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| Wine: The 8,000 Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas Pellechia
Publisher: Running Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 83228
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Edition: illustrated edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1560258713
Dewey Decimal Number: 389.456632
EAN: 9781560258711
ASIN: 1560258713
Publication Date: July 31, 2006
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 Boring read October 10, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was an extremely boring read, and read like a junior high text book. Way too much information, very few anecdotes. I can't remember anything interesting to take away from the book, and am sad I plowed threw the whole thing (I was on vacation, and that was the only book I brought.) I am a wine specialist and educator, and found no inspiration in this. Find another wine history book.
An enjoyable history of wine, civilization and commerce. March 31, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an enjoyable and highly informative book. I had no idea of the way that wine was so intricately tied up in the progress of civilization. The book covers a vast swath of history and almost the entire planet while describing the evolution of wine and the wine trade.
The author seems to hold few biases and gives an even-handed treatment to the various aspects of this story. The only bias that I detected was towards wine merchants. This is not surprising since he makes his history as a merchant very clear. But I was disappointed that the final sentence, and particularly the final phrase, of this book were so focused on the importance of wine merchants. I read this book as a result of an interest in wine and history. Wine merchants are a necessary part of the story, but from my point of view they're just one cog in the wheel.
As another reviewer mentioned, the author's writing style leaves a little to be desired. This is not a major fault. It's just that I found his sentence structures and choice of words to be a bit awkward at times.
Although I've raised a couple of critical points, I still enthusiastically recommend this book. It's a fairly quick read, is filled with easy-to-digest information, and pulls together many facets of the story of wine. If you like wine and history, this is the book for you.
 Greg's Review January 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found the book extremely interesting in so many ways, eg. Geography, History, the evolution of wine storage over the centuries, the comparison of regulations from Nation to Nation.
We all should have heard of Babylon (even from Boney M a few years ago) but how many of us would have known that it was roughly where Baghdad stands today. Who would have known that the earliest remnants of wine grapes found (so far) were in the Republic of Georgia?
A wonderful learning book.
The 8,000 Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade November 3, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great book that is an in depth view of how wine evolved to be traded among empires and countries. I was startled to learn as I read this book that there was so much political haggling of wine in the early ages. This shows that wine has always been an important product of enjoyment for the ages. The book is a little too in depth at times, but you wouldn't want it the other way, so it is good. I enjoyed this book as a bathroom book and had enjoyable mornings reading this.
Review of the book Wine:the 8000 year old story of the wine trade November 3, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was amazed by the influence that wine had on the development of the world, how it influenced population growth, exploration and everything else. I found it very informative and would recommend it to anyone interested in wine and its history.
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