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| Grape vs. Grain: A Historical, Technological, and Social Comparison of Wine and Beer | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles Bamforth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $27.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 23720
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 0521849373
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.21
EAN: 9780521849371
ASIN: 0521849373
Publication Date: March 10, 2008
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 From technology and health issues to social value and business distribution July 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Why is wine considered the more sophisticated drink than beer, and why is it considered healthier when beer has more nutritive value? Wine and beer receive an unusual contrast in GRAPE VERSUS GRAIN, a comparative survey of the history of wine and beer over thousands of years. From technology and health issues to social value and business distribution, GRAPE VS. GRAIN discusses all aspects of beer and wine making and is a recommended pick for college-level holdings strong in food and wine education.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
 Some useful information if you can get past the hangups and prose June 29, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
There is interesting material in this book about how beer and wine are made, and what influences their quality. But you have to really want to extract it to make it through to the end.
The first problem is the author's huge inferiority complex over being a brewer. He keeps going on and on about how much harder it is to brew beer than to make wine. (Without much nod to the challenges of growing and picking grapes so that the rest flows smoothly.) I kept wanting to shake him and say "beer and wine are different, but they both have their place; get over it".
Then there is the pompous, lecturing style of the prose. The author actually seems like he would be better suited to writing the ridiculous kind of over the top descriptions sometimes given wines by their producers than the simple prose that a defender of beer ought to be able to summon. Despite the interesting facts, this book is a hard slog. (Which is saying a lot given that it is under 200 pages.)
If you want to read a short book that tells you how beer and wine are made, and why they taste the way they do, the information is here. But the premise could have been much better realized with a better writer or a suitably ruthless editor.
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