Adventures On The Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour Of France
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few books have captured the romance and rigour of wine discovery quite like Adventures on the Wine Route, Kermit Lynch's celebrated account of his years travelling through the vineyards and cellars of France as an American wine importer on a passionate quest for authenticity. With the eye of a connoisseur and the soul of a storyteller, Lynch chronicles his encounters with the legendary and the obscure — the stubborn Burgundian growers, the sun-drenched vignerons of the Rhône, and the iconoclastic winemakers of Provence — painting a vivid portrait of a France that was rapidly vanishing beneath the tide of industrial production. Beyond its role as a buyer's travelogue, the book stands as a landmark work in wine literature, arguing persuasively for the primacy of terroir, tradition, and the individual hand of the artisan over the homogenising forces of the modern market. Lynch's prose is warm, witty, and deeply informed, drawing the reader into a world of candlelit caves, impromptu tastings, and hard-won relationships built on mutual respect for the land. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Gail Skoff that evoke both the beauty and the grit of rural France, this is a work that will leave any lover of wine — and of travel — wondering which bottle to open first.
Author: Kermit Lynch
Format: Hardback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few books have captured the romance and rigour of wine discovery quite like Adventures on the Wine Route, Kermit Lynch's celebrated account of his years travelling through the vineyards and cellars of France as an American wine importer on a passionate quest for authenticity. With the eye of a connoisseur and the soul of a storyteller, Lynch chronicles his encounters with the legendary and the obscure — the stubborn Burgundian growers, the sun-drenched vignerons of the Rhône, and the iconoclastic winemakers of Provence — painting a vivid portrait of a France that was rapidly vanishing beneath the tide of industrial production. Beyond its role as a buyer's travelogue, the book stands as a landmark work in wine literature, arguing persuasively for the primacy of terroir, tradition, and the individual hand of the artisan over the homogenising forces of the modern market. Lynch's prose is warm, witty, and deeply informed, drawing the reader into a world of candlelit caves, impromptu tastings, and hard-won relationships built on mutual respect for the land. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Gail Skoff that evoke both the beauty and the grit of rural France, this is a work that will leave any lover of wine — and of travel — wondering which bottle to open first.