History of Wine in America, Volume 1 From the Beginnings to Prohibition

Name: History of Wine in America, Volume 1 From the Beginnings to Prohibition
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ISBN: 9780520254299

ISBN-10: 0520254295

ISBN-13: 9780520254299

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Thomas Pinney

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The Vikings called North America "Vinland," the land of wine. Giovanni de Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first described the grapes of the New World, was sure that "they would yield excellent wines." And when the English settlers found grapes growing so thickly that they covered the ground down to the very seashore, they concluded that "in all the world the like abundance is not to be found." Thus, from the very beginning the promise of America was, in part, the alluring promise of wine. How that promise was repeatedly baffled, how its realization was gradually begun, and how at last it has been triumphantly fulfilled is the story told in this book. It is a story that touches on…

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List price: $38.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English

Thomas Pinneyis Professor of English, Emeritus, at Pomona College. He is the author or editor of several books including the two-volumeA History of Wine in America(UC Press). The second volume of this definitive wine history won the 2006 International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for best book on wine, beer, or spirits.