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“kevin begos”

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  • Tasting the Past

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

    by Kevin Begos ...
    "A vintner's blend of science, history, travel, and tantalizing drink recommendations." --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken BotanistIn search of a mysterious wine he once tasted in a hotel room minibar, journalist Kevin Begos travels along the original wine routes—from the Caucasus Mountains, where wine grapes were first domesticated eight thousand years ago, crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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    Tasting the Past

    The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine

    by Kevin Begos ...
    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 28 min

    The characters in Tasting the Past include a young Swiss scientist who set out to decode the DNA of every single wine grape in the world; Middle Eastern researchers who seek to discover the wines that King David drank; and a University of Pennsylvania academic who has spent decades analyzing wine remains. The science illuminates wine in ways no critic can, and demolishes some of the most sacred ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Albrecht on Soil Balancing

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  • Organic No-Till Farming

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  • Horticulture for Beginners - With Information on Market-Gardening and Flower Gardening

    by Charles William Burkett ...
    This vintage text contains a detailed treatise on horticulture for beginner gardeners. It places a particular focus on producing crops for market gardening, as well as the more traditional aspect of flower gardening. It includes information on the cultivation of orchard fruits, such as apples and plums; small fruits such as strawberries and raspberries; of garden vegetables for the table; of ... Read more

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  • Out of the Scientist's Garden

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    by Richard Stirzaker ...
    Out of the Scientist's Garden is written for anyone who wants to understand food and water a little better - for those growing vegetables in a garden, food in a subsistence plot or crops on vast irrigated plains. It is also for anyone who has never grown anything before but has wondered how we will feed a growing population in a world of shrinking resources. Although a practicing scientist in the ... Read more

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  • Understanding Vineyard Soils

    by Robert White ...
    Terroir connotes a sense of place that imparts a distinctive character to wine. A central component of terroir is the soil and its immediate surroundings. Thus, an understanding of the basic properties of soils and how they function as a "living skin" on the earth's surface is of fundamental importance to grape growers and winemakers. Stripped of scientific jargon, Understanding Vineyard Soils ... Read more

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    For most of his 80+ years, Charles Wilber studied how to best work with nature. In How to Grow World Record Tomatoes he tells his personal story and offers his philosophy and approach to gardening. He reveals for the first time how he grows record-breaking tomatoes and produce of every variety. There's no magic involved. Just a well thought out system that gives plants more than they could ever ... Read more

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    by Ian Tattersall, Rob DeSalle ...
    "Wine is art. Wine is ritual. Wine is culture. Wine is romance. But in the hands of Tattersall and DeSalle . . . we learn that wine is also science."—Neil deGrasse TysonA Wall Street Journal Best Book for Wine LoversAn excellent bottle of wine can be the spark that inspires a brainstorming session. Such was the case for Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, scientists who frequently collaborate on book ... Read more

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