A History of North Carolina Wine

by Helsley, Alexia Jones

• ISBN13: 9781596299528
• ISBN10: 1596299525
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-26
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Take a Journey through the long and exciting history of North Carolina grapes and vines. The state's native grapes grew with a wild abandon that uniformly impressed early explorers. Wine production, however, is another story-one with peaks and valleys and switchbacks. Alexia Jones Helsley recounts a tale of promise that was long unfulfilled, of disappointments and success and of competing visions and grapes. These pages speak to those intrigued by the romance of the native muscadines, appreciative of the complex varieties of North Carolina wine and fascinated by the enduring drama of human beings and their dreams. In the Old North State, the highly acclaimed vineyards of today have deep roots in the state's past. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Two Vineyard Visions	p. 9
Acknowledgements	p. 13
Prologue. Taste and Eat	p. 15
The Land, the Grape and the Dream	p. 17
Medoc and Commercial Success	p. 33
Virginia Dare and Friends	p. 47
Doom and Bloom	p. 71
Scuppernong and Syrah	p. 83
Epilogue. Present and Future	p. 97
Glossary of Wine Terms	p. 105
For Additional Reading	p. 107
Index	p. 109
About the Author	p. 125
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