Everything you could possibly want to know about wine, in one fully up-to-date A-Z volume!The Oxford Companion to Wine is a uniquely comprehensive and in-depth A-Z reference book on every aspect of wine:more than 4,000 entries covering topics from history through geography, geology, soil science, viticulture, winemaking, packaging, academia, technology, and regulations to people and places, tasting, writing, and the language of wine. The system of cross-references takes the reader from one entry to another, showing how all these topics are interconnected in the fascinating story of wine in its most traditional and modern forms. This new fifth edition, which benefits from the knowledge and experience of over one hundred new contributors, all experts in their field or geographical region, is expanded by 272 new entries, and every existing entry has been reviewed, updated, and polished. The text is more international than ever, written for wine lovers of every persuasion, including those who love wine but want
戴尔 德格罗夫(Dale DeGroff)被广泛认为是世界上*著名的调酒师。被《纽约时报》誉为 对鸡尾酒复兴负有全部责任 的十二年间,他在纽约市彩虹厅时尚的长廊酒吧赢得了这一声誉。1987年在那里,他不仅将鸡尾酒菜单重新引入该国,而且开始使用无可挑剔的新鲜食材代替当时广泛使用的混合物从头开始混合饮料。DeGroff尤其以制作独特的鸡尾酒,复兴经典以及从其食材中汲取卓越风味而著称,他为这本主要的调酒指南选择了100种基本饮品和100种其*变种(包括他的许多特色鸡尾酒)。 鸡尾酒只提供那些因风味,有趣的配方或独特技术而引人注目的饮料。这些是每位业余和专业调酒师都必须知道的,马提尼酒,酸酒,高球,热带酒,拳打,糖果和新旧经典,构成了鉴赏家曲目的核心。整本书中都是DeGroff的个人转折,例如浓郁的葡萄柚朱丽叶或令人耳目一新的Yuzu