Reflections of a Wine Merchant
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374531781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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S. Timko said An interesting read. Neal Rosenthal has written a good book about his experience in the wine business.Inevitably it's going to be compared to Kermit Lynch's "Adventures on the Wine Route." That's the benchmark for wine books of this sort and I'm not sure anyone is going to equal it. Lynch is a good story teller as well as being kind of a Lewis & Clark of U.S. wine merchants, which gave him incredible stories to tell.One of Rosenthal's chapters is a direct rebuttal to "Adventures on the Wine Route," where he discusses the problems . "A Voice That Needs to be Heard" according to Leslie M. Ficcaglia. I must have read a different book than the one reviewed so unfavorably here, although the title and the author are the same. "Reflections of a Wine Merchant" was exactly what I had hoped it would be when I bought the book for my husband, the winemaker in the family. He found the book opinionated but dead-on right, and he felt that it was about time that someone wrote to decry the industrialization of wine and the homogenization of taste. When we have finally lost the ability to appreciate terroir or even the o. Contrasting View Amazon Customer I don't get the vitriol of the first three reviewers. Concerning their complaints that this book is full of Neal's opinions and rants: yes, it is. If they were looking for nothing but raw facts perhaps they should have selected a book that wasn't autobiographical. As for the quality of the writing: while Neal does tend to be a little over-the-top with his comparisons, his use of the English language is quite good albeit old-fashioned.Personally, I really enjoyed this book. It's a quick, fun read as long as you
His is an important voice in defense of the individual and the artisanal, and their contribution to our quality of life.. He was also a major subject in Lawrence Osborne's The Accidental Connoisseur. Rosenthal has immersed himself in the culture of Old World wine production, working closely with his growers for two and sometimes three generations. Rosenthal set out to learn everything he could about wine. He is one of the leading exponents of the concept of "terroir"the notion that a particular vineyard site imparts distinct qualities of bouquet, flavor, and color to a wine. Today, he is one of the most successful importers of traditionally made wines produced by small family-owned estates in France and Italy. A leading importer of limited-production wines of character and quality takes us on an intimate tour through family-owned vineyards in France and Italy and reflects upon the last three decades of controversy, hype, and change in the
Neal I. Rosenthal was born in New York City in 1945 and was educated at Rutgers, Columbia, and New York University. He lives on a fifty-seven-acre farmstead in Pine Plains, New York, which produces organic eggs, buckwheat honey, fruit, and vegetables.
The period he chronicles was one of enormous developments in wine, from California through globalization, and he writes intelligently of the problems that came with progress. . (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Then, Rosenthal takes us on an autobiography of his life as a wine merchant, starting with the opening of his Manhattan shop in 1978, from early misadventures and small-scale successes to the ferreting of significant discoveries far off the paths habitual