Italy in a wineglass the story of Italy through its wines / Marc Millon.
| Author/creator | Millon, Marc |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Brooklyn : Melville House, 2024. |
| Description | 341 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Story of Italy through its wines |
| Contents | Introduction -- Across wine-dark seas -- The mysterious Etruscans -- Wine, salt and imperial purple -- Slaking the thirst of an empire -- The triumph of Christianity -- Dark age illumination -- The monastic tradition -- 'Lo stupor mundi' -- Pilgrims' progress -- The mezzadria -- Tower power -- Dante Alighieri -- Politics and power, art and wine -- Merchants of Venice -- Spanish Italy -- North-East Italy -- Risorgimento and unification -- Nation-building through the stomach -- Ideals, economics and heroic wines -- Wars and wine -- The 'economic miracle' -- 'Made in Italy' -- Crime and wine -- Donne e vino -- Back to the future. |
| Abstract | "The world is enamoured with Italy: its culture, art, food and fashion, its beautiful landscapes and famous cities -- and, of course, its wine. From the ancient Greeks to the Medici, and from fascism to feminism, Italy has always been entwined with wine. Through the millennia, it has been a celebratory libation at great events, given solace in times of despair and fortified warriors before battle. Whether Possessioni Rosso, still made by descendants of Dantea; Barolo 'Lazzarito', from a wine estate founded by the son of Italy's first king; or Terre Rosse di Giabbascio, pressed from grapes grown on ex-Mafia land, the peninsula's wines provide an intoxicating insight into the ideas, events and personalities that shaped Italian history. If history can sometimes be throat-achingly dry, writer and wine expert Marc Millon serves up a delightfully fresh take on Italy's past, present and future, best enjoyed with a glass in hand"--Book jacket flap. |
| General note | First published in the United Kingdom in 2024 by C. Hurst & Co. Ltd. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024931040 |
| ISBN | 9781685890971 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1685890970 hardcover |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |