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Fabulous Lovers/Fabulous Foods

Author: Choral Pepper

Young, mid-aged or vintage, three items that interest everyone are food, romance and gossip— not necessarily in that order. Fabulous Lovers / Fabulous Food embraces all three. Moving from the fictional Lady Chatterly's clandestine assignation on to the philandering of Lord Byron or Liz's Merry-marry-go-round, imagined vignettes depicting the affairs of world-class lovers are adapted to menus and recipes designed to kindle romance in any potential lover. The recipes in Fabulous Lovers / Fabulous Food adapt to a broad spectrum of romantic possibilities stretching from a woody campsite to a palatial retreat, all accompanied by the author's amusing illustrations to further encourage a romantic mode.

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Conserve Water, Drink Wine: Recollections of a Vinous Voyage of Discovery

Author: Ronald S Jackson

Set in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, Conserve Water, Drink Wine: Recollections of a Vinous Voyage of Discovery guides readers through the annual cycle of wine production from the grape on the vine to the bottle of wine on a menu. The vineyards, wineries, and wine shops of this famous wine-producing region serve as backdrops for the basic steps of both grape culture and the wine production process. The book demonstrates the importance of science in the study and appreciation of wine and provides practical advice on the selection, storage, and aging of wine. It also offers readers insight into the modern techniques in grape cultivation and the production of unique wines.

Conserve Water, Drink Wine presents comprehensive information in an accessible narrative style developed around the conversations of a group of wine experts. Both the wine connoisseur and the amateur will find the book's discussions of the following topics engaging and informative:

• making homemade wine
• commercial wine making procedures
• wine tasting techniques
• health aspects of wine consumption
• effects of rootstock, vine training, and organic viticulture on wine quality
• historical and cultural background for food and wine combinations
• impact of soil type, slope, and microclimate on vineyard site selection
  
  This wonderful guidebook has something for everyone--the beginner learns methods for choosing the perfect wine to accompany a particular dinner, while the sophisticate learns special wine making techniques for botrytized, recioto, and carbonic maceration wines. Readers of Conserve Water, Drink Wine emerge at the end of the book better-informed wine consumersand enthusiasts, even inspired to begin their own home wine production.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Arrival in Ithaca	1
Ch. 2	The CWDW Society	11
Ch. 3	Visit to Venture Vineyards and Home Winemaking	27
Ch. 4	Visit to Heron Hill Winery	55
Ch. 5	Views on Wine Selection	75
Ch. 6	Bacchanalian Pleasures and Faults	93
Ch. 7	Thoughts on Wine Quality, Aging, and Fraud Detection	115
Ch. 8	Visit from Dr. Nicholson: Wine and Health	133
Ch. 9	Visit to Gold Seal Winery	147
Ch. 10	Impromptu Meeting	165
Ch. 11	Visit to the Geneva Research Vineyard	185
Ch. 12	Pleasures of the Table	207
	Bibliography	227
	Index	237