A Vineyard in My Glass

by Asher, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780520270336
• ISBN10: 0520270339
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-12
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Gerald Asher, who served as Gourmet'swine editor for thirty years, has drawn together this selection of his essays, published in Gourmetand elsewhere, for the collective insight they give into why a wine should always be an expression of a place and a time. Guiding the reader through twenty-seven diverse wine regions in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and California, he shows how every wine worth drinking is a reflection of its terroir- in the broadest sense of that untranslatable word. In evocative reminiscences of wines, winemakers, and the meals he has shared with them, he weaves together climate, terrain, and local history, sharing his knowledge and experience so skillfully that we learn as we are entertained and come to understand, gradually, that the meaning and pleasure of a wine lies always in the context of its origin and in the concurrence of where, how, and with whom we enjoy it.