Títulos en Vino y bebidas

Quizás comer y beber sean unos de los grandes placeres de la vida. Todos comemos y bebemos, pero si podemos convertir esta acción en algo aún mejor, ¿por qué no conocer cómo hacerlo? El Arte del Maridaje no es un libro más sobre la asociación entre vino y comida. Javier Campo pretende hacer llegar al lector cuáles son los parámetros que utiliza un sumiller, —mejor dicho, los que ha utilizado él— en el restaurante para asociar, unir o armonizar una bebida con una comida en lo que se conoce como maridaje, más allá de las reglas estandarizadas y de los tópicos extendidos.

Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.

Cambia la forma en que percibes el vino. ¿Te gusta? ¿Coincide bien? ¿Te lo has pasado muy bien bebiendo? ¡Bueno, adelante, y disfruta! Desde el conocimiento familiar y profesional del vino, Meritxell Falgueras nos anima a aprender de una manera divertida no sólo el ABC del vino, sino incluso la Z que encontrarás en el Diccionario del Vitivinícola para que, después de hacer un recorrido espumoso por todos los sentidos (los cinco más intuición), puedas disfrutar del vino con facilidad y sin complejos. 

Who will have the last word on wine, if not Jamie Goode? Over the last decade, Goode has embarked on almost nonstop travel through the world’s vineyards in an effort to understand the beautifully diverse and complicated world of wine. His hard-nosed pursuit of the most interesting stories to tell about wine has led us here, to The Goode Guide to Wine. It is a book designed to provoke and inspire in equal measure, encouraging the listener to be critical and to see the world of wine through fresh eyes.

Our tastes in coffee vary from person to person. Everyone is looking for the best cup of coffee, from lattes and cappuccinos to French press and drip-brew. Author Stella Perry prepares the listener for a career in coffee with a walk through different types and preparations of coffee, including tips you should always keep in mind to make the perfect cup.

Les pirates des Caraïbes avaient imaginé le Draque, l'ancêtre du Mojito, dès le 16e siècle. Et les marins anglais, aidés des Amérindiens, avaient inventé le Punch avant que la Marine anglaise songe elle-même au Gin Fizz et au Gin Tonic pour guérir ses troupes. Aux États-Unis, les bars clandestins, les speakeasies, qui ont proliféré à l'époque de la prohibition ont mis à la mode certaines mixtures, souvent pour camoufler le goût douteux de l'alcool frelaté qu'on y servait.

“Tostar, preparar y más. Cómo disfrutar de un café más allá de su rutina mañanera” ofrece una amplia exploración al increíble, asombroso y algunas veces controvertido mundo del café. Este manejable libro contiene las claves para identificar la perfecta molienda para cada estilo de café, reconocer y descubrir tuestes favoritos, aprender nuevas técnicas de preparación, y mucho más. Esta información puede incluso educarte e informarte sobre cómo se hace el café, de dónde viene, y qué significan etiquetas como “comercio justo” y “ecológico”.

In The New IPA, Scott Janish scours through hundreds of academic studies, collecting and translating the relevant hop science into one easily digestible audiobook. Through experiments, lab tests, discussions with researchers, and interviews with renowned and award-winning commercial brewers, the book will get you to think differently about brewing processes and ingredient selection that define today's hop-forward beers.

Everyone knows how to drink beer, but few know how to really taste it with an understanding of the finer points of brewing, serving, and food pairing. Discover the ingredients and brewing methods that make each variety unique, and learn to identify the scents, colors, flavors, and mouthfeel of all the major beer styles. Recommendations for more than 50 types of beer from around the world encourage you to expand your horizons. Uncap the secrets in every bottle of the world's greatest drink!

This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity - from the discovery that chewing on the beans were keeping goats awake in Yemen to the author's own experiences with the bean in 1935.

