Notes on a Cellar-Book.
Since its first publication in 1920, George Saintsbury's classic Notes on a Cellar-Book has remained one of the greatest tributes to drink and drinking in the literature of wine. A collection of tasting notes, menus, and robust opinions, the work is filled with anecdotes and recollections of wi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Press,
2008.
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| Summary: | Since its first publication in 1920, George Saintsbury's classic Notes on a Cellar-Book has remained one of the greatest tributes to drink and drinking in the literature of wine. A collection of tasting notes, menus, and robust opinions, the work is filled with anecdotes and recollections of wines and spirits consumed--from the heights of RomaneĢe-Conti to the simple pleasures of beer, flip, and mum. Thomas Pinney brings this unique work alive for contemporary audiences by providing the keys to a full understanding of Notes on a Cellar-Book in a new edition that includes explanatory endnotes, an. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520942400 052094240X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |