Nicholas Faith

Cognac

The story of the world's greatest brandy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully revised third edition of Cognac: The story of the world's greatest brandy provides an authoritative account of how the much-loved spirit is produced and matured, an engaging review of the history and personalities, and a comprehensive directory of cognac producers and their products.

Produktdetails

• The Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library
• Verlag: Infinite Ideas Limited
• revised and updated
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781908984654
• ISBN-10: 1908984651
• Artikelnr.: 44659094

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: THE MAKING OF COGNAC 1. Land, vine,
wine 2. Distillation: the heart of the matter 3. Brandy + age + oak =
cognac 4. The personality of cognac Part II: THE STORY OF COGNAC 5. From
salt to wine to Cognac brandy 6. Revolutions on the road to days of glory
7. Disaster, recovery, occupation 8. Thirty golden years 9. Not just a
drama, a crisis 10. Fight-back Part III: ALL ABOUT THE COGNACS 11. The
enjoyment of cognac 12. The producers and their brandies Glossary Appendix
I: THE LAW Cognac and the law Distillation Ageing Allied products Le Bureau
National Interprofessionel du Cognac (BNIC) Recent restrictions Appendix
II: THE FIGURES Size Production Sales Bibliography Index