A Carafe of Red

Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past thirty years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those who simply enjoy vivid evocations of people and places. Asher puts wine in its context by taking the reader on a series of discursive journeys that start with the carafe at his elbow. In his introduction, Asher says, "Wine . . . draws on everything and leads everywhere." Whether the subject is a supposedly simple red wine shared in a Parisian caf or a Napa Valley Cabernet tasted with its vintner, every essay in A Carafe of Red is as pleasurable as the wines themselves.

Author: Gerald Asher
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/07/2012
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.03w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780520270329
ISBN10: 0520270320
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic- General
- Cooking | History
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic | Wine

About the Author
Gerald Asher is author of The Pleasures of Wine, Vineyard Tales, Wine Journal, and On Wine. As an international wine merchant, he was decorated by the French Government in 1974 for his contribution to French viticulture, in 2001 was named Outstanding Wine Professional of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, and in 2009 was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America's Vintner's Hall of Fame.