The Wine and Food Guide to the Loire France's Royal River: Veuve Clicquot-Wine Book of the Year

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Veuve Clicquot-Wine Book of the Year Winner of the Julia Child Award Winner of the James Beard Award Here finally is the first comprehensive guide to the five wine regions of the Loire. It is written with passion understanding and authority. Friedrich explores the Loires sixty-odd appellations explaining each ones history soils climate and vintners. The author rates over six hundred wineries giving tasting notes and lively sketches of the individual producers. Friedrich describes the food traditions of each of the five regions--the Nantais Anjou and Saumur Touraine the Sancerrois and the Auverngne introducing fishermen charcutiers cheesemakers and farmers. There are maps a glossary and wine itineraries for travelers. It will remain a classic well into the twenty-first century.