The Terroir of Whiskey : : A Distiller's Journey Into the Flavor of Place / / Rob Arnold.

Turn over a bottle of wine and you may well see a reference to its terroir, the total local environment of the vineyard that grew the grapes, from its soil to the climate. Winemakers universally accept that where a grape is grown influences its chemistry, which changes the flavor of the wine. A deta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I FASHIONING FLAVOR, TASTING TERROIR
  • 1 A FARM IN TEXAS
  • 2 THE PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF FLAVOR
  • 3 THE CHEMISTRY OF FLAVOR
  • 4 THE WINE TERROIR TASTING
  • 5 WINE COUNTRY
  • 6 THE EVOLUTIONARY ROLE OF TERROIR
  • 7 THE RISE OF COMMODITIES
  • PART II A ROADMAP TO TERROIR
  • 8 A TEXAS TIC- TAC- TOE
  • 9 THE CHEMISTRY OF TERROIR
  • 10 THE ROADMAP
  • 11 OVERLAYING THE MAPS
  • PART III FOLLOWING THE MAP
  • 12 WHISKEY IN THE BIG APPLE
  • 13 THE TRILOGY OF FARMING
  • 14 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME
  • 15 CORN, WHEAT, AND RYE AMONG THE BLUEGRASS
  • 16 ACROSS THE POND AND THROUGH THE HILLS
  • 17 TĒIREOIR
  • 18 CULTIVATING FLAVOR ON THE FARMS OF ÉIRE
  • 19 AT LAST, A SIP
  • 20 THE CHURCH OF SCOTCH WHISKY
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • INDEX