Definitely one of our more prestigious music boxes, this meticulously detailed, hand crafted work of art is an expression of eternal love. For it be art, music or life, we are proud to showcase this extravagant Italian musical jewelry box. The distinctive heart shape is truly expressive all in itself. The gorgeous wood inlay displays a traditional floral design incased in a fine heart shaped outline. This all sits against the exquisite red wine stain and natural wood graining of walnut and variants thereof. This music box is constructed of only materials available. A truly adorable an heartfelt sentiment, this music jewelry box will surely be appreciated for years to come. The extraordinary exterior features is complimented by its plush and roomy interior. Listen as the wonders of sound fill the room with a melody only a precision mechanical movement can produce. It will sure bring moments of tranquility time and time again. With over 380+ tunes available, you're sure to find that perfect melody. Please see "item options" for available tunes or visit our "listening station" for all song titles as well as sample clips. Thank you very much for your interest in our products! Your satisfaction is always guaranteed at the Attic! Dimensions: Length - 7.5" Width - 7.5" Height - 2.75

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A truly wonderful show of old world craftsmanship! This intriguing red wine Italian musical jewelry box will make for a perfect gift. Whether it's for that someone special or beloved family member or friend, it's appropriate for just about any occasion. This amazing hand-made Italian music box features a traditional wood inlay design of a floral pattern embraced by the harmonious red wine stain and visible patterns of the natural burl-elm. This piece is entirely hand-made in Sorrento, Italy and is constructed using only the finest materials. The extraordinary exterior features is complimented by its plush interior. Listen as the wonders of sound fill the room with a melody only a traditional mechanical movement can produce. It will sure bring moments of tranquility time and time again. With over 380+ tunes available, you're sure to find that perfect melody. Please see "item options" for available tunes or visit our "listening station" for all song titles as well as sample clips. Thank you very much for your interest in our products! Your satisfaction is always guaranteed at the Attic! Dimensions: Length - 6.5" Width - 4.5" Height - 2.75

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PRODUCT INFO: - Tune: 18 note movement (please see above for available song titles) - Wood inlay: double hearts with rose inlay - Exterior: radiant raspberry stain with black lacquer accent - Interior: lined in dark wine fabric w/ single ring roll and large open compartment - Wood/Materials: burl elm and rosewood, functional lock with key, and gold hardware - Handcrafted in Sorrento, Italy (Highest quality in both material and overall craftsmanship)

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The new Empire and her Representative men; or, The Pacific Coast, its Farms, Mines, Vines, Wines, Orchards, and Interests; its Productions, Industries and Commerce, With Interesting Biographies and Modes of Travel

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Leave a lasting impression in the hearts of those you love with this wonderful keepsake. This alluring red wine musical them music box is a remarkable show of the old world tradition of wood inlaying. The centerpiece of this incredible music box is the instrumental theme (violin, horn and sheet music) inlay design. This stunning array of colors sits against a stunning red wine stain with the burl-elm wood graining still visible. This musical keepsake demonstrates exemplarity craftsmanship in every detail. The hidden gem is located inside. Listen as the wonders of sound fill the room with a melody only a traditional mechanical movement can produce. It will sure bring moments of tranquility time and time again. With over 380+ tunes available, you're sure to find that perfect melody. Please see "item options" for available tunes or visit our "listening station" for all song titles as well as sample clips. Thank you very much for your interest in our products! Your satisfaction is always guaranteed at the Attic! Dimensions: Length - 6.5" Width - 4.5" Height - 2.75

