A natural history of wine

1. Verfasser: Tattersall, Ian
Weitere Verfasser: DeSalle, Rob
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Umfang/Format: x, 252 p. : ill. (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Vinous roots : wine and people
  • 2. Why we drink wine
  • 3. Wine is stardust : grapes and chemistry
  • 4. Grapes and grapevines : an issue of identity
  • 5. Yeasty feasts : wine and microbes
  • 6. Interactions : ecology in the vineyard and the winery
  • 7. The American disease : the bug that almost destroyed the wine industry
  • 8. The reign of terroir : wine and place
  • 9. Wine and the senses
  • 10. Voluntary madness : the physiological effects of wine
  • 11. Brave new world : wine and technology
  • 12. Franken-vines and climate change.