Madeira: The islands and their wines Contributor(s): Mayson, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1908984759 ISBN-13: 9781908984753 Publisher: Infinite Ideas
Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 2016 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Classic Wine Library |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Beverages - Alcoholic- General - Travel | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
Series: Classic Wine Library |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.84 lbs) 284 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Glossary |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Madeira wine is currently experiencing a renaissance. It is a wine that behaves like almost no other. Heat and air, the sworn enemies of most wines and winemakers, conspire to turn madeira into one of the most enthralling of the world's wines as well as the most resilient. Madeira wines from the nineteenth and even the eighteenth centuries still retain an ethereal, youthful gloss. Once the cork is removed, the wine comes to no harm, even if the bottle is left open and on ullage for months on end. If ever there was a wine to take to a desert island, this is it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mayson, Richard: - Richard Mayson is an award-winning wine writer and an authority on Portuguese wine. A lecturer and consultant, he writes for Decanter, Wine International and The World of Fine Wine and is a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Wine and Larousse Encyclopaedia of Wine. His books include Portugal's Wine and Winemakers and The Wines and Vineyards of Portugal. He is Chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards for Port and Madeira Wine and the owner of a vineyard in the Alto Alentejo region. |
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