Complete Encyclopedia of Wine or Zinfandel

Complete Encyclopedia of Wine: How to Choose and Enjoy Wines of the World

Author: Robert Joseph

From grape to glass, from Algeria to Zimbabwe, from grand Bordeaux chateaux to the most high-tech million-dollar wineries in California's Napa Valley, The Complete Encyclopedia of Wine covers everything about the world's most varied and complex alcoholic beverage.

With this totally updated and expanded edition of The Complete Encyclopedia of Wine, readers will learn how to find the best vintages of the leading vineyards and what food to eat with particular wines and how to buy with confidence and enhance their enjoyment of the liquor of the vine.

New interesting book: Old World New World or South Was Right

Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine

Author: Charles L Sullivan

The Zinfandel grape--currently producing big, rich, luscious styles of red wine--has a large, loyal, even fanatical following in California and around the world. The grape, grown predominantly in California, has acquired an almost mythic status--in part because of the caliber of its wines and its remarkable versatility, and in part because of the mystery surrounding its origins. Charles Sullivan, a leading expert on the history of California wine, has at last written the definitive history of Zinfandel. Here he brings together his deep knowledge of wine with the results of his extensive research on the grape in the United States and Europe in a book that will entertain and enlighten wine aficionados and casual enthusiasts. In this lively book, Sullivan dispels the false legend that has obscured Zinfandel's history for almost a century, reveals the latest scientific findings about the grape's European roots, shares his thoughts on the quality of the wines now being produced, and looks to the future of this remarkable grape.
Sullivan reconstructs Zinfandel's journey through history--taking us from Austria to the East Coast of the U.S. in the 1820s, to Gold Rush California, and through the early days of the state's wine industry. He considers the ups and downs of the grape's popularity, including its most recent and, according to Sullivan, most brilliant "up." He also unravels the two great mysteries surrounding Zinfandel: the myth of Agoston Haraszthy's role in importing Zinfandel, and the heated controversy over the relationship between California Zinfandel and Italian Primitivo. Sullivan ends with his assessments of the 2001 and 2002 vintages, firmly setting the history ofZinfandel into the chronicles of grape history.

Table of Contents:

	List of illustrations
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	How I Solved the Historical Mysteries Surrounding Zinfandel - Sort Of	1
2	Sojourn in the East	9
3	Ho! For California!	23
4	Plant Your Vineyards! Begin Now!	31
5	Boom! 1872-1890	40
6	The Haraszthy Myth	51
7	The Stealth Grape, 1891-1918	72
8	Prohibition and the Fresh Grape Deal, 1919-1933	84
9	The Two Faces of Zin, 1934-1969	98
10	Of Pendulums and Roller Coasters, 1970-1990	116
11	Fat Years, 1991-2001	130
12	The Mystery of Origins Solved - Probably	147
13	Into the New Century	167
App	Regional Summaries	179
	Notes	193
	Select Bibliography	209
	Index	213