Reading List 

Required Reading:

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You will need to read three books for this class.  One from the first section below, one from the second section, and a third book to be agreed upon by the instructor---it could be one from below, or something else entirely 

 

At least one of the following:

 

A Year in Provence—Peter Mayles

A Small Place in Italy—Eric Newby

Decantations—Frank Prial

Under the Tuscan Sun—Frances Mayes

Notes from a CellarBook— Saintsbury

Tasting Pleasure—Jancis Robinson

Vineyard Tales—Gerald Asher

A Season in Spain—Larry Walker

 

 

At least one of the following:

 

Burgundy—Anthony Hanson

Puligny-Montrachet—Simon Loftus

Wine & Food of the Loire— Friedrich

Bordeaux—Robert Parker

Napa—James Conaway

Vino—Burton Anderson

 

 

Recommended Reading:

 

Vintage—the Story of Wine, Johnson

Dionysis—Hyams 

The Wine and the Vine—Tim Unwin

The Origins And Ancient History of Wine, Patrick McGovern