Tasting the Past: One Man's Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World's Original Wines

by Kevin Begos

Book Overview

"A vintner's blend of science, history, travel, and tantalizing drink recommendations." --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist
In search of a mysterious wine he once tasted in a hotel room minibar, journalist Kevin Begos travels along the original wine routes--from the Caucasus Mountains, where wine grapes were first domesticated eight thousand years ago, crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, and then America--and unearths...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616209372
• ISBN13: 9781616209377
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"