Wines of the Graves / Pamela Vandyke Price
1988. London New York : Sotheby's Publications ; Available to the USA Book trade from Harper & Row. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #441352
ISBN: 085667334X
Physical description: 388 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: Pt. I. Introduction -- The reason why : sources and dates -- The scene is set -- Where it is and what it is -- Climate -- Pt. II. History -- In the very beginning -- The twilight time : from the sack of Bordeaux to the ducal dynasty -- The dukes -- and the last duchess (Eleanor of Aquitaine) -- Medieval wines and the end of English domination -- The Gascon Pope -- Pape Clément -- Aquitaine becomes French : the end of English rule in 1453 -- 'Graves' as distinct from 'Bordeaux' -- The beginning of modern wines : from the eighteenth century to the present day -- Pt. III. The wines -- The Graves vineyard today : demarcation, the organisations, the shrinking vineyard, the 'technopole', the A.O.C.s, machines in the vineyard -- The vines : the market's dilemma, the vineyards, the grapes, historic plagues, what contribution the grapes make, tasting descriptions, a personal view of the different wines of the Graves : the black grapes, the white grapes -- The wine : the red wines, the white wines, new methods, the role of the oenologist -- What are the wines like? dry white Graves, slightly sweeter white Graves, small-scale red graves, fine red Graves -- Classification : the 'most delicate' questions : the significance of the A.O.C.s, the Cérons region -- The estates : arrangement, non-classified growths, a note about capacity, the classed growths, some other properties -- Lillet : the Graves aperitif -- Tourism : the Lord of La Brède, planning a visit, timing, starting from Bordeaux, guides and visits, maps, some centres and places of interest, excursions in the south, just outside the Graves region -- Appendix I. Family trees : the French and English royal houses -- Appendix II. Stow's Survey of London vintry ward -- Appendix III. Synonyms of grapes of the Gironde in former times -- Appendix IV. The growth of a dry white Bordeaux -- Appendix V. Décret of 8 July 1987 -- Appendix VI. Décret of 9 September 1987 -- Appendix VII. The non-classified growths of the Graves -- Appendix VIII. Production of vintages in the Graves 1976-86 -- Appendix IX. Export of Graves wines 1980-6 -- Appendix X. Stendhal's visit to La Brède. Subjects: Wine and wine making France Graves (Region). Wine tasting.
Price: €18.95