Awards

• Winner of Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (USA Only) (Wine Book of the Year) 2011

Overview

"""A great primer. . . . If you're new to the natural/organic/biodynamic wine debates, Authentic Wine is the place to start.""-Huffington Post ""This is one of the most engaging, thoughtful and enlightening books on contemporary wine. . . . A manifesto for an industry looking to shape its future.""-Wine And Spirits Naturalness is a hot topic in the wine world. But what exactly is a ""natural wine""? For this pioneering book, best-selling wine writer Jamie Goode teams up with winemaker and Master of Wine Sam Harrop to explore the wide range of issues surrounding authenticity in wine. They begin by emphasizing that wine's diversity, one of its strengths, is currently under threat from increasingly homogenized commercial wines that lack a sense of place. Drawing on a global array of examples and anecdotes, Goode and Harrop examine complex concepts-terroir, biodynamics, and sustainability-in clear language. They also discuss topics including cultured and wild yeasts, wine ""faults,"" the carbon footprint of the wine industry, ""natural"" as a marketing concept, and more. Authentic Wine illuminates a subject of great interest to wine producers, consumers, and anyone wondering where the wine industry is headed."

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A very good book... One of the more balanced and detailed accounts dealing with the issue of sustainable winemaking. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.--The Wine Advocate An ocean's worth of savvy detail about both the more (organic farming, the endless shades of sustainability) and less (reverse osmosis, acidification) happy nuances of making wine. --San Francisco Chronicle A compelling manifesto for natural wine ... the understandable, everyday terms used make this a genuine guide to wine science for the citizen. --Scotland On Sunday 'Authentic Wine' performs the invaluable service of raising crucial questions and explaining complicated issues coherently. --New York Times A very well written and useful book with a long shelf life. Once read, it is one to dip in and out of regularly. --The Kitchn

A very good book... One of the more balanced and detailed accounts dealing with the issue of sustainable winemaking. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.--The Wine Advocate An ocean's worth of savvy detail about both the more (organic farming, the endless shades of sustainability) and less (reverse osmosis, acidification) happy nuances of making wine. --San Francisco Chronicle

A very good book... One of the more balanced and detailed accounts dealing with the issue of sustainable winemaking. - Robert M. Parker, Jr. -- Robert M. Parker, Jr. The Wine Advocate 20111122 An ocean's worth of savvy detail about both the more (organic farming, the endless shades of sustainability) and less (reverse osmosis, acidification) happy nuances of making wine. San Francisco Chronicle 20110814 A compelling manifesto for natural wine ... the understandable, everyday terms used make this a genuine guide to wine science for the citizen. -- Brian Elliott Scotland On Sunday 20111130 'Authentic Wine' performs the invaluable service of raising crucial questions and explaining complicated issues coherently. -- Eric Asimov New York Times 20111213 It's been a good year for wine books. The most compelling new book is undoubtedly Authentic Wine by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop. -- Huon Hooke Sydney Morning Herald 20111206 Ambitiously comprehensive... Illuminating. -- Beverley Blanning Decanter 20120401 A very well written and useful book with a long shelf life. Once read, it is one to dip in and out of regularly. -- Mary Gorman-McAdams The Kitchn 20111201

An ocean's worth of savvy detail about both the more (organic farming, the endless shades of sustainability) and less (reverse osmosis, acidification) happy nuances of making wine. --San Francisco Chronicle

Author Information

Jamie Goode, a former scientific editor, is wine writer for the Sunday Express and a contributor to magazines including The World of Fine Wine and Wines & Vines. His website, www.wineanorak.com, is one of the world's most visited wine sites. His first book, The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass (UC Press) won the Glenfiddich Drink Book of the Year Award. Sam Harrop is a Master of Wine, qualified winemaker, and independent winemaking consultant. He co-founded Domaine Matassa and Litmus Wines, and is a co-chairman of the International Wine Challenge.

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