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Decantations

✍️ Prial, Frank
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🏛 St. Martin's Griffin 📅 2002 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780312302627
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📝 Description: Decantations

Prial has written enticing and edifying wine articles for "The New York Times" for more than 30 years. In "Decantations, " Prial gathers his finest columns on everything from imbibing with the Rothschilds in France to stalking zinfandels and chardonnays in Africa.

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This title is best suited for casual enthusiasts and general readers who appreciate wine journalism over strict technical analysis. It will likely disappoint serious sommeliers or oenologists seeking detailed viticultural data, production methods, or critical tasting notes. Readers expecting a comprehensive guide to wine pairing or food writing will also find this lacking. It is essentially a collection of magazine columns, valuable for its literary charm and breadth of exposure but limited in practical utility. Those who prefer hard science or rigorous critique should look elsewhere.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This title is best suited for casual enthusiasts and general readers who appreciate wine journalism over strict technical analysis. It will likely disappoint serious sommeliers or oenologists seeking detailed viticultural data, production methods, or critical tasting notes. Readers expecting a comprehensive guide to wine pairing or food writing will also find this lacking. It is essentially a collection of magazine columns, valuable for its literary charm and breadth of exposure but limited in practical utility. Those who prefer hard science or rigorous critique should look elsewhere.

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