Research Catalog

Title

Wine : a life uncorked / Hugh Johnson.

Author

Johnson, Hugh, 1939-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press : Published in association with Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ©2005.

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Details

Description

383 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"Hugh Johnson, the preeminent wine writer of our time, now brings to his fans around the world his first major new book in a decade: this stylish, intimate, and delightfully opinionated autobiographical tour through the world of wine. 'A Life Uncorked' weaves Johnson's wide-ranging ruminations, memories, and observations on his remarkable life together with information on every aspect of wine -- from its technical production to its cultural significance. In luminous, utterly engaging prose, he taps into his enormous experience to consider topics such as tasting, cellaring, choosing, understanding, comparing, and buying wine, as well as wine's more ephemeral and personal pleasures, lures, and mysteries. At the heart of 'A Life Uncorked' is the idea that wine is more than a drink; its characteristics link it directly to memory, to locations around the world where grapes are grown and wine is made, and to the dining rooms, restaurants, bars, and gardens where we consume it. Johnson takes us to all of these places and many more in this delightful and revelatory memoir. Peppered with anecdotes throughout, 'A Life Uncorked' simultaneously educates and entertains, giving an absorbing perspective on the complex and fascinating world of wine from one of its most well-known and well-liked aficionados."--

Alternative Title

Life uncorked

Subject

• Johnson, Hugh, 1939-
• Wine writers > Biography
• Food writers > Biography
• Horticultural writers > Biography
• Wine and wine making > Anecdotes
• Wine districts > Anecdotes
• Wine > Evaluation > Anecdotes
• Wine tasting > Anecdotes
• Wine > Flavor and odor > Anecdotes
• Food and wine pairing > Anecdotes
• International travel > Anecdotes
• Food writers
• Horticultural writers
• Wine writers
• Vin

Genre/Form

• Autobiography
• autobiographies (literary works)
• Autobiographies
• Biographies
• Autobiographies.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prospects. A life uncorked ; Points of view ; The technical stuff -- Bubbly. The social drug ; The New World bubbles -- White. Sports Day at Loggerheads ; In an English garden ; Chablis ; The golden drop ; The Loire : A light touch ; Touched by the sun -- Red. The first duty of wine ; Bordeaux with friends ; The First Growths ; Château Latour ; Bordeaux : Left Bank, Right Bank ; The Bordeaux persuasion ; Burgundy ; The Burgundy persuasion ; The warm South ; The wilder shores of wine -- Sweet. Port ; The Noble Rot ; Tokay ; Madeira party.

ISBN

• 0520248503
• 9780520248502

LCCN

• 2005052879
• 9780520248502

OCLC

• ocm61228812
• 61228812
• SCSB-1450643

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library