MONKS AND WINE

Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B73931

English Summary/英文概要： A study of an important area of wine history that is generally neglected. For well over a thousand years all the biggest and best vineyards were cultivated by monks, who saved viticulture when barbarian invasions destroyed the Roman Empire. Although the monasteries lost most of their vineyards in the revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, monks are still active and often distinguished wine-makers in many parts of the world. They have a natural interest in the wine needed for the Mass, but at its best their wine-making went far beyond th requirements of small communities, in quality and quantity. Monastic wines include such great burgundies and Chambertin and Clos de Vougeot, Bordeaux wines such as Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion and Chateau Carbonnieux, and German wines such as Johannisberger and Hattenheimer. The book describes in a separate chapter the enormous contribution monks have made to liqueurs and eaux-de-vie - the first distiller of Scotch whisky known by name was a friar.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对葡萄酒历史重要领域的研究通常容易被忽略。超过一千年历史的所有最好最大的葡萄园曾被僧侣们悉心照料，当罗马帝国野蛮入侵之时，是谁挽救了葡萄的栽培。虽然在十八、十九世纪爆发的革命浪潮中，修道院失去了许多葡萄园，但这些僧侣们依然活跃出现在世界各地的杰出酿酒产业中。他们似乎对葡萄酒的质量有着一种天然的兴趣，但最好的美味佳酿远远超出于小团体的需求，修道院的葡萄酒包括大勃良第葡萄酒，和香贝坦红葡萄酒，以及,由天主教一支信奉"耕食苦修"的西都派教会成员在Vouge河的沼泽地和森林中开垦出来的克罗武乔酒庄，波尔多葡萄酒诸如修道院奥比良庄园酒庄，和卡伯涅酒庄，德国葡萄酒，如（德国）上等白葡萄酒，和Hattenheimer葡萄酒。本书在单独一章中描述了僧侣们对甜露酒和蒸馏自葡萄酒制作的巨大贡献，以及第一个以修士名字命名的苏格兰威士忌蒸馏器。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：‘A joyous and delightful book, deeply researched and packed with out of the way knowledge.’ Daily Telegraph

‘This well-written and charming description of the connexion between the religious orders and the grape … is an oasis among dull, technical wine books.’ The Times

About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•西沃德的父亲是威廉•埃里克•路易斯•苏华德，曾作为一名一战飞行员的一位法国爱尔兰裔实业家，父亲在巴勒斯坦的这段从军经历，为儿子日后的小说《沙漠雄鹰》提供了文学素材。出生于在巴黎一个历史悠久的波尔多家族的西沃德，在北约克郡的安浦福斯和剑桥的圣凯瑟琳学院受教。西沃德曾撰写过许多关于法国中世纪的历史作品，其发表的关于军事修世会亦被业界认为是这方面的权威之作。西沃德精通法语和意大利语，拉丁语，中世纪英语和诺曼法语。他主要研究国外区域地点的相关原始文献资料，并以此撰写了许多历史有关的书籍。他发表的作品已经被译成十国语言，其中包括希伯来语和日语。

Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III: England’s Black Legend, The Monks of War, and The War of the Roses.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：France – Pygmalion, 1982

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