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Title: Vinum: The Story of Roman Wine by Stuart Fleming ISBN: 0-9712742-0-7 Publisher: Art Flair Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $38.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: In Vino Veritas
Comment: Vinum is is an attractive and very informative little book that tells us virtually everything we might want to know about the role wine played in the Roman world. How were the vines that produced it grown? Who made it and where? How was it harvested and prepared? How was it stored and shipped? How was it kept? Who drank it and what different qualities were available? What were Roman taverns like? Were Roman parties sometimes as wild as we think they were? What did the Romans think about wine? All of these questions, and more, are answered in a very readable text embellished with numerous colorful drawings, charts, photographs and maps. In fact, many of the areas of Europe where great wines are produced today also produced wines under the Romans, and even now not only are some of the grape varieties the same, but some of the growing methods are as well. Anyone who really likes wine ought to very much enjoy having this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Taste of Ancient Rome
Comment: A sumptuous introduction to wine production, distribution, and consumption in the world of ancient Rome. VINUM is beautifully illustrated and produced, and it's an easy read. Would make a really nice present for anyone who enjoys drinking wine.
But it's not only pretty and polished. Also a really good introduction for the academic reader -- student or teacher. Fleming carefully and fully documents ancient and modern sources, and he provides the reader with an excellent survey of the state of knowledge. The references point the way to further research.
Especially recommended for wine connoisseurs, teachers of high school and undergraduate survey courses, and students in those courses.
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Title: Ancient Wine : The Search for the Origins of Viniculture by Patrick E. McGovern ISBN: 0691070806 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine (California Studies in Food and Culture, 10) by Charles L. Sullivan ISBN: 0520239695 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Short History of Wine by Rod Phillips ISBN: 0060937378 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution by William Echikson ISBN: 0393051625 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 Bc-Ad 363 (New Vanguard) by Duncan B. Campbell, Brian. Delf ISBN: 1841766054 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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