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Barolo to Valpolicella: The Wines of Northern Italy (Classic Wine Library)
by Nicolas Belfrage
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$19.77
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Hardcover: 356 pages
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley; Rev Upd edition April 8, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1840009012
ISBN-13: 978-1840009019
Product Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Book Description
Along with its companion volume, the highly successful Brunello to Zibibbo, this is a benchmark title on Italian wines. Nicolas Belfrage,a regular contributor to Decanter magazine, explores the mysteries of Northern Italian viniculture, focusing on dozens of wines ranging from the normale to the highest-quality single-vineyard masterpieces. Using many local and international grape varieties as signposts, he guides the reader through such magical areas as Valpolicella, South Tyrol, and Trentino as well as the hills of Bologna and the Po Valley plain, where Lambrusco wines really did once hang from trees. Enhancing his text with an extensive listing of producers, a helpful glossary of Italian terms, and even a guide to pronouncing Italian words, Belfrage has written one of the most complete and accessible guides to today's Italian wines yet to be published.
This review is from: Barolo to Valpolicella: The Wines of Northern Italy (Classic Wine Library) (Paperback)
Nicolas Belfrage has used his extensive wine knowledge and more importantly his excellent understanding of Italy to write a book for the serious wine lover. Belfrage takes you completely across northern Italy and describes the wines of each area. While he doesn't give vintage charts for the wines, he does discuss the recognized better producers which allows the reader to find the wines and make his own decisions. More maps and some color pictures would have made the book more visually appealing, but would have increased the cost and made the book less travel friendly. It's definitely a condensed source of information that will prove very useful to the Italian tourist/wine traveler. I've been fortunate enough to have seen many of the wine areas in northern Italy. I wish I would have had this book with me. On my next trip, Belfrage's book will be packed in my carry-on.
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Barolo to Valpolicella: The Wines of Northern Italy (Classic Wine Library)
by Nicolas Belfrage
Available from Amazon
$19.77
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