- Paperback: 136 pages
- Publisher: Mitchell Beazley; illustrated edition edition (15 Mar 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857325818
- ISBN-13: 978-1857325812
- Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 14.7 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,130,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Combining detailed wine information with general tourist tips, this guide explores the classic French wine region. Included is a list of recommended wine producers, hotels, restaurants and other places of interest.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Alsace (Touring in Wine Country) (Paperback)
This book is OK if you just want to stop your car in an Alsace village and find out who is the most reputed grower(s) of that village plus get a suggestion of what to taste. The book seems well-informed and the maps work all right as long as you stick to the beaten track. However, if you really get hooked on Alsace wines and want to do it properly, you need - in addition to this book - a) Tom Stevenson's "The Wines of Alsace" (Faber & Faber); b) a proper Alsace map, such as one of the Michelin 1:200,000s; c) maps of the villages (from the local tourist information office; they usually give you booklets with maps of several villages).Fore some reason, Duijker's book doesn't include the addresses and telephone numbers of the producers. You'll find them in Stevenson's book, and then you can look them up on the village maps. Whereas Duijker makes everything sound nice in a sort of pedestrian way, Stevenson's book is a treasure trove of information and enthusiasm. It has sections where you can look up villages, grands crus, lieux-dits, producers and styles of wines. The last two sections, in particular, put things into perspective and make you want to go out there and find out if you agree with the man. The maps in this series seem to be printouts of the maps in Hugh Johnson's "World Atlas of Wine" (sometimes viewed from the opposite perspective). For Alsace, this means a scale of 1:90,000, so they only show the approximate locations (and boundaries) of the grands crus and omit the other lieux-dits altogether (except Kaefferkopf, of course). In contrast, the Burgundy book in the same series (incidentally written by the same author) uses maps of 1:25,000, which are much better. Stevenson's book has more accurate maps, even though you have to look up the grands crus separately. And if you're really keen, you can work out from the text what maps to find some of the lieux-dits on - except Clos Sainte-Hune. For some reason, the location of this obvious place of pilgrimage isn't indicated properly in any of the two books. All in all a useful book, but still not quite enough for the real enthusiast.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
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Alsace or bust!,
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This review is from: Alsace (Touring in Wine Country) (Paperback)
Having never been to the Alsace region, I cannot personally verify the accuracy of this book's information. However, I can vouch for its tantalizing pull compelling me to make the trip!This book is well organized and perfectly suited to the reader/traveller who is making a first aquaintance with the Alsace region of France. Though its main focus is introducing the many wines which are produced in this area, I found it to be very informative regarding the history, architecture, and other main attractions of the local cities, towns, and villages. I would definitely recommend it to the everyday traveller as well as the connoisseur interested in a wine touring holiday. The preface of the book includes a general introduction to the area, its local cuisines, and wine making traditions. Accompanied with many great pictures, the book then reviews numerous towns and villages which are chosen primarily for their wine making appeal. Each town is introduced with a brief historical background and charmingly described in prose that belies the practical layout of the book: "Possibly the most beautiful spot in the Turckheim is the Place Turenne, tucked behind the Port de France gate. If you spend an evening in the village, listen out for the singing night watchman, who continues a centuries-old Turckheim tradition. Each evening at 10 pm, armed with his halberd and lantern, he walks through the streets passing through each of the gates and warns inhabitants to 'watch their hearths and candles'." The book outlines the local hotels and restaurants in each town, including phone numbers and typical prices of these establishments. It also lists local places of interest, market times, and seasonal wine festivals. My enthusiasm to visit Alsace has been greatly enhanced by this book. I can almost taste the choucroute and Munster cheese, imagining myself ensconsed in one of the many delightful Alsatian villages. |
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