Extreme Wine
Searching the World for the Best, the Worst, the Outrageously Cheap, the Insanely Overpriced, and the Undiscovered
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Product details:
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Date of Publication 7 October 2013
- Number of Volumes Hardback - With dust jacket
- ISBN 9781442219229
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 235x159x24 mm
- Weight 494 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 Illustrations, unspecified 0
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Short description:
In Extreme Wine, wine economist and best-selling author Mike Veseth circles the globe searching for the best, worst, cheapest, most expensive, and most over-priced wines, as well as the most outrageous wine people and places, booms and busts. Why go to such extremes? Because the world of wine is growing and changing, and if you want to find out what?s really happening you can?t be afraid to step over the edge. Written with verve and appreciation for all things wine, Extreme Wine will surprise and delight readers.
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In Extreme Wine, wine economist and best-selling author Mike Veseth circles the globe searching for the best, worst, cheapest, most expensive, and most over-priced wines. Mike seeks out the most outrageous wine people and places and probes the biggest wine booms and busts. Along the way he applauds celebrity wines, tries to find wine at the movies, and discovers wines that are so scarce that they are almost invisible. Why go to such extremes? Because, Mike argues, the world of wine is growing and changing, and if you want to find out what?s really happening you can?t be afraid to step over the edge. Written with verve and appreciation for all things wine, Extreme Wine will surprise and delight readers.
Veseth (Wine Wars), who blogs at the Wine Economist, takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the world?s wines in the titular superlatives. Readers may be familiar with French wines, but get ready to explore Canada?s Icewine (made from grapes frozen to 17 degrees Fahrenheit). These highly concentrated wines (popular in Asia) sell for prices ranging from $50 to $500. Veseth discusses how Prohibition (1920?33) impacted the wine industry (most wineries went out of business) as well as loopholes in the Volstead Act that allowed four million gallons of wine to be legally produced in 1925. The most expensive wine should be no surprise to readers: Bordeaux 2009. What?s the worst wine? Veseth writes, ?That?s easy: look down!? Wines can be judged by their prices, with the cheaper wines located at the bottom of the wine shelves. Veseth asserts that celebrity wines such as those made by Yao Ming, Martha Stewart, and Paul Newman don?t necessarily harm the ?real wine? industry and, in fact, encourage wine drinkers to try new varieties. VERDICT History buffs and adventurous wine drinkers are sure to find interesting tidbits about the industry and encounter new wines to hunt down. Highly recommended.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: X-Wines: In Vino Veritas?
Chapter 2: The Best and the Worst
Chapter 3: The Fame Game
Chapter 4: The Invisible Wine
Chapter 5: Money Wine
Chapter 6: Extreme Wine Booms and Busts
Chapter 7: Extreme Wine People
Chapter 8: Celebrity Wine
Chapter 9: Extreme Wine at the Movies
Chapter 10: Extreme Wine Tourism
Chapter 11: Extreme Wine: The Next Generation
Chapter 12: Extreme Wine Adventure
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