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Book Indiana Wine

    Book Details:
  • Author : James L. Butler
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2001-10-03
  • ISBN : 9780253000583
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Indiana Wine written by James L. Butler and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During election years in the early 1800s, touring politicians would often stop at Vevay in an effort to gather votes. On one such occasion the governor, Jonathan Jennings, was visiting Vevay with his entourage. They all stopped at Father Morerod's home to taste some of his wine. The governor and one or two others from abroad, being unaccustomed to wine, became considerably befuddled, as did some of the 'Vevay boys.' The way back to town was blocked by a large growth of dog fennel, a yellow flowering weed. The politicians passed through this field wearing white trousers and shirts. In their confused condition they soon emerged and presented to the townsfolk an amusing spectacle of the governor and fellow dignitaries wearing yellow pants and yellow spotted vests." -- From Indiana Wine: A History John James Dufour arrived in America in 1796, looking for land for a colony of 'vinedressers.' They first settled in Kentucky, but then purchased land in the Indiana Territory on the north bank of the Ohio River. Here, in the town they called Vevay, the Swiss winegrowers successfully produced America's first commercial wines. In Indiana Wine, a richly anecdotal history of wine production in Indiana, James L. and John J. Butler relate a vintage story of early triumph, followed by precipitous decline, and ending in present-day success. Though the economic decline of the 1820s ended the first flowering of Indiana vineyards, John James Dufour continued his work, and in 1826 he published the first book written about American grape growing and winemaking. Thereafter the heart of America's wine production was centered near Cincinnati, Ohio. That industry collapsed in the 1870s, but small wineries could still be found scattered across southern Indiana. With the coming of Prohibition, the idea of Indiana wine was lost. It was not until the passing of the "Small Winery" law in 1971 that winemaking began anew in the state. Today some 25 wineries, large and small, produce a wide variety of Indiana wine.

Book Wine for Normal People

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  • Author : Elizabeth Schneider
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2019-11-05
  • ISBN : 1452171416
  • Pages : 351 pages

Download or read book Wine for Normal People written by Elizabeth Schneider and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fun but respectful (and very comprehensive) guide to everything you ever wanted to know about wine from the creator and host of the popular podcast Wine for Normal People, described by Imbibe magazine as "a wine podcast for the people." More than 60,000 listeners tune in every month to learn a not-snobby wine vocabulary, how and where to buy wine, how to read a wine label, how to smell, swirl, and taste wine, and so much more! Rich with charts, maps, and lists—and the author's deep knowledge and unpretentious delivery—this vividly illustrated, down-to-earth handbook is a must-have resource for millennials starting to buy, boomers who suddenly have the time and money to hone their appreciation, and anyone seeking a relatable introduction to the world of wine.

Book The Curious World of Wine

Download or read book The Curious World of Wine written by Richard Vine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Curious World of Wine is a fascinating miscellany about the colorful characters, celebrated places, and quirky events surrounding wine-making. Recounting wine tales that are by turns amusing, surprising, and occasionally a bit naughty, wine expert Richard Vine reveals little-known facts such as: • The oldest vineyard still producing grapes is thought to be in Maribor, Slovenia, where vines up to four hundred years old remain fruitful. • “Plonk,” a term used to insult any modestly priced wine, got its name from the French words for white wine—vin blanc, pronounced “vawn blawnk,” which was corrupted to “plawnk” or “plonk.” • Thomas Jefferson was so eager to plant native French vines at his Monticello mansion that he nearly went bankrupt fruitlessly hiring experts to defeat a condition that caused European vines to mysteriously die in North American soil. • Touching wineglasses as a toast was originally a deft move to exchange a splash of wine into each other’s cup to ensure that neither party was being poisoned. The Curious World of Wine will keep any wine fan entertained and enlightened—from the most erudite connoisseur to Two Buck Chuck devotees.

