A Carafe of Red - Softcover

Asher, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520270320 ISBN 13: 9780520270329

Publisher: University of California Press, 2012

Synopsis

Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past thirty years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those who simply enjoy vivid evocations of people and places. Asher puts wine in its context by taking the reader on a series of discursive journeys that start with the carafe at his elbow. In his introduction, Asher says, “Wine . . . draws on everything and leads everywhere.” Whether the subject is a supposedly simple red wine shared in a Parisian café or a Napa Valley Cabernet tasted with its vintner, every essay in A Carafe of Red is as pleasurable as the wines themselves.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Praise for Gerald Asher’s A Vineyard in My Glass:

“Gerald Asher’s name snaps wine types to attention for good reason . . . shimmering, detailed prose [that] can often relay a wine’s cultural tale in a single sentence.”―Jon Bonné, San Francisco Chronicle

“There is a timelessness to his writing . . . a literary pleasure.”―Lettie Teague, The Wall Street Journal

About the Author:

Gerald Asher is author of The Pleasures of Wine, Vineyard Tales, Wine Journal, and On Wine. As an international wine merchant, he was decorated by the French Government in 1974 for his contribution to French viticulture, in 2001 was named Outstanding Wine Professional of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, and in 2009 was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintner’s Hall of Fame.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0520270320
• ISBN 13: 9780520270329
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296