The Curious World of Wine by Vine, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION 1: Wining with the Ancients

STONE AGE WINE NOAH AND MOUNT ARARAT HAMMURABI’S BABYLON NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S BABYLON THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL THE EGYPTIAN GIFT FROM GOD Back from the Hereafter PHARAOH’S WINE TUTANKHAMUN’S TABLE Heavenly Wine ISRAEL’S BIBLICAL WINE Land of Milk and Honey SOCRATES AND HIPPOCRATES GREEK SYMPOSIA: GOLDEN AGE TASTINGS Wine Fiasco DIONYSUS ENTERS THE SCENE A TASTE FOR RETSINA THE EMPIRE RISES UP WINE AT THE FORUM Classy Wine Erotic Emetophiliacs ROMAN CONVIVIA: REVELRY WITH CLASS NOBLE ROMANS BACCHUS: ROMAN GOD OF WINE AND REVELRY END OF THE EMPIRE: BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH BIBLICAL WINE ST. BENEDICT: MIRACLE OF THE WINE CUP

2: French Connections

CHÂTEAU AUSONE: ROMAN SURVIVOR RICHARD THE LIONHEART: DUKE OF AQUITAINE THE SEVENTEEN BARTONS OF BORDEAUX Jefferson Had It Right BARON PHILIPPE DE ROTHSCHILD: SECOND TO NONE CHÂTEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD: MAGNIFICENT IRONY COS D’ESTOURNEL: AN ELEPHANT IN THE CELLAR CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM: THE NOBILITY OF MOLDY GRAPES CHÂTEAU CHEVAL BLANC: REGAL ON THE RIGHT BANK Putting Wines in Their Place PETRUS: PROMINENCE WITHOUT PEDIGREE GARAGE WINE Over the Top SOLDIERS OF WINE French Wine Classification—Wine with Complexity ROMANÉE-CONTI: EPITOME OF BURGUNDY THE MONTRACHETS: ALL IN THE FAMILY Montrachet Legacy THE BOUCHARDS: DRY GOODS TO WET GOODS DROUHIN’S HIDDEN GOLD BEAUJOLAIS: THE GREAT RACE DOM PÉRIGNON: DRINKER OF STARS Before the Bubbles MERRY WIDOWS The Beauty of Champagne CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE: CONFEDERATE SPY? JEAN-CHARLES HEIDSIECK: PROHIBITION BUBBLES Getting a Leg Up COUNT DE VOGUE: CHAMPAGNE HERO CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE: CREATING FRENCH POPES

3: Legends and Lore

TO YOUR HEALTH! HONEYMOON SWEETNESS LACRYMA CHRISTI: THE TEARS OF CHRIST DRUNK AS THE POPE CHARLEMAGNE: NO STAINS ON HIS REPUTATION THE DRAGON VINEYARD OF ALSACE THE WINE WITCH OF DASENSTEIN MIRACLE WINE OF THE BERNCASTELER DOCTOR THE BLACK CAT CELLAR: A FATEFUL FELINE BOCKSBEUTEL: THE GOAT’S SCROTUM SCHLOSS JOHANNISBERG: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER A Dangerous Game BULL’S BLOOD: TERRIFYING WINE PASS THE PORT, PLEASE! ON AND OFF THE WAGON THE BITTER END THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND THE BEAUTY OF LONG LEGS BOOZING IT UP SNEAKY PETE THE HEARTBREAK OF PLONK

4: Founders and Fathers

PENN’S WOODS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: BAWDY BON VIVANT THOMAS JEFFERSON: MONTICELLO MYSTERY GEORGE WASHINGTON: MATCHING MUTTON WITH MADEIRA Rainwater Madeira JOHN HANCOCK: WINE SMUGGLER? PADRE JUNÍPERO SERRA: THE ROYAL ROAD JOSEPH CHAPMAN: PIRATE VINTNER The Left Hand of God THE REVEREND WILLIAM BOSTWICK: ANGLICAN INSPIRATION GEORGE YOUNT: NAPA PIONEER COUNT AGOSTON HARASZTHY: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Where It All Ended JUAN CEDRÓN: ARGENTINA’S MISSION VINEYARDS PADRE FRANCISCO COPIAPÓ: CHILE’S PERFECT TERROIR LANDRIEN AND DE RIVEAU: AUSTRALIA’S CONVICT LEGACY JAMES BUSBY: RAISING THE BAR