Book The Wild Vine

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  • Author : Todd Kliman
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2011-05-03
  • ISBN : 0307409376
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book The Wild Vine written by Todd Kliman and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters, The Wild Vine is the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today. Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. At a time when the vineyards of France were being ravaged by phylloxera, this grape seemed to promise a bright future for a truly American brand of wine-making, earthy and wild. And then Norton all but vanished. What happened? The narrative begins more than a hundred years before California wines were thought to have put America on the map as a wine-making nation and weaves together the lives of a fascinating cast of renegades. We encounter the suicidal Dr. Daniel Norton, tinkering in his experimental garden in 1820s Richmond, Virginia. Half on purpose and half by chance, he creates a hybrid grape that can withstand the harsh New World climate and produce good, drinkable wine, thus succeeding where so many others had failed so fantastically before, from the Jamestown colonists to Thomas Jefferson himself. Thanks to an influential Long Island, New York, seed catalog, the grape moves west, where it is picked up in Missouri by German immigrants who craft the historic 1873 bottling. Prohibition sees these vineyards burned to the ground by government order, but bootleggers keep the grape alive in hidden backwoods plots. Generations later, retired Air Force pilot Dennis Horton, who grew up playing in the abandoned wine caves of the very winery that produced the 1873 Norton, brings cuttings of the grape back home to Virginia. Here, dot-com-millionaire-turned-vintner Jenni McCloud, on an improbable journey of her own, becomes Norton’s ultimate champion, deciding, against all odds, to stake her entire reputation on the outsider grape. Brilliant and provocative, The Wild Vine shares with readers a great American secret, resuscitating the Norton grape and its elusive, inky drink and forever changing the way we look at wine, America, and long-cherished notions of identity and reinvention.

Book Adventures on the Wine Route

Download or read book Adventures on the Wine Route written by Kermit Lynch and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1990-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kermit Lynch's recounting of his experiences on the wine route and in the wine cellars of France takes the reader through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, Northern and Southern Rhone, and the Cote d'Or.

Book Wineries of Indiana

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  • Author : D. L. Tadevich
  • Publisher : Insurance Publishing Plus
  • Release : 2001-04
  • ISBN : 9780970415400
  • Pages : 106 pages

Download or read book Wineries of Indiana written by D. L. Tadevich and published by Insurance Publishing Plus. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indiana Wineries

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  • Author : Todd Outcalt
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-09
  • ISBN : 9781935628514
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Indiana Wineries written by Todd Outcalt and published by . This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the ultimate guide for the tens of thousands of people who visit Indiana¿s more than seventy wineries each year. Changes in the laws governing wineries over the past decade have led to an explosion of wineries throughout the state. These establish­ments are as varied as the wines themselves many offering tastings, shopping, family activities, live entertainment, restaurants, banquet facilities, and of course some of the best wine anywhere in the Midwest. This guide includes a description of each winery, many photos, maps, and ideas on pairing wines with food, nearby activities, festivals, all six Indiana wine trails. The authors also put together suggested day trips and weekend getaways.

Book Wines of Eastern North America

Download or read book Wines of Eastern North America written by Hudson Cattell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975 there were 125 wineries in eastern North America. By 2013 there were more than 2,400. How and why the eastern United States and Canada became a major wine region of the world is the subject of this history. Unlike winemakers in California with its Mediterranean climate, the pioneers who founded the industry after Prohibition—1933 in the United States and 1927 in Ontario—had to overcome natural obstacles such as subzero cold in winter and high humidity in the summer that favored diseases devastating to grapevines. Enologists and viticulturists at Eastern research stations began to find grapevine varieties that could survive in the East and make world-class wines. These pioneers were followed by an increasing number of dedicated growers and winemakers who fought in each of their states to get laws dating back to Prohibition changed so that an industry could begin.Hudson Cattell, a leading authority on the wines of the East, in this book presents a comprehensive history of the growth of the industry from Prohibition to today. He draws on extensive archival research and his more than thirty-five years as a wine journalist specializing in the grape and wine industry of the wines of eastern North America. The second section of the book adds detail to the history in the form of multiple appendixes that can be referred to time and again. Included here is information on the origin of grapes used for wine in the East, the crosses used in developing the French hybrids and other varieties, how the grapes were named, and the types of wines made in the East and when. Cattell also provides a state-by-state history of the earliest wineries that led the way.

