Provenance · In progress
The Beverage Terroir Canon
Eight hundred and seventy-nine entries
Contents
I1
II5
IIIopening
IV12
V5
VI790
VII57
VIII2
IX7
Xopening
Overview & Cultural Context
Why this cuisine is its own thing — roots, history, the living movement.
The Land & Sea
Terroir — geography, climate, what grows and swims here.
The Pantry
The defining ingredients, named to species.
The Method
The foundational techniques the cuisine is built on.
The Canonical Dishes
The dishes a serious practitioner is expected to know.
The Beverage Tradition
Wines, spirits, ferments, tea and coffee, ceremonial drinks.
The Table & Service
How the food is served and eaten — the order, the rituals, the hospitality.
The Thread
Where this book connects to others — migration, trade, diaspora.
The Lineage & Authorities
The masters, the literature, the sources an entry is anchored to.
The Network
The producers and purveyors who carry the real ingredients.
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Beverage Terroir · VI The Beverage Tradition
Provenance 500 Drinks: Wine
Sixty entries
Agiorgitiko — The Blood of Hercules at NemeaAlbariño — Galicia's Atlantic WhiteAmarone della Valpolicella — The King of Italian RedsAssyrtiko — Santorini's Volcanic MarvelBanyuls and Maury — Roussillon's Fortified Red MasterpiecesBarbera d'Asti and d'Alba — Piedmont's Everyday ExcellenceCabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley Profile)Carménère — Chile's Adopted Identity GrapeCava — Spain's Method Traditionnelle SparklerChampagne — The World's Most Celebrated Sparkling WineChardonnay — The World's Most Versatile White GrapeChenin Blanc — The Loire's Chameleon and South Africa's Heritage GrapeCrémant d'Alsace — France's Quality Alternative to ChampagneCrémant de Bourgogne — Burgundy's Sparkling SecretEnglish Sparkling Wine — Britain's Wine RenaissanceFranciacorta — Italy's Answer to ChampagneFurmint — Hungary's Tokaj Wine HeritageGamay (Beaujolais — Cru vs Nouveau)Gewürztraminer — The Most Aromatic White in the WorldGodello — Galicia's Hidden Treasure WhiteGrenache/Garnacha (Southern Rhône and Priorat)Grüner Veltliner — Austria's Indigenous White PowerhouseIcewine — Canada's Liquid TreasureLambrusco — Emilia-Romagna's Vivacious FizzMadeira — The Immortal Wine of the AtlanticMalbec (Mendoza)Marsala — Sicily's Fortified LegacyMerlot (Right Bank Bordeaux)Moscato d'Asti — Piedmont's Delicate Sweet SparklerMuscat Beaumes-de-Venise — The Rhône's Golden Sweet WineNebbiolo (Barolo and Barbaresco)Nero d'Avola — Sicily's Indigenous PowerhousePassito di Pantelleria — Sicily's Zibibbo Sweet WinePétillant Naturel (Pét-Nat) — The Ancient Art of Natural SparklingPinotage — South Africa's Singular RedPinot Grigio and Pinot Gris — Same Grape, Two WorldsPinot Noir (Burgundy vs Oregon vs Central Otago)Port Wine — The Douro's Fortified MasterpiecePrimitivo — Puglia's Ancient Vine and Zinfandel TwinProsecco — Italy's Celebratory SparklingRecioto della Valpolicella — Veneto's Sweet Red OriginalRiesling — The Noble Grape of Germany and AlsaceRosé Wine — From Provence to Global PhenomenonSangiovese (Chianti Classico and Brunello)Saperavi — Georgia's Ancient Qvevri RedSauternes — Liquid Gold of BordeauxSauvignon Blanc — From Loire to MarlboroughSherry — Andalusia's Oxidative MarvelSyrah/Shiraz (Northern Rhône vs Barossa)Tannat — Uruguay's National Grape and Longevity WineTempranillo (Rioja)Torrontés — Argentina's Aromatic Indigenous WhiteTouriga Nacional — The Soul of Port and DouroTxakoli — The Basque Country's Electric WhiteVerdejo — Rueda's Native TreasureVermentino — Mediterranean Italy's Fragrant WhiteVinho Verde — Portugal's Fresh Green WineVin Santo — Tuscany's Holy WineViognier — The Perfumed Prince of CondrieuZinfandel (Sonoma Old Vine)
VI · The Beverage Tradition · 23 of 26Next chapter → Provence Côte d'Azur: Wine Terroir and Culinary Traditions
Provenance 500 Drinks: Wine
60 entries
Agiorgitiko — The Blood of Hercules at NemeaAlbariño — Galicia's Atlantic WhiteAmarone della Valpolicella — The King of Italian RedsAssyrtiko — Santorini's Volcanic MarvelBanyuls and Maury — Roussillon's Fortified Red MasterpiecesBarbera d'Asti and d'Alba — Piedmont's Everyday ExcellenceCabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley Profile)Carménère — Chile's Adopted Identity GrapeCava — Spain's Method Traditionnelle SparklerChampagne — The World's Most Celebrated Sparkling WineChardonnay — The World's Most Versatile White GrapeChenin Blanc — The Loire's Chameleon and South Africa's Heritage GrapeCrémant d'Alsace — France's Quality Alternative to ChampagneCrémant de Bourgogne — Burgundy's Sparkling SecretEnglish Sparkling Wine — Britain's Wine RenaissanceFranciacorta — Italy's Answer to ChampagneFurmint — Hungary's Tokaj Wine HeritageGamay (Beaujolais — Cru vs Nouveau)Gewürztraminer — The Most Aromatic White in the WorldGodello — Galicia's Hidden Treasure WhiteGrenache/Garnacha (Southern Rhône and Priorat)Grüner Veltliner — Austria's Indigenous White PowerhouseIcewine — Canada's Liquid TreasureLambrusco — Emilia-Romagna's Vivacious FizzMadeira — The Immortal Wine of the AtlanticMalbec (Mendoza)Marsala — Sicily's Fortified LegacyMerlot (Right Bank Bordeaux)Moscato d'Asti — Piedmont's Delicate Sweet SparklerMuscat Beaumes-de-Venise — The Rhône's Golden Sweet WineNebbiolo (Barolo and Barbaresco)Nero d'Avola — Sicily's Indigenous PowerhousePassito di Pantelleria — Sicily's Zibibbo Sweet WinePétillant Naturel (Pét-Nat) — The Ancient Art of Natural SparklingPinotage — South Africa's Singular RedPinot Grigio and Pinot Gris — Same Grape, Two WorldsPinot Noir (Burgundy vs Oregon vs Central Otago)Port Wine — The Douro's Fortified MasterpiecePrimitivo — Puglia's Ancient Vine and Zinfandel TwinProsecco — Italy's Celebratory SparklingRecioto della Valpolicella — Veneto's Sweet Red OriginalRiesling — The Noble Grape of Germany and AlsaceRosé Wine — From Provence to Global PhenomenonSangiovese (Chianti Classico and Brunello)Saperavi — Georgia's Ancient Qvevri RedSauternes — Liquid Gold of BordeauxSauvignon Blanc — From Loire to MarlboroughSherry — Andalusia's Oxidative MarvelSyrah/Shiraz (Northern Rhône vs Barossa)Tannat — Uruguay's National Grape and Longevity WineTempranillo (Rioja)Torrontés — Argentina's Aromatic Indigenous WhiteTouriga Nacional — The Soul of Port and DouroTxakoli — The Basque Country's Electric WhiteVerdejo — Rueda's Native TreasureVermentino — Mediterranean Italy's Fragrant WhiteVinho Verde — Portugal's Fresh Green WineVin Santo — Tuscany's Holy WineViognier — The Perfumed Prince of CondrieuZinfandel (Sonoma Old Vine)