Wine Grapes: A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours
作者: Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz
出版社: Allen Lane (2012年10月25日)
精装: 1280页
语种: 英语
ISBN: 1846144469
条形码: 9781846144462
商品尺寸: 19.1 x 8.2 x 28.9 cm
内容简介
An indispensable book for every wine lover, from some of the world's greatest experts.
Where do wine grapes come from and how are they related to each other? What is the historical background of each grape variety? Where are they grown? What sort of wines do they make and, most importantly, what do they taste like?
Using the most cutting-edge DNA analysis and detailing almost 1,400 distinct grape varieties, as well as myriad correct (and highlighting almost as many incorrect) synonyms, this particularly beautiful book includes revelatory grape family trees, and a rich variety of illustrations from Viala and Vermorel's seminal ampelography with century-old illustrations. Combining Jancis Robinson's world view, nose for good writing and good wines with Julia Harding's expertise and attention to detail plus Dr Vouillamoz's unique level of scholarship, Wine Grapes offers essential and original information in greater depth and breadth than has ever been available before. A book for wine students, wine experts and wine lovers everywhere.
获得荣誉奖项
Best Wine, Beer and Spirits Book and winner of the Jane Grigson award, IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Awards 2014
A wine book of the year, 2013, The Times, London
Faiveley International Wine Book of the Year 2013, Roederer Awards
Best Viticulture Book 2013, OIV Awards
Best Drink Book 2012, Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards
Best Beverage Book 2012, James Beard Awards
Best Drink Book 2012, André Simon Awards
Hall of Fame for Best Wine Book 2012, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Best Drinks Book 2012, Wine & Spirits magazine
媒体推荐
This thousand-plus-page monument combines 21st-century science with the ambition, scale and authority of 19th-century scholarship. It may be the nerdiest wine book ever published (and, trust me, that's a competitive title) but it's also a work of astounding scholarship, and as a piece of book-making, is an outright masterpiece (John Lanchester Guardian, Books of the Year 2012)
Features extraordinarily detailed profiles of close to 1,400 vine varieties employed in the production of wine around the world ... I learned a huge amount ... What struck me most, though, was how engaging and passionate it was. This wasn't a dry cataloguing of grapes, a microscopic look at their DNA; this was a heartfelt exploration of wine history. (Max Allen [Australia’s best-known wine writer] Weekend Australian)
This book is a thing of beauty - classic, well written and splendidly illustrated - and will be a point of reference for decades to come. With Christmas coming it may well be worth considering as a present for those wine enthusiasts amongst your friends and family. I am going to put it on my list when I write to Santa that's for sure! (Bordeaux Undiscovered)
A fantastic Christmas present for any wine geek, and one that will provide an endless source of fiendish questions for quiz-setters (Fiona Beckett Guardian)
A magnificent achievement: colossally informative, illuminating and intriguing (Andrew Jefford Decanter.com)
A phenomenal book in its detail and research ... the definitive guide to grape varieties ... an incredible piece of work, detailing 1,368 varieties (out of a possible 10,000 worldwide) with 80 beautiful colour plates - essential for all wine students, wine lovers, wine growers keen to experiment with new grapes - and anyone with a passing interest in grapes (Rose Murray Brown The Scotsman)
This has got to be the wine reference book to top all such guides (S Irene Virbila Los Angeles Times)
Definitely the WINE BOOK of the decade, if not the century! (Wine Appreciation Guild, San Francisco)
Even for the already knowledgeable and deeply well versed, the book offers countless new discoveries, surprises about grapes' true origins and kinships, and a plethora of varieties you've never even heard of (Michel Jamais LivetsGoda.se)
It is almost bible-like, which is perhaps quite fitting. I found the overall appearance quite beautiful. I was especially pleased to see many varieties have a description of the taste of their wines. From a drinker's perspective this must be the most important information (Steve Slatcher Winenous.co.uk)
Wine Grapes sets a new standard; it is a seminal new work (Joelle Thomson Dominion Post and Christchurch Press)
Oenophiles, you have here the ideal book to give others (and yourself!) this Christmas (Victor Franco Polakia.com)
Every wine lover MUST have this on their shelves (René Langdahl Jørgensen Gastro.dk)
Amazingly informative and insightful ... Wine Grapes is an essential reference that belongs on every wine lover's bookshelf, right up there next to The World Atlas of Wine. One of the biggest pleasures of wine is its diversity. Wine Grapes will inspire you to stick your nose and tongue into new aromas and flavors (Elin McCoy Business Week/Bloomberg.com)
There have been books on grapes before, but we were badly in need of a bang up-to-date properly researched book, and we indeed have it in the new Wine Grapes. To me it is already indispensable ... I can already see that this big fat book is a fabulous resource and essential for all serious wine lovers to own (Wink Lorch Winetravelmedia.com)
Wine Grapes is an invaluable resource destined to find a fascinated, albeit niche, audience (Anthony Rose anthonyrosewine.com)
What seemed at first like a prim reference tome to crack when I needed to sort out the 13 different varieties of Lambrusco has a more compelling mystery underneath ... The thoroughness (Listán Negro and Listán Prieto? Not the same thing, Canary Island fans) is matched by a sense of purpose, mostly because equal space is devoted to the esoteric (Grillo, Menu Pineau, Parellada) as to the obvious ... Along the way, it nullifies most simple homilies that litter the world of wine, instead offering a more complicated and interesting tale, one that reinforces wine as one of history's great culturing forces (Jon Bonné San Francisco Chronicle)
It is very rare for me to buy a wine book but I had no hesitation in buying it from Amaz*n for £78, and cheap for this amount of scholarship and research (Jim Budd, editor Circle [of Wine Writers] Update)
The ultimate reference work on wine grapes (LeVinPerdu.be)
I am impressed by the depth of scientifically justified and clearly formulated answers to a wide range of origin-related questions ... Wine Grapes gains an extra dimension for its attention to the diversity of grape-names ... With this book Jancis Robinson and her team have not only enriched our genetic knowledge of grape varieties, but also made it accessible to all wine enthusiasts who would like to know more about their names, ancestors and characteristics ... The most important wine book since The Oxford Companion to Wine has arrived, and with it Jancis Robinson has universally established her name as wine educator (John Bindels Wijnwijs.eu)
It will undoubtedly race to its place ahead of the few other 'must stock' books in any serious winey-person's library ... the book genuinely breaks new ground, which is (a) quite rare for wine books, and (b) always a joy to fact-nerds like myself. Its main premise is to genetically trace the origins and ancestors of these grape varieties, and there are some surprises here (Sally Easton MW Winewisdom.com)
The most important wine book in years ... I am presented with a tome that will garner my attention for the rest of my life, make me smarter and give me pause to reconsider every time I imagine I might have done something of significance ... this book could easily pass for any writer's proudest moment, the culmination of a life's work (Tom Wark Fermentation)
Wine Grapes - the new book from the @JancisRobinson team - incredible! Staggered by the detail. Seminal work, am speechless, thank you (Ronan Sayburn MS)
In 'Abbuoto to Zweigelt' describes the book as one 'that I think any wine-lover would want to own' (Fiona Beckett Guardian)
An extraordinary new book ... an impressive new encyclopedic doorstop (Eric Asimov New York Times)
Some things you know you just have to have ... What a book! (Actor Sam Neill @ TwoPaddocks)
[the] book is for me a sine qua Doon (Randall Grahm Bonny Doon Vinyard)
The most important event of the century so far... In its way this book is the equivalent to Diderot's Encyclopedie, Johnson's Dictionary or Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. (Robert Slotover Slotovino)
...a beautiful object and a work of scholarship... an essential Christmas present for wine lovers (Henry Jeffreys The Lady)
The grape book to end all grape books (Joanna Simon House & Garden)
The only important new standard work of recent times; revolutionary! (Stuart Pigott)
Despite its density, a page-turner... An epic book (Talia Baiocchi Eater.com)
In short, if you are only going to have one wine grape book, then this is it (Mark Greenaway Vinodiversity.com)
Setting aside the book's beauty and reference value, there's a lot of good reading here... Wine Grapes is awesome, a reference that anyone interested in wine, botany, culture and history should have on hand (Tara Q. Thomas Wine & Spirits: BEST BOOK OF 2012)
According to Wine Grapes, the Pinot family, Noir, Meunier, Gris and Blanc, are genetically identical. In fact more than one type of Pinot has been found in the same vine. It's one of the things I love most about wine is that just when you think you've grasped something, it slips out of your grasp. Buy this amazing work of scholarship and you'll realise quite how little you know. (Henry Jeffreys Henry’s World of Booze)
The most complete guide ever to grapes, vines and the bottles they produce. A wine buff's bible (Sunday Telegraph, Stella magazine)
A masterly work ... not only timely, but overdue ... a must-have (Eric Asimov New York Times)
Graced with lavish color plates depicting dozens of important grape varieties, this trusty encyclopedia will inspire novel wine match-ups for favorite recipes and settle wine trivia debates around the dinner table. History buffs, like your reviewer, will absolutely love how the book examines the earliest written references to their favorite grapes; for example we learn that Cabernet grapes trace back to ancient Basque varieties in northeast Spain; who knew! (David Lincoln Ross Saveur)
For anyone serious about wine, this is an endlessly fascinating volume - and a beautifully designed one too (Andrew Neather Evening Standard)
The most magnum of magna opera ... with the authoritative text and lovely illustrations reminiscent of a great, scholarly botanical book of the 19th century with its full colour plates ... a timeless classic (Wine-Pages.com)
Best Wine, Beer and Spirits Book and winner of the Jane Grigson award (IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Awards 2014)
A wine book of the year, 2013 (The Times)
Faiveley International Wine Book of the Year 2013 (Roederer Awards)
Best Viticulture Book 2013 (OIV Awards)
Best Drink Book 2012 (Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards)
Best Beverage Book 2012 (James Beard Awards)
Best Drink Book 2012 (André Simon Awards)
Hall of Fame for Best Wine Book 2012 (Gourmand World Cookbook Awards)
Best Drinks Book 2012 (Wine & Spirits magazine)
作者简介
JANCIS ROBINSON is one of the world's best-known wine writers. In 1984 she was the first person outside the wine trade to qualify as a Master of Wine. The Financial Times wine writer, she is the author/editor of dozens of wine books, including two of the most respected and garlanded, The Oxford Companion to Wine (OUP) and The World Atlas of Wine (Mitchell Beazley). She is widely regarded by the wine-drinking public as an authority on vine varieties. Her award-winning website, has subscribers in 100 countries.