5: The Allure of New World Wine

INDIANA: HOOSIER RHINELAND OHIO: BUCKEYE BUBBLY Norton’s Revelation MISSOURI: WINE GATEWAY TO CALIFORNIA THE AMANA COMMUNITY: SOCIALLY INSPIRED ILLINOIS: ALONS EN AMERIQUE The Wedding of Wine and Cheese WIPEOUT! UNCOVERING THE PHYLLOXERA SCOURGE Texas Saves Europe’s Vineyards WASHINGTON STATE ERUPTS WITH WINE Beguiling Burgundy OREGON: AMERICA’S BURGUNDY

6: Movers and Shakers

LELAND STANFORD: MEGA ENTREPRENEUR THE WENTE FAMILY: CALIFORNIA WINE INNOVATORS LEFRANC’S BACCHANALS LOUIS BENOIST: LIVING THE DREAM PAUL MASSON: NO WINE BEFORE ITS TIME GEORGES DE LATOUR: FRENCH CONNECTION André Tchelistcheff: BV’s Winemaking Giant THE GALLO BROTHERS: DOING IT BY THE BOOK Creating Dago Red ROBERT MONDAVI: EMBATTLED VISIONARY Burying the Hatchet LINDEMAN AND PENFOLD: VISIONARIES DOWN UNDER Captain Cook’s Cloudy Bay ROMEO BRAGATO’S PROSPECTS

7: Fascinating Legacies

MAKING THE DEVIL DO IT TH.J. OR NOT TH.J.? THAT IS THE QUESTION Fateful Etchings OOPS! THE CHECK PLEASE! NAUGHTY LABELS JUICY WINE SCANDALS ROAMING GOATS: FUMING FRENCH CATS IN THE BERRY BUSHES THE SALAHIS: FUN AND GAMES IN THE WHITE HOUSE

8: California Chronicles

CALIFORNIA: FROM WHENCE THE NAME THE GIANT VINES OF SANTA BARBARA NAPA: VIVID BEGINNINGS Robert Louis Stevenson: Prelude to Napa Valley Prominence SONOMA: THE LAST MISSION SIERRA FOOTHILLS: GOLD IN THEM THAR VINEYARDS CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST: WINE ON SHAKY GROUND PASO ROBLES: JESSE JAMES’S HIDEOUT CARNEROS: PASTURE BECOMES TREASURE INFIDEL ZINFANDEL: MAKING WINE BLUSH OPUS ONE: CONCEIVED IN BED MERITAGE: A NEW HERITAGE? THE GREAT NAPA VALLEY TRAIN ROBBERY Truce in the Valleys CALIFORNIA VS. FRANCE: BOTTLE SHOCK IN PARIS Continuing the Celebration

9: Charming Wine Characters

CHAMBERTIN: BONAPARTE’S FAVORITE? WINSTON CHURCHILL: BUBBLY PRIME MINISTER Savoring the Moment LEON ADAMS—GOTCHA! RODNEY STRONG: BALLET IN THE VINEYARDS WALTER TAYLOR: THEY DIDN’T GET HIS GOAT KONSTANTIN FRANK: VINIFERA WIZARD JERRY MEAD: CRAFTY CURMUDGEON FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: HOLLYWOOD IN THE NAPA VALLEY Inglenook Returns BACCHUS THE RASCAL Letting It All Hang Out RANDALL GRAHM: BEGUILING VISIONARY Last Rites for an Old Stinker ED KING: THE LITTLE VINEYARD THAT COULD FRED FRANZIA AND TWO BUCK CHUCK: TAKING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT The Revenge of Two Buck Chuck JOHN KENT COOKE: FULFILLING JEFFERSON’S DREAM

10: Wine and Love

A LOVE SONG RECIPES FOR LOVE A CUP OF CHAMPAGNE? CLEOPATRA’S CHARM SPICY TURN-ON THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS WINE, WOMEN, AND SONG WINE AND DATING WINE AND SPICE BETTER THAN SEX? WINE, WOMEN, AND CHOCOLATE THE FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX WINE AND DEVOTION

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