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Drinking with the Valkyries
- Writings on Wine
Engelsk Paperback
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Drinking with the Valkyries
- Writings on Wine
Engelsk Paperback

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“A new sort of literary gumption arrived on the scene with Andrew Jefford; a powerful blend of science and poetry. Here is a writer who does his interviews, delves deep into motives and methods, and then lets fly with whatever imagery he finds winging by.” Hugh Johnson (2019)

Poet, philosopher, author, radio presenter and journalist, Andrew Jefford lives in France; but buried deep in one wine country what does he miss most about the rest? The answer: “Drinking young port. It’s the wine drinker’s equivalent of zorbing, wing-walking, base-jumping … you won’t fully understand it unless you have tasted it young, in its ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ stage, when it comes hurtling out of the glass and puts the screamers on you...”

Andrew is the ideal companion for anyone wine-curious. In this collection of his essays, opinions and articles he shares his fascinating observations from half a century of discovery. For Andrew, wine should be listened to and admired, wherever it comes from; old-school pretensions turned on their head; style-points disdained; stellar prices dismissed; questions asked...

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781913141516
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1913141519
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Udg. Dato:
1 maj 2024
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
216mm
Højde:
153mm
Forlag:
ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED
Oplagsdato:
1 maj 2024
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