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Winner, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Best Local Cuisine cookbook in the United States. Everyone on the the Island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts eventually ends up at Morning Glory Farm - celebrities, Islanders, summer visitors, foodies. Buying fresh, locally grown and prepared foods from Morning Glory is a rite of passage. Here, rich in detail and lush with the photographs of Alison Shaw, is the story of how the farm came to exist, the family that makes it happen, and the food that excites us all. The 70 recipes include favorites from both the farm stand and some well-known Island chefs. The Morning Glory Farm story is a romantic one: A young husband and wife hailing from different ends of Martha s Vineyard, with different backgrounds and different expectations in life, carve a few acres out of woodlands and plant what turns out to be a crop of wormy corn. Thirty years later, the worms are gone, and the couple plant, cultivate, harvest, and sell dozens of fruits and vegetables, prepared dishes and baked goods from a rustic farm stand that is the epicenter of fine, locally grown foods on the Vineyard. They supply restaurants with their produce restaurants that then brag about using Morning Glory products and they literally have people waiting in lines to buy just-picked corn and just-baked pies. And they do this with the help of a large and loyal crew and two sons who work alongside them planting and harvesting by hand on this most traditional of farms. It is a lesson in sustainable farming that is not to be missed. This book tells the story of those thirty years, and gives you recipes of the food they offer for sale, along with Jim and Debbie Athearn s own family recipes and recipes from some of the Island s favorite chefs.

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Buy Shadows in the Vineyard by Maximillian Potter in Paperback for the low price of 16.00. Find this product in True Crime > General, Beverages - Wine & Spirits, Europe - France.

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Wine is one of the most celebrated and appreciated commodities around the world. Wine writers and scientists tell us much about varieties of wines, winegrowing estates, the commercial value and the biochemistry of wine, but seldom address the cultural, social, and historical conditions through which wine is produced and represented. This path-breaking collection of essays by leading anthropologists looks not only at the product but also beyond this to disclose important social and cultural issues that inform the production and consumption of wine. The authors show that wine offers a window onto a variety of cultural, social, political and economic issues throughout the world. The global scope of these essays demonstrates the ways in which wine changes as an object of study, commodity and symbol in different geographical and cultural contexts. This book is unique in covering the latest ethnography, theoretical and ethnohistorical research on wine throughout the globe. Four central themes emerge in this collection: terroir; power and place; commodification and politics; and technology and nature. The essays in each section offer broad frameworks for looking at current research with wine at the core.

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Wine is one of the most celebrated and appreciated commodities around the world. Wine writers and scientists tell us much about varieties of wines, winegrowing estates, the commercial value and the biochemistry of wine, but seldom address the cultural, social, and historical conditions through which wine is produced and represented. This path-breaking collection of essays by leading anthropologists looks not only at the product but also beyond this to disclose important social and cultural issues that inform the production and consumption of wine. The authors show that wine offers a window onto a variety of cultural, social, political and economic issues throughout the world. The global scope of these essays demonstrates the ways in which wine changes as an object of study, commodity and symbol in different geographical and cultural contexts. This book is unique in covering the latest ethnography, theoretical and ethnohistorical research on wine throughout the globe. Four central themes emerge in this collection: terroir; power and place; commodification and politics; and technology and nature. The essays in each section offer broad frameworks for looking at current research with wine at the core.

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Long before anyone on this side of the Atlantic was devoted to eating seasonally and locally, the French were doing precisely that, just as they had been for centuries. Although the high-end haute cuisine of Paris exported itself far and wide many decades ago, the varied regional cooking styles of France continue to reveal themselves to the world and dazzle those fortunate enough to experience them firsthand. Williams-Sonoma's Essentials of French Cooking takes you on a meandering food lover's tour of France, from the windswept coastline of Brittany, where the lamb tastes of the salty fields on which it grazes, southward through Gascony, with its bracing Armagnac and rib-sticking cassoulet, to the delicious fish stews of Marseilles and the Mediterranean, and back up through Burgundy, where the wine flows from some of the world's greatest vineyards and the local Dijon mustard makes a perfect sauce for the local rabbit. In these pages you'll also explore the fascinating intersections of culture and gastronomy in Alsace, where potatoes, cabbage, and beer lend a Germanic heft to the traditional menu; sunny Provence, where dishes made with tomatoes, garlic, olives, and basil link its cooking to that of neighboring Italy; and the Basque country, where Spanish flavors and Moorish spices like saffron and cumin have seeped over the Pyrenees. In addition to presenting a wide range of traditional, regional main dishes to build meals around, this collection of more than 140 carefully selected recipes covers a full range of courses and techniques, from silky baked farm-fresh eggs to brilliantly simple preparations for every season's vegetables through the most luxurious chocolate creams and satisfying rustic fruit tarts. And while terroir plays an undeniable role in this cuisine, true French cooking is comfort food for family and friends, which translates everywhere. A comprehensive glossary and a section on basic stocks and sauces help you fill your pantry with the authentic elements and bring one of the world's most admired cuisines home to your table.

