Enología

One of 100 copied signed by the author (Number 11th), 2 colour illustrations by Rex Whistler, light spotting to endpapers, original claret sheep lettered in gilt with design after Whistler to upper cover, rubbed, small chip to head of spine, faded, 8vo.

Waugh was commissioned to write a piece on wine by H.H. Prince Vsevolode of Russia (the dedicatee of the work) to promote the wine merchant Saccone & Speed, of which Vsevolode was then managing director. Coming so soon after the success of Brideshead and the increased revenues this brought (see lot 44), Waugh knew that any income was now likely to be taxed at 80%. He therefore arranged to be paid at the rate of 12 bottles of champagne per 1,000 words.

-El cuaderno está diseñado para que los amantes del buen vino puedan catalogar todas las experiencias, todos los aromas, todas las sensaciones que despiertan en ellos las mejores botellas de vino.
-Toma nota del ruido del corcho, de los aromas y de los recuerdos que evoca cada botella y cada copa.
-El Cuaderno de Vino será un archivo personalizado de todas las experiencias, viñedos y emociones que se viven en una copa.
-Una colección personal de tus vinos y momentos favoritos savoreados en catas o cenas.
-Las seis categorías Espumoso, Blanco, Rosado, Tinto, Vino Dulce y Licores te permiten, de forma ordenada y precisa, adjuntar toda la información de cada variedad de uva.
-Las páginas iniciales contienen sugerencias prácticas para mejorar tus degustaciones y habilidades como sommelier.
-Cada página está diseñada para dedicarla a un vino: toma nota de la variedad de uva, sabor, apariencia y mucho más.
-Construye un archivo de tu experiencia con el vino y guárdalo en tu estantería junto a tus libros de referencia sobre vinos.
-Se presenta en una elegante caja protectora, una óptimo idea de regalo diseñada para los amantes del buen vino.

Book in very nice condition, nice and tight, but with age-toned cover.

Wine is the product of skill and knowing and, in many cases, love. The wineogrowers of France are amoncg the last great artisans in the world. In this book Mr. Lichine, himself an expert wine-grower and exporter of repute, describes the wine districts of France, their characteristic products, the present conditions and ownership of the vineyards, the quality of the wines and vintages, and the methods of viniculture and wine-making employed.
The 1930's and 1940's saw a revolution in French wines. The laws collectively called Appellations d' Origine have established vineyard names, limiting their use to those vineyards which make the great wines. New districts have been defined; some old ones have disappeared. This is a revolution m more than names, for it makes possible the avoiding of frauds and the serving of honest bottles illustrating the qualities that make French wines the best on earth.
This is a book for everyone who likes to drink wine—whether it be a fine bottle from his own cellar, or a glass with his meal in a restaurant. For Mr. Lichine does not spend much time on old and rare vintages, which are extremely costly if not completely unobtainable, but deals at length with all the wines of France which the wine-lover can both obtain and afford—and his rating of vintages includes those as recent as 1951.
Ten comprehensive maps give place names as regulated by the most recent laws. A detailed index, listing all the best vineyards and growers of France, places at the reader's fingertips all the information of interest to a lover of French wines

Sugestivo y delicioso libro que nos llevará a conocer de primera mano qué es el Zen, en qué consiste, y su sorprendente vínculo con el arte y el placer de degustar vinos. Tal y como menciona en su prólogo el reputado chef Ferran Adrià, la obra revela la sutil conexión entre dos formas del espíritu, dos orbes distintos pero con numerosos puntos de contacto. Después de adentrarse en numerosas y simpáticas historias, el lector terminará por descubrir siete preceptos que le ayudarán a disfrutar de la maravillosa experiencia de degustar un vino; pero también a atender a las pequeñas cosas que usualmente pasamos por alto y que encierran en su interior el secreto de la verdadera felicidad. El zen y el arte de degustar vinos es más que un libro, es un manual para degustar la vida.