A Carafe of Red by Gerald Asher

Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines 2011

Over the last 20 years, Israeli wine manufacturers have raised their criteria to world-class degrees, and created a global wine phenomenon. Rogov's advisor to Israeli Wines is the authoritative consultant to the explosive, Israeli wine scene. Compiled every year due to the fact that 2005 by means of Israel's preeminent wine critic, Rogov s consultant to Israeli Wines describes, kinds and ranks Israeli wines, and discusses the heritage of Israeli wine making and the country's various turning out to be areas and grape varietals.

From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table

Wine is noticeable because the traditional associate of many nice cuisines, yet few humans affiliate it with Persian nutrients, one of many world's so much refined culinary traditions. the binds, in reality, are age-old. From Persia to Napa: Wine on the Persian desk (Mage; $50; 264 pages, with a hundred and sixty colour images) weaves jointly heritage, poetry, a glance at sleek viniculture, and a wealth of recipes and wine pairings to have fun the rightful dating of wine and foodstuff at the Persian desk.

Beer for the GENIUS

Definite, you drink beer. definite, you like beer. yet how a lot do you actually find out about beer? For the sake of argument, let's believe that you just own a good quantity of beer wisdom. barely enough to talk with a few authority at the topic. Fermentation? money. You pretty well obtained that lined. the variation among a stout and an IPA?

A Short History of Drunkenness

Nearly each tradition on the earth has drink, and the place there is drink there is drunkenness. yet in all ages and in each position drunkenness is somewhat diverse. it may be spiritual, it may be sexual, it may be the accountability of kings or the relaxation of peasants. it may be an supplying to the ancestors, or a fashion of marking the tip of a day's paintings.