List of Illustrations.............................ix List of Sidebars..................................xi Preface and Acknowledgments.......................xiii 1. What Is Wine Politics?.........................1 2. Soil and Society...............................7 3. Authenticating Origins.........................37 4. Baptists and Bootleggers.......................67 5. Who Controls Your Palate?......................103 6. Greens, Gripes, and Grapes.....................125 7. Celebrating Diversity..........................145 Notes.............................................149 Bibliography......................................167 Index.............................................173
The year 2005 was the best of times and the worst of times in Bordeaux. While some producers' wines fetched record prices, others went to the distillery to be turned into ethanol. The unusually dry summer gave way to suff ... read full excerpt from Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink ebook
