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Wine and society : the social and cultural context of a drink / Stephen Charters

By:

Charters, Stephen [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford, United Kingdom : Elsevier Science, c2006Description: xi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

750666358

Subject(s):

WINE -- SOCIAL ASPECTS

LOC classification:

TP 548 .C43 2006

Contents:

1: Introduction; 2: The history of wine; 3: The nature of wine; 4: The structures of wine production; 5: Classifications, appellations and terroir; 6: Modern wines; 7: The motivation to drink wine; 8: The symbolic role of wine: Religion, sex, fertility and status; 9: Wine and the civilized life; 10: The contemporary wine consumer; 11: Wine and fraud; 12: Wine, health and abuse (Co-authored with Dr Patrick Farrell M.W.); 13: The enemies of wine; 14: The politics of wine; 15: Conclusion

Summary: Wine is becoming increasingly popular in the Anglophone world and there are many books available which describe how and where it is made. However, none address the fundamental questions of different structures of production and how the consumer relates to the product - this book is the first to do just that.

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Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Main General Circulation	Hospitality Management	GC TP 548 .C43 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000000538

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Includes index.

Wine is becoming increasingly popular in the Anglophone world and there are many books available which describe how and where it is made. However, none address the fundamental questions of different structures of production and how the consumer relates to the product - this book is the first to do just that.

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