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Contemporary wine studies : dancing with Bacchus / Gareth Morgan, Richard Tresidder.

By: Morgan, Gareth [author.]Contributor(s): Tresidder, Richard [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2015Description: 254 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138784451 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Wine and wine making | Food and Drink | Food and DrinkDDC classification: 641.2'2 Summary: There are few, if any, books which embrace wine studies as a broader field. Yet the purchase and consumption of wine whether in trade or domestic settings has huge anthropological significance and can be seen as a multi-sensory and symbolically rich activity that is underpinned by historical, social, cultural and ethical discourses. This book fills this void by offering a through critical study of wine from social, cultural and anthropological perspectives, with a focus on the translation from theory to influencing industry practice.
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There are few, if any, books which embrace wine studies as a broader field. Yet the purchase and consumption of wine whether in trade or domestic settings has huge anthropological significance and can be seen as a multi-sensory and symbolically rich activity that is underpinned by historical, social, cultural and ethical discourses. This book fills this void by offering a through critical study of wine from social, cultural and anthropological perspectives, with a focus on the translation from theory to influencing industry practice.

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