About this title: Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the full story of the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best.
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Description: Fair. 0743247515 Has light chew marks at top left corner of front cover; otherwise book is almost like new. Heavily used condition. Five star seller-Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2006-11-21
ISBN-13:9780743297325ISBN:0743297326
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library Hard Cover-VG/VG-Book and dust jacket are clean and tight with only light wear-Index-326 pages-Original price of 26.00 present. -Ex-Library. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2005-09-13
ISBN-13:9780743247511ISBN:0743247515
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-library with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. otherwise clean & tight throughout. If not for library marks this book would be Like New. Mylar over dust jacket. We ship 6 days a week, generally within 24 hours; single CDs and DVDs upgraded to 1st class! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743247511ISBN:0743247515
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. Clean. Tight binding. 327 pages. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Scribner, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743247511ISBN:0743247515
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is a true story of the legendary Paris Tasting 0f 1976-a blind tasting where French shocked the industry by choosing unknown Californias wines of France's best-and its revolutionary impact oin the word of wine. " This book has 327 pages. read more
Description: Very good. By George M. Taber; ISBN: 0743247515; Pub. : Scribner; Pub. Date: 2005-09-13; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 15.2 oz.; Appears to have been gently read, if at all. by George M. Taber; ISBN: 0743247515; Pub. : Scribner; Pub. Date: 2005-09-13; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 15.2 oz.; Appears to have been gently read, if at all. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SCRIBNER % MACMILLAN
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780743297325ISBN:0743297326
Description: New. Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the full story of the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best. read more
"In general, I liked the idea of this book; however, it got extremely technical for me, and I started to lose interest. On the other hand, I have a new appreciation for wine, thus will probably drink more of it."
"The first 2/3 was fantastic; great stories about the emergence (or reemergence) of the California wine industry after prohibition, and the "players" in the '76 Paris Tasting. The last 1/3 turned into an examination of the globalization of the wine industry. Interesting, but a great departure from the fun of the first part."
"WHY I PICKED IT UP: I'd heard good things, and I wanted to learn more about recent history of wine.
NOW THAT I'VE READ IT: I absolutely loved this book. It is well written, very interesting, and I enjoyed the balance of talking about wine, wine making, life stories, and state of the current industries.
The book is broken into a couple sections. To me, the main sections were:
1) Recent history of wine, profiles on key players/wineries, stories behind some of the wines in the 1976 Paris Tasting. 2) The 1976 Paris Tasting 3) Profiles on interesting wine regions, France and California
I preferred the first section and last section. I really enjoyed learning about wineries I know about, people I've heard about, etc. from spending so much time in Napa. And then this provided a good point of comparison when reading the last section about other wine regions. The middle section, specifically about the 1976 Paris Tasting, was still interesting and well written, but I was not as engaged.
Highly recommended to anyone interested in the wine industry."
"A great read about an actual event told by the only journalist there. He relates the facts with a great storytelling style. I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot about wine."
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