Book Chasing Likes

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  • Author : Carlee Krtolica
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2022-01-08
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Chasing Likes written by Carlee Krtolica and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it's really like to be an influencer? In Chasing Likes, Carlee shares the highs and lows of what it's really like to be an influencer. In a behind the scenes look, she shares the hard work and hustle that it takes to be successful in the field amid all the competition, drama and adolescent behavior that go along with it. Being an influencer isn't all fancy parties and gift boxes arriving at your door - it's a competitive business and there is always someone waiting to take your place. She demystifies the fallacy of what influencers post to their social media feeds and dives into the truth on how influencers make a living trading in the currency of perceptions. In what appears to be a world of wannabe reality stars, Carlee speaks to the main problem facing influencer marketing today: what she dubs "the authenticity gap". Chasing Likes covers everything you've ever wanted to know about the influencer world from mom shaming to mean girls, frenemies, the realities of Instagram engagement, and tackling current social issues including posting the infamous "black square".

Book Indiana Wineries

Download or read book Indiana Wineries written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wine  the Vine and the Cellar

Download or read book Wine the Vine and the Cellar written by Thomas George Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Makers of American Wine

Download or read book The Makers of American Wine written by Thomas Pinney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. Thomas Pinney takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry that now extends to every state. While some names—such as Mondavi and Gallo—will be familiar, others are less well known. These include the wealthy Nicholas Longworth, who produced the first popular American wine; the German immigrant George Husmann, who championed the native Norton grape in Missouri and supplied rootstock to save French vineyards from phylloxera; Frank Schoonmaker, who championed the varietal concept over wines with misleading names; and Maynard Amerine, who helped make UC Davis a world-class winemaking school.

Book Indianapolis Monthly

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2002-06
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Indianapolis Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.

Book The complete travel guide for Indiana

Download or read book The complete travel guide for Indiana written by and published by YouGuide Ltd. This book was released on with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At YouGuide™, we are dedicated to bringing you the finest travel guides on the market, meticulously crafted for every type of traveler. Our guides serve as your ultimate companions, helping you make the most of your journeys around the world. Our team of dedicated experts works tirelessly to create comprehensive, up-todate, and captivating travel guides. Each guide is a treasure trove of essential information, insider insights, and captivating visuals. We go beyond the tourist trail, uncovering hidden treasures and sharing local wisdom that transforms your travels into extraordinary adventures. Countries change, and so do our guides. We take pride in delivering the most current information, ensuring your journey is a success. Whether you're an intrepid solo traveler, an adventurous couple, or a family eager for new horizons, our guides are your trusted companions to every country. For more travel guides and information, please visit www.youguide.com

Book A Bibliography on Grapes  Wines  Other Alcoholic Beverages  and Temperance

Download or read book A Bibliography on Grapes Wines Other Alcoholic Beverages and Temperance written by Maynard A. Amerine and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 00 This bibliography of more than 3,700 items printed in the United States is intended for scholars, researchers, booksellers, and bibliophiles interested in viticulture, enology, alcoholic beverages, and the temperance and prohibition movements. The variety of scientific, technical, and popular works listed provides a wide-ranging perspective and reveals complex interrelationships--scientific, technological, philosophical, religious, historical, and sociological--among the subjects covered. This bibliography of more than 3,700 items printed in the United States is intended for scholars, researchers, booksellers, and bibliophiles interested in viticulture, enology, alcoholic beverages, and the temperance and prohibition movements. The variety of scientific, technical, and popular works listed provides a wide-ranging perspective and reveals complex interrelationships--scientific, technological, philosophical, religious, historical, and sociological--among the subjects covered.

Book A Bibliography on Grapes  Wines  Other Alcoholic Beverages  and Temperance

Download or read book A Bibliography on Grapes Wines Other Alcoholic Beverages and Temperance written by M. A. Amerine and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

Book Indianapolis Monthly

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003-11
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Indianapolis Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.