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Author:

Begos, Kevin (Kevin Paul), author.

Title:

Tasting the past : the science of flavor and the search for the original wine grapes / Kevin Begos.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

277 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Grapes--Varieties.
Grapes--History.
Viticulture.
Wine and wine making--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

A mysterious wine -- Archaeobiology and ancient wine -- Cremisan -- Israel's forgotten grapes -- The wine scientist -- Flavor, taste, and money -- The Caucasus -- Yeast, co-evolution, and wasps -- Aphrodite, women, and wine -- Goliath, foraging, and an answer -- Italy, Leonardo, and natural wine -- Wine and foie gras -- The science of terroir -- Coming home, and Israel's wine -- American wine grapes -- The dark side of wine science -- Grapetionary -- The first grapes, and tasting the past.

Summary:

"When journalist Kevin Begos sets out to discover the origins of wine, he finds a whole world of forgotten grapes and meets the archaeologists, chemists, and botanists who are deciphering wine down to molecules of flavor"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1616205776
9781616205775

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1012615762

LCCN:

2017046783

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)