Wine wars : the curse of the blue nun, the miracle of two buck chuck, and the revenge of the terroirists /

Globalization has pushed back the borders of the wine world, creating a complex, interconnected market where Old World and New World wines and producers compete head to head. Mike Veseth tells the story of the war between the market forces that are redrawing the world wine map and the terroirists wh...

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Main Author: Veseth, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : [Place of publication not identified] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ; Distributed by National Book Network, Ã2011.
Series:Distilling, fermenting, and brewing collection
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Table of Contents:
  • Grape expectations? A tale of two glasses
  • Old bottles, new wine
  • Flight one : Globalization : blessing or curse? The DaVino code
  • Missionaries, migrants, and market reforms
  • The masters of wine
  • Curse of the blue nun
  • America's hangover
  • Globalization tasting
  • Flight two : the miracle of the two buck chuck. Martians versus Wagnerians
  • They always buy the ten cent wine
  • Everyone's a critic
  • The McWine conspiracy
  • The future of wine in three bottles
  • Two buck chuck tasting
  • Flight three : revenge of the terroirists. Mondovino and the revenge of the terroirists
  • The war on terroir
  • The China syndrome
  • The best of wines or the worst of wines?
  • Grape expectations tasting.