Steadman, Ralph

Untrodden grapes / Ralph Steadman. - First edition. - xii, 246 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm

Chile -- Spain -- California -- Boggshafft -- Champagne impression -- Gascony -- Wine dogs of the world -- South Africa -- Wine labels -- Wine making -- Sicily -- Burgundy -- Languedoc-Roussillon -- Alsace -- Wine suite -- Old syrah vines.

"From Chile to California, South Africa to Alsace, Ralph Steadman has seen the best of the world's wine-producing regions. On a search for the unique and original, he meets Aurelio Montes, the Chilean winemaker who planted syrah vines on a rocky, south-facing hill in order to "steal the wild complexity of the mountain's soul." In Spain, he learns of the white chalky soil called albariza that produces the sherry of the Jerez region. In California, the author describes crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, driving up into Marin County, and meeting enthusiastic winemakers whose vineyards sit precariously on the San Andreas fault. As the journey continues on through Burgundy, Champagne, and Sicily, Steadman brings the landscape and its people to life with pictures and prose."--BOOK JACKET.

0151011672 9780151011674

2005010763


Wine and wine making

TP548 / .S7213 2005

641.22