A Natural History Of Wine

Author : Ian Tattersall
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300211023
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of Wine written by Ian Tattersall and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating survey of the science of wine and winemaking for anyone who has ever wondered about the magic of the fermented grape An excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book and museum exhibition projects. When the conversation turned to wine one evening, it almost inevitably led the two--one a palaeoanthropologist, the other a molecular biologist--to begin exploring the many intersections between science and wine. This book presents their fascinating, freewheeling answers to the question "What can science tell us about wine?" And vice versa. Conversational and accessible to everyone, this colorfully illustrated book embraces almost every imaginable area of the sciences, from microbiology and ecology (for an understanding of what creates this complex beverage) to physiology and neurobiology (for insight into the effects of wine on the mind and body). The authors draw on physics, chemistry, biochemistry, evolution, and climatology, and they expand the discussion to include insights from anthropology, primatology, entomology, Neolithic archaeology, and even classical history. The resulting volume is indispensible for anyone who wishes to appreciate wine to its fullest.

Author : Thomas Pinney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052093458X
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Wine in America, Volume 1 written by Thomas Pinney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vikings called North America "Vinland," the land of wine. Giovanni de Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first described the grapes of the New World, was sure that "they would yield excellent wines." And when the English settlers found grapes growing so thickly that they covered the ground down to the very seashore, they concluded that "in all the world the like abundance is not to be found." Thus, from the very beginning the promise of America was, in part, the alluring promise of wine. How that promise was repeatedly baffled, how its realization was gradually begun, and how at last it has been triumphantly fulfilled is the story told in this book. It is a story that touches on nearly every section of the United States and includes the whole range of American society from the founders to the latest immigrants. Germans in Pennsylvania, Swiss in Georgia, Minorcans in Florida, Italians in Arkansas, French in Kansas, Chinese in California—all contributed to the domestication of Bacchus in the New World. So too did innumerable individuals, institutions, and organizations. Prominent politicians, obscure farmers, eager amateurs, sober scientists: these and all the other kinds and conditions of American men and women figure in the story. The history of wine in America is, in many ways, the history of American origins and of American enterprise in microcosm. While much of that history has been lost to sight, especially after Prohibition, the recovery of the record has been the goal of many investigators over the years, and the results are here brought together for the first time. In print in its entirety for the first time, A History of Wine in America is the most comprehensive account of winemaking in the United States, from the Norse discovery of native grapes in 1001 A.D., through Prohibition, and up to the present expansion of winemaking in every state.

Author : William Goodhugh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bible cyclopædia: or, Illustrations of the civil and natural history of the sacred writings [ed. by W. Goodhugh, completed by W.C. Taylor]. written by William Goodhugh and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 738 pages
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Author : Rob DeSalle
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300244983
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of Beer written by Rob DeSalle and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of beer—its science, its history, and its impact on human culture What can beer teach us about biology, history, and the natural world? From ancient Mesopotamian fermentation practices to the resurgent American craft brewery, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall peruse the historical record and traverse the globe for engaging and often surprising stories about beer. They explain how we came to drink beer, what ingredients combine to give beers their distinctive flavors, how beer’s chemistry works at the molecular level, and how various societies have regulated the production and consumption of beer. Drawing from such diverse subject areas as animal behavior, ecology, history, archaeology, chemistry, sociology, law, genetics, physiology, neurobiology, and more, DeSalle and Tattersall entertain and inform with their engaging stories of beer throughout human history and the science behind it all. Readers are invited to grab a beer and explore the fascinating history of its creation.

Author : Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society written by Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Henderson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book The History of Ancient and Modern Wines written by Alexander Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 310 pages
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Author : Francis Bacon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
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Download or read book Sylva Sylvarum: Or, A Natural History. In Ten Centuries; written by Francis Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1658 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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Total Pages : 278 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society written by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: