The geography of wine : how landscapes, cultures, terroir, and the weather make a good drop
Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group, c2008.
Physical Description
viii, 289 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Geography and the study of wine
- Wine landscapes and wine regions
- St. Emilion
- Climatology of viticulture
- Spain
- Microclimate and wine
- The Rhine and its tributaries
- Grapes, soil, and terroir
- Bordeaux
- Biogeography and the grape
- The Loire valley
- Viticulture, agriculture, and natural hazards
- California
- Wine and geographic information systems
- Oregon and Washington state
- Winemaking and geography
- Oporto, Madeira, Jerez
- Wine diffusion, colonialism, and political geography
- Greece, South Africa, and Chile
- Urbanization and the wine geography
- Burgundy
- Retail geography and wine
- Australia
- Communism, geography and wine
- Eastern Europe
- Geography and wine's competitors: beer, cider, and distilled spirits
- The whiskeys of Scotland
- Wine and the geography of temperance
- Arab world and America east of the Rockies
- Regional identity, wine, and multinationals
- Champagne
- Localism and wine tourism
- Central Italy
- My favorite places to drink wine.