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Index
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Metonymy, morphic resonance, and sommeliers, or, is this wine corked? Yes, but what exactly is wine? So who first invented wine? Will you be needing grapes for that? How did wine help Marduk become king of the Gods? What is terroir, and should we care? Why did Omar Khayyám write so much about wine? What was the truth about Cleopatra’s pearl? What was Falstaff expecting when he called for more sack? What did Jane Austen recommend for heartache? Ceremonial: did you say “Haman” or “Mordecai”? Did Benjamin Franklin really produce a “sprightly claret”? What was George Washington’s favorite wine? What color was the “wine-dark sea”? Who was the first American connoisseur of wine? What was Napoleon’s favorite wine? What was “the blushful Hippocrene”? What was “the blude-red wine”? What are the musical grapes of Weingarten? Which microorganisms make and mar wine? What is it in port that gives you gout? Why is white burgundy so risky? Why do we drink red wine too hot? Why do we drink white burgundy too cold? What does the Six-Day War have to do with wine? “Wine diamonds”: what are they, and are they dangerous? What links Papuan pigs, peacocks, and Pétrus? Is the new Beaujolais in yet? A glass of cryogenic wine, anyone? Ceremonials: why did Alcibiades arrive drunk? Did the 1855 Bordeaux classification have anything to do with quality? Have some madeira, m’dear? Did religion save the California wine industry? Why does Château Palmer have an English name? Can the war on terroir be won? How did steam drive Toulouse-Lautrec to absinthe? When is rot “noble”? How would rhinos do conjuring? To cork or not to cork: that is the question Does wine really provoke the desire and take away the per for mance? What was a “comet wine”? What did Dr. Johnson challenge his Master to drink? Why is hock linked to Queen Victoria? Ceremonial: shall we combine? What wine is “pampered by the sun”? Was Pliny the first Robert Parker? Which Liebfraumilch isn’t Liebfraumilch? What wines did Chaucer’s pilgrims drink? What was the ambrosia of the gods? Did Clarence really drown in a butt of malmsey? Can anyone remember why we drink to forget? When is antifreeze a bad thing? Care for some Gevrey-Chambertin with those organ pipes? Did Slovenia turn the British into a nation of wine drinkers? Does the wine of Antipaxos exist? When should wine smell of petrol? An omelette and a glass of wine? How about a glass of fermented grape must? Shall we have a glass of raisin juice? Ceremonial: will you take wine? Is wine becoming more alcoholic? What was all that about Mateus Rosé? Is English wine any good? Glass of prewar lemonade, chaps? Would this be the vin du pays? Is there still a place for feet in winemaking? Why did native American wine grapes make such bad wine? What can you do with leftover wine? Ceremonial: should you turn your back on the loving cup? Wine, women, and what was the other one? What links wine and olives? How did wine affect American civil rights across 2,250 years? Should wine be decanted? But why would anyone want a swizzle stick? What would go nicely with curry? Does the glass you use make any difference? China tea, yes—but Chinese wine? Do they really make wine from bees? Is there wine in Paradise? When is wine not wine? Who wrote an elegy to a wineglass? What was the Judgment of Paris? Whatever happened to the Nicolas vans? Why did the sommelier weep? Do you understand winespeak? Must you have a guru? They drank how much at a sitting? What is a connoisseur? BIBLIOGRAPHY
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