Circle of Vines, livre ebook

Winegrower and journalist Richard Figiel offers the first comprehensive history of New York wine, following its turbulent evolution across the state and emerging as a dynamic player in the world of fine wine. He begins by examining New York's distinctive viticultural roots and the geologic forces that shaped the state's terrain for winegrowing. Starting with early efforts to grow grapes for wine in the Hudson Valley, the story moves west to the Finger Lakes and Lake Erie, circles around the state from Long Island to the North Country, and, finally, to contemporary New York City. Through industry booms and busts, he explores the New York wine industry's continuing process of reinvention by resourceful immigrants, family dynasties, giant corporations, and back-to-the-land dreamers. Moving across centuries of winemaking, Figiel unfolds an extraordinary array of grape species, varieties, and wines.
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Prehistory
2. Beginnings in the Hudson Valley
3. Settling in the Finger Lakes
4. Western New York
5. Collision of Cultures
6. Restart
7. Revolutionaries
8. Transformation
9. Long Island
10. Diaspora
Appendix A: Timeline
Appendix B: Surviving Nineteenth-Century Winery Structures
Sources
Index