El gran libro De Los vinos De Rioja - Softcover

Penin, Jose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8477280843 ISBN 13: 9788477280842

Publisher: Kriselv, 1989

Synopsis

253pp , ABOUT THE AUTHOR ::: Leonés of birth, Jose Penin (Santa Colomba de la Vega, 1943 ) gives its name to the most famous guide to Spanish wines of great international resonance , although a decade simply advises its publication . I was born there but lived a very short time , because my father was in the military . In fact, until ten years resided in Morocco and in 1953 I moved to Madrid. Who does not live in the land of his birth , has a kind of debt that feels compelled to settle over your life. It has that feeling of slope that led me to always vindicate my first origins . In fact , I began to recover my people on vacation 50s and when I started to gain some reputation in the world of wine , I inquired about the first wines I met , namely Prieto weevil which produced my grandfather in his underground cellar . I was 14 and was a fresh and fruity claret . So I found the quality of the grapes and was the first that claimed to produce red , because he values it lacked Mencia . I was entering bars, tasted the wines and soon began to have a concept of quality , differentiating the good and the bad, something you learn very quickly if you have desire , curiosity and interest. And, as I realized that the important thing was also telling that story , I started writing and I started the wine journalism critic, hitherto nonexistent. I'm excited to journalism , I was lucky to have good teachers and thus was born Bouquet, first magazine about wines published in Spain , and also coincided with my first book, Manual Spanish Wines , a bestseller . I have played many keys because I am a curious person . In the eighties also rode a consulting company for export with an English partner, John Reeder, although perhaps we move forward in time, as with the first communications agency specifically wine in 1984. And after making a book with my 101 best wines , started the Guide to the Best Wines of Spain , first sponsored by the Banesto Mario Conde and then with my name as a tradem

Edition details

• Publisher: Kriselv
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 8477280843
• ISBN 13: 9788477280842
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 253