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From the author of the acclaimed Angels" Visitscomes an inside look at how a handful of ingenious winemakers has transformed-and been transformed by-the California wine industry over the past four decades. In the 1970s, a group of idealistic baby boomers was attracted to the seemingly romantic world of winemaking. Over the course of nearly forty years, however-as competition from abroad increased, wine eclipsed beer and spirits as American adults" beverage of choice, critics came to control the marketplace, and corporatization took over the industry-these young aesthetes would learn that wine is an unforgiving business. They would have to be clever to survive in an increasingly cutthroat atmosphere, and no one was more innovative than Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard-the court jester and bleeding conscience of California wine, its most original and amusing figure. But Grahm is only one of the restless visionaries who, having chosen wine as the vehicle through which to fulfill their dreams, ended up changing the rules of the industry by adapting to its demands. From high technology to hardball entrepreneurship, from handicapping scores to holistic farming, each vintner operates by his or her own definition of an ideal wine. In this lively, sweeping account that spans the early seventies to the present day, David Darlington employs a sharp journalistic eye to profile a group of wine pioneers. A tale of vision and disillusion, brinksmanship and pragmatism, nature and business, politics and culture, An Ideal Wineis a fascinating look at an ever-evolving industry that reflects the values of our society and our civilization.

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Do you know what's in your wine? Wine-making has become ever-more unnatural, from the use of blanket crop-spraying in vineyards, to the over-use of sulphites, but finally someone is doing something about it. Isabelle Legeron MW, otherwise known as "That Crazy French Woman", is leading the campaign for natural wine wine made as nature intended. There is no official description of natural wine, but a rough definition is that it is made from grapes that are farmed organically or biodynamically and harvested manually, and that the wine should ideally be made without adding or removing anything during the vinification process. It is basically good old-fashioned grape juice fermented into wine, just as nature intended. That Crazy French Woman is a crusader for the natural wine movement: she has her own show on the Travel Channel, organises a hugely successful annual natural wine festival (RAW) in London, and acts as adviser to several leading restaurants. Just as the craft beer movement has taken off across the globe, the demand for natural wine is growing and will continue to do so.

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As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk and salt, and the platters of fresh prosciutto, sliced so thin he could see through it, he absorbed the profound relationship of food, wine, and family in Italian culture. Growing up in Albany, New York, after emigrating there with his family, he always sat next to his uncle Aldo and sipped from his wineglass during their customary hours-long extended family feasts. Thus, from a very early age, Esposito came to associate wine with the warmth of family, the tastes of his mother's cooking-and, above all, memories of his former life in Italy. When he was in his twenties, he headed for New York and undertook a career in wine, beginning a journey that would culminate in his founding of Italian Wine Merchants, now the leading Italian wine source in America. His career offered him the opportunity to make frequent trips back to Italy to find wine for his clients, to learn the traditions of Italian winemaking, and, in so doing, to rediscover the Italian way of life he'd left behind. Passion on the Vine is Esposito's intimate and evocative memoir of his colorful family life in Italy, his abrupt transition to life in America, and of his travels into the heart of Italy-its wine country-and the lives of those who inhabit it. The result is a remarkably engaging and entertaining wine/travel narrative replete with vivid portraits of seductive places-the world-famous cellars of Piedmont, the sweeping estates of Tuscany, the lush fields of Campania, the chilly hills of Friuli, the windy beaches of Le Marche; and of memorable people, diverse and vibrant wine artisans-from a disco-dancing vintner who bases his farming on the rhythm of the moon to an obsessive prince who destroys his vineyards before his death so that his grapes will neve

