American Rhone

How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drink

Patrick J. Comiskey

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University of California Press
11 October 2016

Cookery, food & drink

"""Thoughtfully conceived and very well written, this is essential somm reading.""—The Somm Journal ""This is the most important wine book of the year, perhaps in many years.""—The Seattle Times ""Crisply written, impeccably researched, balanced if fundamentally enthusiastic, scholarly but accessible, and full of unexpected details and characters.""—The World of Fine Wine No wine category has seen more dramatic growth in recent years than American Rhône–variety wines. Winemakers are devoting more energy, more acreage, and more bottlings to Rhône varieties than ever before. The flagship Rhône red, Syrah, is routinely touted as one of California’s most promising varieties, capable of tremendous adaptability as a vine, wonderfully variable in style, and highly expressive of place. There has never been a better time for American Rhône wine producers.

American Rhône is the untold history of the American Rhône wine movement. The popularity of these wines has been hard fought; this is a story of fringe players, unknown varieties, and longshot efforts finding their way to the mainstream. It’s the story of winemakers gathering sufficient strength in numbers to forge a triumph of the obscure and the brash. But, more than this, it is the story of the maturation of the American palate and a new republic of wine lovers whose restless tastes and curiosity led them to Rhône wines just as those wines were reaching a critical mass in the marketplace. Patrick J. Comiskey’s history of the American Rhône wine movement is both a compelling underdog success story and an essential reference for the wine professional."

By: Patrick J. Comiskey
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780520256668
ISBN 10: 0520256662
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 11 October 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrick J. Comiskey is a wine writer and critic for Wine & Spirits magazine. He has written about wine for many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Food & Wine, Decanter, and Lucky Peach.

Reviews for American Rhone: How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drink

Comiskey has a skeptical reporter s mind, a poet s way with turns of phrase, an editor s sense of conservation of words, and a keen (and deep) understanding of and respect for wine as a subject matter, all of which come to bear in American Rhone. --Joe Roberts 1 Wine Dude (08/31/2016) A strong contender for wine book of the year. --Henry Jefffreys The Guardian (12/03/2016) The wine book of the year. --Dennis Schaefer Santa Barbara News-Press (12/15/2016) Comiskey has a skeptical reporter's mind, a poet's way with turns of phrase, an editor's sense of conservation of words, and a keen (and deep) understanding of - and respect for - wine as a subject matter, all of which come to bear in American Rhone. --Joe Roberts 1 Wine Dude (08/31/2016)