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Zinfandel A History of a Grape and Its Wine

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ISBN-10: 0520239695

ISBN-13: 9780520239692

Edition: 2010

Authors: Charles L. Sullivan, Paul Draper

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The Zinfandel grape--currently producing big, rich, luscious styles of red wine--has a large, loyal, even fanatical following in California and around the world. The grape, grown predominantly in California, has acquired an almost mythic status--in part because of the caliber of its wines and its remarkable versatility, and in part because of the mystery surrounding its origins. Charles Sullivan, a leading expert on the history of California wine, has at last written the definitive history of Zinfandel. Here he brings together his deep knowledge of wine with the results of his extensive research on the grape in the United States and Europe in a book that will entertain and enlighten wine…    
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List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/2/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

#60;b#62;Charles Taliaferro#60;/b#62; is Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College, and the author and editor of 11 books, including #60;i#62;Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion Since the Seventeenth Century#60;/i#62; (2005). He is on the editorial board of #60;i#62;American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophy Compass, Sophia#60;/i#62;, and #60;i#62;Religious Studies#60;/i#62;, and has been a visiting scholar at Oxford, Princeton, NYU, and Columbia universities.#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Paul Draper#60;/b#62; is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, and a former president of the Society for Philosophy of Religion. He is the author of "Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for…    

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
How I Solved the Historical Mysteries Surrounding Zinfandel--Sort Of
Sojourn in the East
Ho! For California!
Plant Your Vineyards! Begin Now!
Boom! 1872-1890
The Haraszthy Myth
The Stealth Grape, 1891-1918
Prohibition and the Fresh Grape Deal, 1919-1933
The Two Faces of Zin, 1934-1969
Of Pendulums and Roller Coasters, 1970-1990
Fat Years, 1991-2001
The Mystery of Origins Solved--Probably
Into the New Century
Regional Summaries
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index