Corkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine Country by Robert V. Camuto

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ISBN 10 0803276354
ISBN 13 9780803276352
Published Oct 29 2008
Format Hardcover
Page Count 240
Language English
Countries United States
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Imprint University of Nebraska Press

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Robert V. Camuto's interest in wine turned into a passion when he moved to France and began digging into local soils and cellars. "Corkscrewed" recounts Camuto's journey through France's myriad regions - and how the journey brought about a profound change in everything he believed about wine. The world of great wines was once dominated by great Bordeaux ch teaux. As those ch teaux were bought up by moguls and international corporations, the heart of French winemaking moved into the realm of small producers, whose wines reflect the stunning diversity of regional environment, soil, and culture - terroir.In this book we follow Camuto across France as he works harvesting grapes in Alsace, learns about wine and bombs in Corsica, and eats and drinks his way through the world's greatest bacchanalia in Burgundy. Along the route he discovers a new generation of winemakers who have rejected chemicals, additives, and technologically altered wines. His book charts an odyssey into this new world of French wine, a world of biodynamic winegrowing, herbal treatments, lunar cycles, and grape varieties long ago dismissed as 'difficult'. A celebration of the diversity that makes French wine more than a mere commodity, Camuto's work is a delightful look beyond the supermarket to the various flavours offered by the true vintners of France.