Around the World in Eighty Wines
Exploring Wine One Country at a Time
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Inspired by Jules Verne’s classic adventure tale, Mike Veseth takes readers on a journey Around the World in Eighty Wines that will inspire, inform, and entertain anyone who loves travel, adventure, or wine.
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Inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days, Veseth's personal journey through the complex and compelling world of wine starts and ends on London's St. James's Street, home to fine-wine merchants Berry Bros. & Rudd since 1698. Along the way, Veseth tours Bordeaux and Burgundy, where some of the world's best wines are made, and visits the more uncharted wine-growing territories of Bali, Thailand, and Tasmania. Veseth chooses the wines he profiles based on the ability of each to excite the palate, and the imagination: "Each of eighty wines must tell a story, must not just each tell their own story.... They must collectively form a picture and tell a story that reveals a greater truth," he writes. As a result, reading his book is rather like attending a swanky cocktail party: it contains a vast and varied buffet, with loads of interesting conversational tidbits. The book makes for an entertaining introduction to the world of wines. As an added bonus, the author also provides a bibliography for those wishing to delve deeper into the topic.