Surprisingly engaging, given that it's mostly names of people, names of wines, accounts of tastings, and science. Well, actually, there's much more to it. Among the mysteries explored: Did the bottles dubbed The Jefferson Bottles really belong to Thomas Jefferson? Are many old wines actually forg...
I read this book in a weekend and loved it. ----------------A gift from Neil. Quite interesting. Human beings are amazing in their capability to deceive and put on a show.
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Riedel was the tenth generation in a remarkable glassmaking dynasty. It had begun in the Bohemian forest three centuries before and, after World War II, relocated to the Alpine Austrian village of Kufstein. Georg’s father, Claus, had a simple, brilliant insight: the shape of a glass—the size of t...
Plain and simple mud. Island 38 was the last island in the chain to be completed, and David Jefferson was certain it held the answers that he was looking for. The lynchpin that, when pulled, would collapse this abomination of wealth and greed. They had watched it build. They had been there before...
The sun reflected off of the oily surface and threw up a scent that reminded the major of time spent in theme parks and on walking trails. Twisted piles of former cars stretched for half of a mile down both shoulders of the road to create an iron canyon. The next traveler to find the site might s...