| Wine - A Gentleman's Game: The Adventures of an Amateur Winemaker Turned Professional Contributor(s): Miller, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438429320 ISBN-13: 9781438429328 Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: In 1957, Mark and Dene Miller purchased a vineyard in Marlboro, New York, overlooking the majestic Hudson River and the distant Berkshires. They really only wanted a few acres of vines, from which they hoped to produce a few cases of wine for themselves and their friends. Yet out of that small dream grew something much more ambitious: the revitalization not only of America's oldest known vineyard but of the entire Hudson Valley winemaking industry. Told with charm and humor and illustrated with Mark Miller's own handsome drawings, Wine--A Gentleman's Game offers a great deal of practical information on grape cultivation and winemaking. Perhaps more importantly, however, their story, and the story of Benmarl Winery, also nurtures the hope lurking in many of us that, with the proper amount of courage and determination, we could do the same. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Infrastructure - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Cooking | Beverages - Alcoholic- General |
| Dewey: 338.766 |
| LCCN: 2009014347 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 227 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1957, Mark and Dene Miller purchased a vineyard in Marlboro, New York, overlooking the majestic Hudson River and the distant Berkshires. They really only wanted a few acres on which to plant a few vines, from which they hoped to produce a few cases of wine for themselves and their friends. Out of that small dream, however, grew something much more ambitious: the revitalization not only of America's oldest known vineyard but of the entire Hudson Valley winemaking industry.. Their story, and the story of Benmarl Winery, told with charm and humor and illustrated with Mark Miller's own handsome drawings, not only offers a great deal of practical information on grape cultivation and winemaking, it also provides inpiration, nurturing the hope lurking in many of us that, with the proper amount of courage and determination, we could do the same. |