Straightforward and opinionated, Short Course in Beer is designed to turn the novice beer lover into an expert imbiber and the casual drinker into an enthusiast. Readers will come to understand the beauty of beer and the sources of its flavor, as well as learn which beers are worth our time and which are not. With tongue in cheek, the author examines beer's historical connections to the Crusades, the Hundred Years' War, and modern-day soccer riots. He talks frankly (and joyfully) about the effects of alcohol on the body and brain, he defends beer from its enemies, and ushers it out of the frat house and into the dining room.

This novel take on the history of wine reveals that, whether by adding toxic sweeteners or passing off counterfeit bottles, wine fraud is abundant—and as old as wine itself. Vintage Crime will intrigue even the most sated of wine drinkers with its juicy tales of deception, raising interesting questions along the way: what counts as wine, why do we drink it, and what makes a wine truly authentic?

Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey. In Whiskey Master Class, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more (yes, there are tasty Canadian and Irish whiskeys!).

You don’t have to master the entire repertoire of grapes, techniques, ingredients, variations, and other components to truly appreciate the wine you’re drinking. Simply armed with the senses you already have, an expert guide, and a glass of your favorite, you can learn how to better enjoy the wine you’re drinking, while at the same time gaining a deeper recognition for your own tastes.

Storie della storia del vino.

Roberto Cipresso, winemaker da oltre 30 anni e scrittore, con l'amico Federico Buffa, appassionato di vini e degustazioni, ci portano tra vigneti e cantine alla scoperta del vino e delle sue storie. Insieme, ripercorrono l'evoluzione di questo antico compagno dell'uomo attraverso epoche e continenti, per parlarci di un legame nato agli albori della civiltà e mai interrotto. Un affascinante viaggio nell'evoluzione stessa del genere umano. A cura di Francesca de Michele.

A região de Bordeaux concentra muitas das melhores e mais famosas vinícolas do mundo. A obra Bordeaux e seus Grands Crus Classés - a história dos melhores vinhos do mundo faz uma viagem pelos 61 Châteaux do Médoc classificados em 1855. Após visitar 56 dos 61 Châteaux, o autor Leonardo Liporone Baruki conta a história e traça um panorama atual dessas vinícolas. A obra ainda traz algumas experiências das visitas, comenta as principais safras de cada vinho e indica os cinco melhores Châteaux para se visitar em Bordeaux.

Actor and wine expert Julian Curry has devised a unique audiobook guide to wine. The whole subject is introduced and explained – how wine is made, the different grapes, the different blends, vintages, wine-growing areas and types. In an entertaining and informal style, he also teaches how to taste wine, and how to choose and store it.

Storie della storia del vino. Roberto Cipresso, winemaker da oltre 30 anni e scrittore, con l'amico Federico Buffa, appassionato di vini e degustazioni, ci portano tra vigneti e cantine alla scoperta del vino e delle sue storie. Insieme, ripercorrono l'evoluzione di questo antico compagno dell'uomo attraverso epoche e continenti, per parlarci di un legame nato agli albori della civiltà e mai interrotto. Un affascinante viaggio nell'evoluzione stessa del genere umano. A cura di Francesca de Michele.

Do you wish you knew how to savor the flavors and aromas of your favorite wines? Do you want to understand better how wine is made, the grape varieties used, and how to pair the right wine with a meal? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you! This audiobook will explain everything you need to know about wine, wine-making, and wine tasting. It will become your best guide to fully appreciating the wines you love.

À la fois poétique et intelligent, apaisant et vivifiant, "Le livre du thé", destiné aux lecteurs occidentaux, permet de mieux appréhender les subtilités de la culture asiatique. Véritable traité philosophique, il interroge le sens de nos existences et notre rapport à l'environnement. "La philosophie du thé n'est pas une simple esthétique dans l'acception ordinaire du terme, car elle nous aide à exprimer, conjointement avec l'éthique et avec la religion, notre conception intégrale de l'homme et de la nature."