“Echikson should be toasted for writing a book that can be savored like a fine Bordeaux wine.”

— Joan Axelrod-Contrada Boston Globe on Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution

Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution

ISBN: 9780393326949


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Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution


by William Echikson


For wine lovers the world over, Bordeaux is the center of the universe. But in the past two decades, revolutionaries have stormed its traditional bastions, making their mark,and their fortunes,modernizing the production and marketing of wine. Noble Rot introduces us to the figures who epitomize the changes sweeping Bordeaux,the noble family behind Château d’Yquem