The Wine snob’s dictionary
Год: 2008
Автор: David Kamp
Издательство: Broadway Books
ISBN: 978-0-7679-3099-4
Язык: Английский
Формат: ePub
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 128
Описание:
A nicely structured, lightly acidic addition to the handy Snob’s Dictionary series, decoding the baffling world of winespeak from A to Z.
Wine Snob. The very phrase seems redundant, doesn't it? When faced with this snobbiest of snobberies, the civilian wine enthusiast needs the help of savvy translators like David Kamp and David Lynch. Their Wine Snob’s Dictionary delivers witty explication of both old-school oeno-obsessions (What's claret? Who's Michael Broadbent?) and such new-wave terms as "malolactic fermentation" and "fruit bomb." Among the other things Kamp and Lynch demystify:
Finish: the Snob code-term for "aftertaste." (Robert Parker includes the stopwatch-measured length of a wine's finish in his ratings.)
Meritage: an American wine classification that rhymes with "heritage," and should NEVER be pronounced "meri-TAHJ."
Terroir: that elusive quality of vineyard soil that has sommeliers talking of "gunflint," "leather," and "candied fruits"
Featuring ripe, luscious, full-bodied illustrations by Snob's Dictionary stalwart Ross MacDonald, The Wine Snob’s Dictionary is as heady and sparkling as a vintage Taittinger, only much less expensive... and much more giggle-inducing. Cheers!
Полный лексикон энологического знания - спецтермины, аббревиатуры, знаменитейшие марки и т.п.
Оглавление
Contents
Title Page
Acknowledgments
An Introductory Note by the Authors
The Wine Snob’s Dictionary
A
B
C
The Ten Most Preciously Named Wines
D
E
F
G
A Bluffer’s Guide to Varietal Cliché-Speak
H
The Epiphany-Wine Short List: A Top Ten for Would-Be Snobs
I
“It’s Fantastic, And no One Knows About It!”
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
A Short Pronunciation Guide to Snobesteemed Wines, Personages, And Things
Q
R
S
T
Which Type of Wine Snob Are You?
U
The Wine Snob Cheat Sheet for Confusing Similarities
V
W
Z
About the Authors
About the Illustrator
Also by David Kamp
