly hiring
experts to defeat a condition that caused European vines to
mysteriously die in North American soil.
• Touching wineglasses as a toast was originally a deft move to
exchange a splash of wine into each other’s cup to ensure that
neither party was being poisoned.
• Touching wineglasses as a toast was originally a deft move to
exchange a splash of wine into each other’s cup to ensure that
neither party was being poisoned.The Curious World of Wine
The Curious World of Wine will keep any wine fan entertained
and enlightened—from the most erudite connoisseur to Two Buck Chuck
devotees.
will keep any wine fan entertained
and enlightened—from the most erudite connoisseur to Two Buck Chuck
devotees.