Vineyards, Rocks, and Soils: The Wine Lover's Guide to Geology (Alex Maltman) berries A lovingly crafted tribute to

A lovingly crafted tribute to a celebrated drink

under contract with the Dutch East India Company

learning how to churn out batches of scrumptious holiday cookies and filling tins with homemade nougats and caramels

The dishes celebrate natural ingredients and encourage you to enjoy your food all the more having considered its origin

This cuisine features butter

Vineyards, Rocks, and Soils: The Wine Lover's Guide to Geology (Alex Maltman) berries A lovingly crafted tribute toJurassic, basalt, moraine, flint, alluvial, magma: what are these words and what do they have to do with wine? The answers are here in this book. They are geological terms that reflect a bond between wine and the land. Understanding geology, however, is tricky. Geological concepts are obscure; processes can be imperceptibly slow, invisible, and unimaginably ancient. The terminology is formidable, such that even the names of common rocks carry an air