JULIA HARDING passed the notoriously stiff Master of Wine exams at the first attempt, the top student of her year. She is Jancis Robinson's full-time researcher, co-ordinator and associate palate. In this book she has gathered the most up-to-date statistics about wine-grape plantings in every corner of the planet as well as unearthing recommended wine producers for almost every variety.
JOSé VOUILLAMOZ, who worked with Professor Carole Meredith and the ground-breaking team of grape geneticists at the University of California at Davis, is a botanist and grape geneticist with an international reputation and is currently based in his native Switzerland. He has discovered numerous unexpected relationships between grape varieties, many of which are exclusive to this book.
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评分这本书的实用性体现在它如何将理论知识与实际操作完美地结合在一起。我特别喜欢它在描述每种葡萄品种时,所附带的那种“实际操作建议”的模块。它不会只告诉你这个葡萄好不好,而是会告诉你,如果你在某个特定气候区种植它,应该注意哪些病虫害防治的细节;如果你是酿酒师,在发酵过程中应该如何调整温度和酵母菌株来突出其地域特色。举个例子,它对西拉(Syrah)在不同产区(如罗讷河谷的结构感与澳大利亚的果酱感)的细微差异的解析,就远超出了市面上很多只关注风味描述的书籍。这种深入到“如何做”的层面,让这本书的功能从“识别”升级到了“创造”。我个人已经开始尝试根据书中的一些指导,去挑选和搭配不同葡萄酿造的酒款进行盲品练习,那种通过系统知识指导下的感官训练,进步速度明显加快,感觉自己对酒杯里的液体有了更深层次的掌控感。
评分这本书的装帧设计简直是艺术品级别的,精装的质感拿在手里就让人感到沉甸甸的,封面那种低调而又不失奢华的葡萄酒红色调,搭配清晰的烫金书名,立刻提升了整体的格调。我一直喜欢那些能经得起时间考验的书籍,而这本《Wine Grapes》无疑就是这样的存在。纸张的选择非常考究,那种略带纹理的厚实感,让翻阅过程成为一种享受,根本不用担心墨水洇开或者页面轻易受损。更值得称赞的是,内页的排版设计非常用心,字体大小适中,留白恰到好处,即便是阅读长篇幅的介绍时,眼睛也不会感到疲劳。这种对手工制品的极致追求,体现了出版方对“原版”二字的尊重,让我觉得这不仅仅是一本工具书,更是一件可以永久珍藏的案头摆设。我甚至会特意把它放在客厅的书架上,它散发出的那种专业而内敛的气质,总能吸引到访客的目光,忍不住想翻开看看里面的内容,那种由外而内的品质感,是很多同类书籍望尘莫及的。
评分说实话,这套精装原版的价格在同类书籍中并不算便宜,但当我真正沉浸其中后,我发现它提供的是一种长期的、复利式的价值回报,而不是一次性的信息获取。它就像是为你配备了一个全球顶级的葡萄品种“私人顾问”,你可以在任何时候打开它,找到你需要的那个品种的深度剖析,而无需在网络上进行碎片化的搜索和筛选,还要担心信息来源的权威性。那种确切的、经过同行评审和时间检验的知识体系,是无法用金钱来衡量的。它建立起了一个坚实的认知框架,使得我今后在面对任何新的或陌生的葡萄酒时,都能迅速地将其归类并理解其潜力。对于真正热爱葡萄酒文化,并渴望从爱好深入到专业研究的收藏家和学习者而言,这本厚重的指南与其说是购买了一本书,不如说是为自己的葡萄酒知识库进行了一次里程碑式的、不可替代的基建投资,物超所值,毋庸置疑。
评分我必须承认,最初购买这本书是冲着它“1368种红酒完整指南”的宏大承诺去的,而它在内容广度上的表现,完全超出了我的预期。这不仅仅是罗列了常见的法国波尔多或勃艮第名庄,而是深入到了那些鲜为人知的小众品种和新兴产区的探索。比如,它对东欧一些古老品种的介绍,以及南美洲特定高海拔地区葡萄的特性分析,都展现出作者团队扎实的田野调研和跨文化研究能力。翻阅过程中,我最大的感受是知识的颗粒度非常精细,它不会泛泛而谈,而是会细致到特定葡萄的基因特性、适宜的风土条件、典型的风味轮廓,甚至还涉及到了历史上的变迁和种植上的细微调整。这种近乎百科全书式的详尽,使得它不仅仅是入门者的快速参考手册,更是资深侍酒师或酿酒师在寻找灵感或进行深度对比研究时的必备工具。我感觉自己像是在进行一场跨越全球的葡萄品种马拉松,每翻开一页都是一个全新的发现之旅。
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