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Once the largest vineyard region in the world, the origins of Paris are rooted in wine. Today, hidden amidst its historical monuments and popular quarters, a surprising number of vineyards flourish within the city's parks and gardens. These vines are emblematic of the power of nature and the enduring appeal that wine continues to have in a city that was built on wine.The Hidden Vineyards of Paris offers a unique viewpoint on Paris, inviting readers to explore this other, greener side of the city and celebrate its true origins in wine. Part guidebook, part wine book, The Hidden Vineyards of Paris includes the definitive census of the city's producing and non-producing vineyards, historical anecdotes, practical information, and a map to help the reader locate the vineyards themselves.

The world's first botrytis wine, Hungary's Tokaji won an enviable reputation centuries ago. But never before have the development of its winetypes and the story of its ups and downs in fame and prestige been presented so fully in English. Everything from Hungary's founding in the 10th century through the recent communist period is covered. Relying on an array of Hungarian source materials, Lambert-Gcs sets the information out in encyclopedia fashion, with easily digested A to Z entries in four categories: People; Places; Vineyard-Tracts; Grape Varieties and Wine-making. Each section concludes with essays that tie the entries together. Besides being an outstanding reference work, Tokaji Wine is sprinkled with fascinating notes and bacchic humor that make it a delight to read.

If you read wine reviews from time to time, youre already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what theyre smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed whats so colorfully described as a peacocks tail? Have you ever savored a full-bodied red only to detect the ripe acrid smell of a horse stall? If not, youre in for a treat, because these and thousands more are all here to amuse, dismay, enlighten, inspire, puzzle and utterly shock you. In that spirit, welcome to the rich linguistic universe of wWineSpeak where words and wine intersect (some say, collide) in an uncontrolled riot of language guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours. Theres no other book in the English-speaking world quite like this. The author, a lifelong lover of both wine and words, has compiled and organized this unique thesaurus of 36,975 wine tasting descriptors into 20 special collections extracted from 27 categories so you can locate exactly the right term or phrase to express yourself clearly or to understand others. May your path across the galaxy of wine be paved only with labels from the very best bottles on earth. Or, much more cautiously, with wines that could introduce you to angel pee, citronella, eastern European fruit soup, Godzilla, iodine, ladies underwear, mustard gas, old running shoes, rawhide, hot tar roads, bubblegum, sweaty saddles, crushed ants, kitchen drains or even turpentine.