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THE MAKERS OF AMERICAN WINE: A Record of Two Hundred Years
by Pinney, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520269535
- ISBN 13
- 9780520269538
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Thomas Pinney on the title page. "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." Octavo: xviii, 318 p. with 36 illustrations. Original blue paper-covered boards, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75709
- Title
- THE MAKERS OF AMERICAN WINE: A Record of Two Hundred Years
- Author
- Pinney, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520269535
- ISBN 13
- 9780520269538
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Wine Making, Viticulture, Vintners, Viticulturalists, Americana, Alcohol, Drinking
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