Great family wine estates of France : style, tradition, home /
Santos, Solvi Dos.
Great family wine estates of France : style, tradition, home / Solvi dos Santos ; text by Florence Brutton. - New York : Thames & Hudson, 2010 - 244, [12] p. : col. ill. 28 cm.
A visual journey to the French wine industry photographed by Solvi dos Santos. In particular, it features all the wine-producing regions of France, from the Taittinger champagne cellars housed in 4th-century Roman chalk caves in Reims, to Château de Pennautier, the "Versailles of Languedoc". Florence Brutton, a wine expert, explains the idea of terroir (the idiosyncratic growing conditions that define and distinguish each area of cultivation) and the importance of local wine-related customs.
9780500515310
Vineyards--France
Vineyards--France
Wine and wine making--France
TP 553 / .Sa59 2010
Great family wine estates of France : style, tradition, home / Solvi dos Santos ; text by Florence Brutton. - New York : Thames & Hudson, 2010 - 244, [12] p. : col. ill. 28 cm.
A visual journey to the French wine industry photographed by Solvi dos Santos. In particular, it features all the wine-producing regions of France, from the Taittinger champagne cellars housed in 4th-century Roman chalk caves in Reims, to Château de Pennautier, the "Versailles of Languedoc". Florence Brutton, a wine expert, explains the idea of terroir (the idiosyncratic growing conditions that define and distinguish each area of cultivation) and the importance of local wine-related customs.
9780500515310
Vineyards--France
Vineyards--France
Wine and wine making--France
TP 553 / .Sa59 2010
