The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec by Ian Mount
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- ISBN 10 0393080196
- ISBN 13 9780393080193
- Published Feb 28 2012
- Format Hardcover
- Page Count 352
- Language English
- Countries United States
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publishers Text
For generations, Argentine wine was famously bad oxidized, unpalatable, and often mixed with a low-class French grape called Malbec. But then in 2001, a Cabernet Sauvignon / Malbec blend beat all contenders in a blind taste test featuring Napa and Bordeaux s finest. Today, Argentina and its signature wine are on the tip of every smart traveler s tongue. How did this happen?The Vineyard at the End of the World tells the fascinating, four-hundred-year history of how a wine mecca arose in the high Andean desert. Profiling the outlandish figures who fueled the Malbec revolution including celebrity enologist Michel Rolland, acclaimed American winemaker Paul Hobbs, and the Mondavi-esque Catena family Ian Mount describes in colorful detail the nefarious scams, brilliant business innovations, and backroom politics that put Malbec on the map.
