- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (16 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 184000777X
- ISBN-13: 978-1840007770
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 17.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 521,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Riesling has recently undergone an incredible leap in reputation, establishing itself once again as one of the world's great wines. Freddy Price documents this renaissance, celebrating Riesling's fascinating history and heritage, and covering the nine countries and fifteen regions that produce Riesling - from the cool-climate, steep slopes of the Mosel Valley to the hot, dry plains of Australia. He gives detailed accounts of the world's top Riesling producers, including vital information on specific vineyard sites, production methods, and the range of wines produced. There are reviews of the best vintages, as well as recommendations of which wines are best to drink now. Over fifty full-colour photographs illustrate the diversity of the landscapes, and ten maps locate the top vineyard sites and the key Riesling producers.
About the Author
Freddy Price has worked as a wine merchant, agent, and consultant. In 1985, he set up the highly successful "The Magnificent Seven", an agency representing seven major producers in Germany. He writes about German wine for Decanter and he regularly lectures and judges on tasting panels. His passion for Riesling has driven him to travel the world experiencing how it is made in different climates. Janet Price's photographs illustrate wine books and magazines around the world. She has taken some hair-raising trips to South America, Australia, and almost every other wine-producing country in the world. Freddy and Janet live in London.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As you can gather from the title of the book, this is a book about what IMHO is the world's best grape variety, Riesling. For a long time, it has been the favoured white wine variety of wine writers and wine nuts such as myself, probably because of three reasons: it has a lot of personality, it works well all along the scale from bone dry to intensely sweet, and it reflects "terroir" (local conditions) probably better than any other grape variety. It has been much less popular with consumers in general, but this has changed slightly in recent years, which is what the "Riesling Renaissance" is about. I suppose that the two main reasons are that German winemakers have been making a lot more of quality dry Rieslings and there is simply too much Chardonnay around.
Now, this nice book is rather about the Riesling producers and the Riesling-producing regions in general, than specifically about the Riesling Renaissance as a phonomenon. It is an encyclopaedic varietal book, not a textbook or a book with a story.
After a short general introduction, we get some text about each country/region and then a list of the main Riesling producers, together with some nice illustrations. After some details/statistics, there is a short text about each producer. In many cases, we get a few short tasting notes from the author's visit. While it gives some concrete illustration to the quality and style you can expect from each producer, these tasting notes will become outdated very quickly. I'm not sure if it's really a good idea to include them in a book like this.
Another objection is that the book is somewhat "thin" on the general introduction and the overview of each country, and that interesting pieces of information is spread here and there in the sections, although I doubt that anyone will read a book like this from cover to cover. For example, I think that the Riesling Renaissance as such could have been given more coverage. Despite these small drawbacks, this is a good book that belongs on every Riesling fan's bookshelf.
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A finely considered overview of riesling
19 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautifully written overview (192pp)of world Riesling production, with particular focus on German/Germanic production which many of still feel is the core of great Rieslings. The writer has been a noteworthy London-based merchant for almost 50 years, and his experience translates into gratifying narrative with many personal reminiscences; the small volume is greatly enhanced by superb graphics, including maps and first-class photos of the sites, architectural detail (such as the evocative 50 degree latitude marker among the vines at Schloss Johannisberg) and portraits of current owners.
While hardly comprehensive (such a volume remains to be written), it's an admirable and delightful snapshot of the vine today.
While hardly comprehensive (such a volume remains to be written), it's an admirable and delightful snapshot of the vine today.
Good overview of top producers
24 April 2010
Format:Hardcover
Although not long on detail, I found this book to be an excellent reference point on the top producers in Germany, Alsace, and in New World winemaking regions. The photos were also breathtaking.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Terrible Book
10 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
This was the most disappointing book ever.
You would think that given the entire book is devoted to Riesling, that there would actually be a lot of information about Riesling in the book. However, that is not the case. Instead the book is just a collection of 1/2 page overviews of the different Riesling producers. The overviews go into so little depth that they are essentially worthless. They are primarily devoted to telling you how the current owner acquired the business.
The actual discussion of Riesling takes place in 4 pages. That's right, 4 pages. Of course, the majority of those 4 pages simply talk in very abstract terms about the fact that Riesling is becoming more popular than it used to be. So there really is nothing in terms of the factual information you might expect.
Here is a very brief list of the topics NOT included in this book.
No discussion of the different Riesling QMP levels (kabinett, spatlese, auslese, etc.)
No discussion of exactly how Riesling is produced.
No discussion of how to purchase Riesling, or auctions, or distribution methods.
No discussion of how to drink Riesling (audouze method, temperature, etc.).
ETC.
The nice color pictures in this book are its only redeeming quality.
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
You would think that given the entire book is devoted to Riesling, that there would actually be a lot of information about Riesling in the book. However, that is not the case. Instead the book is just a collection of 1/2 page overviews of the different Riesling producers. The overviews go into so little depth that they are essentially worthless. They are primarily devoted to telling you how the current owner acquired the business.
The actual discussion of Riesling takes place in 4 pages. That's right, 4 pages. Of course, the majority of those 4 pages simply talk in very abstract terms about the fact that Riesling is becoming more popular than it used to be. So there really is nothing in terms of the factual information you might expect.
Here is a very brief list of the topics NOT included in this book.
No discussion of the different Riesling QMP levels (kabinett, spatlese, auslese, etc.)
No discussion of exactly how Riesling is produced.
No discussion of how to purchase Riesling, or auctions, or distribution methods.
No discussion of how to drink Riesling (audouze method, temperature, etc.).
ETC.
The nice color pictures in this book are its only redeeming quality.
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
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