Grape Varieties for Wines Book by Pierre Galet, Now 45% Off
June 29, 2010 at 10:45 am Steve Leave a comment
June 29th-July 5th Weekly Book Special
July 14th is Bastille Day, the French national holiday that commemorates the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison, which led to the founding of modern France. To mark the holiday, this week’s special is:
Grape Varieties (Hachette Wine Library)
by Pierre Galet (Paperback, 46 pages)
List Price: $17.95, Lowest Amazon.com Price: $18.00, OUR PRICE: $9.95
This book in the Hachette Wine Library series shows you how to identify the different grape vines, the range of flavors they give to the wines, and also discusses the cultivation process.
Describes 36 well-known grape varieties in detail. Some varieties, such as Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Chardonnay and Syrah are cultivated throughout the world, others only flourish in certain areas.
Find out which wines are produced from a single grape variety, or how grapes can be blended to produce some of the most famous wines in the world. Each variety is beautifully illustrated in full-color and accompanied by several key points to assist in their identification.
Our favorite illustration is for Muscat Blanc grapes (click to enlarge):
Author Pierre Galet is a world-renowned French ampelographer (grapevine botanist). He has been elected an Officer in the French National Order of Agricultural Merit, and received a prize of special recognition by L’Office national Interprofessionnel des Vins (OIV), the association of French vintners.
The Kentucky Vineyard Society, which founded the first commercial vineyard in the United States dating to 1798, lists this book among their recommended reading list.
This book is discounted only through July 5th. Purchase it for $9.95 (list price $17.95):
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