| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 186 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index. |
| Contents |
What is wine politics? -- Soil and society -- Authenticating origins -- Baptists and bootleggers -- Who controls your palate? -- Greens, grapes, and gripes -- Celebrating diversity. |
| Summary |
After reading this intriguing book, a glass of wine will be more than hints of blackberries or truffles on the palate. Written by the author of the popular, award-winning website DrVino.com, Wine Politics exposes a little-known but extremely influential aspect of the wine business?the politics behind it. Tyler Colman systematically explains how politics affects what we can buy, how much it costs, how it tastes, what appears on labels, and more. He offers an insightful comparative view of wine-making in Napa and Bordeaux, tracing the different paths American and French wines take as they travel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wine -- Political aspects.
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Wine. |
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Wine industry.
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Wine industry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Colman, Tyler. Wine politics. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008 9780520255210 0520255216 (DLC) 2007032587 (OCoLC)165478076 |
| ISBN |
9780520934733 (electronic book) |
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0520934733 (electronic book) |
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1281752681 |
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9781281752680 |
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9780520255210 (alkaline paper) |
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0520255216 (alkaline paper) |
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