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Colorful characters, fascinating history, and winemaking detail blend with luminous prose in Ellen Crosby's "sprightly" (Publishers Weekly) new tale of suspense set in Virginia's lush wine country. When a tornado rips through Montgomery Estate Vineyard and unearths a grave in an abandoned field, police inform Lucie Montgomery that the odds are good someone in her family is responsible-possibly for murder. But she has more to worry about than buried secrets.A clash between her charming new farm manager and her winemaker, Quinn Santori, tests her complicated romantic and professional feelings for Quinn, fueling the winery's combustible atmosphere. Meanwhile eerie ghost stories make her think twice about allowing Civil War reenactors to use a field near the grave site-until the spirits of her own family's past converge for a most unexpected outcome.

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Author and entomologist Clifford P. Ohmart brings reason and clarity to the politically loaded and amorphously defined world of sustainable viticulture with a work that is both potent treatise and practical manual. View from the Vineyard begins with an examination of the modern origins of the various "green" movements, explains what sustainable farming actually is, powerfully argues for its industry-wide adoption, and outlines the costs of agribusiness as usual. Next, it provides the farmer with a realistic and achievable path to a sustainable vineyard by describing: The challenges of practicing sustainable winegrowing. Where Integrated Pest Management fits in. How organic and sustainable farming are related. A holistic vision for the farm. How to identify and define your farm's resources. Methods for developing sustainable goals. How to create a plan to achieve your holistic vision. Ecosystem management and sensitive species. How to treat the vineyard as habitat. The book concludes with a self-assessment guide in which growers can easily track their progress through these transitional periods.

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Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Kansas Off the Beaten Path show you the Sunflower State you never knew existed. Attend a ';twine party' in Cawker City to make the world's largest ball of twine (almost nine tons) even larger; go on a retreat to the Dominican Sisters' Heartland Farm and try your hand at organic gardening and holistic healing; and sample some of the twenty-eight wines produced at Smoky Hill Vineyards and Winery in Salina. So if you've ';been there, done that' one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.

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Burgundy has a far stronger hold over the imagination and passions of wine lovers than the relatively modest number of bottles it produces. Over the centuries, hundreds of plots of vineyard land were demarcated, farmed, and individually named. The monks who did this work noticed that each vineyard had a slightly different character, and that this difference was consistently expressed each year in the wine it produced. Today we call this phenomenon terroir, and in Burgundy it finds its fullest expression through the region's signature varieties, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. This sumptuously illustrated and beautifully produced guide, complete with maps and more than 150 full-color photographs, leads readers on a journey through the well-worn vineyard paths and into the cellars of the Côte d'Or. Bill Nanson's informative narrative describes the region's vineyards and vintages, as well as the cultural, historical, and personal realities involved in their translation into wine.

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As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk and salt, and the platters of fresh prosciutto, sliced so thin he could see through it, he absorbed the profound relationship of food, wine, and family in Italian culture. Growing up in Albany, New York, after emigrating there with his family, he always sat next to his uncle Aldo and sipped from his wineglass during their customary hours-long extended family feasts. Thus, from a very early age, Esposito came to associate wine with the warmth of family, the tastes of his mother's cooking-and, above all, memories of his former life in Italy. When he was in his twenties, he headed for New York and undertook a career in wine, beginning a journey that would culminate in his founding of Italian Wine Merchants, now the leading Italian wine source in America. His career offered him the opportunity to make frequent trips back to Italy to find wine for his clients, to learn the traditions of Italian winemaking, and, in so doing, to rediscover the Italian way of life he'd left behind. Passion on the Vine is Esposito's intimate and evocative memoir of his colorful family life in Italy, his abrupt transition to life in America, and of his travels into the heart of Italy-its wine country-and the lives of those who inhabit it. The result is a remarkably engaging and entertaining wine/travel narrative replete with vivid portraits of seductive places-the world-famous cellars of Piedmont, the sweeping estates of Tuscany, the lush fields of Campania, the chilly hills of Friuli, the windy beaches of Le Marche; and of memorable people, diverse and vibrant wine artisans-from a disco-dancing vintner who bases his farming on the rhythm of the moon to an obsessive prince who destroys his vineyards before his death so that his grapes will never be used incorrectly. Esposito's luscious accounts of the wonderful food and wine that are so much a part of Italian life, and his poignant and often hilarious stories of his relationships with his family and Italian friends, make Passion on the Vine an utterly unique and enchanting work about Italy and its eternally seductive lifestyle.

