The History of Wine in Africa and Asia - Includes African Persian and Indian Wines and Chinese Russian and Turkish Wines

This volume contains a comprehensive guide to historical winemaking in Africa Persia India China Russia and Turkey. A fantastically detailed and thoroughly interesting treatise The History of Wine in Africa and Asia is highly recommended for those with a keen interest in wine and is not to be missed by collectors of related literature. Contents include: Winemaking African Persian and Indian Wines Cape Wines Boer Reverence for Precedent In North Africa Persia the Nursery of Wine-Making Wine vs. the Koran Persian Grapes Selling Wine by the Pound Shiraz Intoxication The Wines of India etc. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on winemaking.