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Tasting the Past: One Man's Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World's Original Wines

"A vintnerâ€™s blend of science, history, travel, andÂ tantalizing drink recommendations." --Amy Stewart, author ofÂ The Drunken Botanist

InÂ search of a mysterious wine heÂ onceÂ tasted in a hotel room minibar, journalist Kevin Begos travels along the original wine routesâ€”from the CaucasusÂ Mountains, where wine grapes wereÂ first domesticated eight thousand years ago,Â crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, and thenÂ Americaâ€”and unearthsÂ a whole world of forgotten grapes, eachÂ with distinctive tastes and aromas.Â We meet the scientists who areÂ decoding the DNA of wine grapes, and the historians whoÂ are searching forÂ ancient vineyards and the flavors cultivated there. Begos discovers wines thatÂ go far beyond theÂ bottles of Chardonnay and Merlot found in most stores andÂ restaurants, and he offers suggestions for wines that areÂ at once ancient andÂ new.

Tasting the Past: One Man's Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World's Original Wines