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'Delicious.' I licked my lips. The wine filled me with joy. A picture of a vineyard drenched in sunlight formed in my mind. Sean drew me rudely back to the lounge of our semi-d. 'How can they be in liquidation if they make wine this good?' When Caro and Sean find the perfect ten-hectare vineyard in Saussignac, it seems their dreams of becoming wine-makers in the south of France are about to come true. But they arrive in France with their young family (a toddler and a newborn) to be faced with a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse and an enterprise that may never, ever make them a living. Undeterred by mouse infestations, a leaking roof, treacherous hordes of insects, visits from the local farm 'police' and a nasty accident with an agricultural trimmer, Caro and Sean set about transforming their 'beyond eccentric' winery into a successful business as they embark on the biggest adventure of their lives - learning to make wine from the roots up.

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Dishing Up™ Oregonis a delectable collection of 145 recipes, many contributed by chefs, innkeepers, farmers, and other food producers from around the state, that celebrate the rich diversity of Oregon's cuisine. From farm-fresh vegetables to orchard fruits and berries, milk and cheese, seafood, wild game, wine and beer, coffee, and baked goods, Oregon's food scene is one of the best in the world. Drawing from many of the state's most popular food sources and destinations, Ashley Gartland has included irresistible recipes for every meal and every course, including Chanterelle Rillettes, Asparagus Vichyssoise, Grilled Oregonzola Figs, Cuvee's Coveted Crab Juniper, Flank Steak with Sorrel Salsa Verde, Duck Confit and Butternut Squash Risotto, Blackberry Bread Pudding, and Rustic Pear Galette. Dishing Up™ Oregonis also a visual tour of Oregon's food and drink scene, with beautiful photography of farms, inns, vineyards, and more. Profiles of the people behind these enterprises, along with suggested itineraries for food lovers traveling the state, make this book an engaging read and a useful travel companion as well as a must-have cookbook.

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With farmstands, markets, vineyards, and signature recipes, this is the ultimate food-lover's guide to the sumptuous natural bounty available in and around the world's greatest city. As the interest in local foods and the trend of culinary tourism continue to grow, Fresh from the Farm takes gourmets and hungry travelers on an idyllic tour of the Empire State. Trekking from the apple orchards and dairy farms of the Hudson Valley to the vineyards and oyster bays of Long Island, the authors explore the breadth of New York state's homegrown and homemade food renaissance. New York's agrotourism industry is booming. Vacationers flock to the state's charming inns, picturesque farms, and seaside bed-and-breakfasts to sample local cuisine. Among the many well-known producers and foodie destinations profiled are the renowned Blue Hill at Stone Farms, Blue Moon Fish, Cattle Corn Farm, Berkshire Berrries, and Satur Hill Farms. You'll learn the secret behind Briermere Farms' famous fruit pies, how to make pizza using Coach Farms' goat cheese, and a savory preparation of Long Island duck braised in Wolffer Estate Cabernet Franc wine. With stunning photographs, tantalizing recipes, and helpful practical information about planning getaways to all of these regions, Fresh from the Farm is an essential and inspiring gift for guests and hosts alike.

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75cl / 11.5% - After half a century in the trade, wine expert Steven Spurrier has converted his family farm in Dorset into a vineyard: Bride Valley. The Blanc de Blancs is made entirely from Chardonnay and is the perfect aperitif - fruity and refreshing.

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Red Wine by Pence from Santa Maria Valley, California. This wine represents the essence of our organically farmed vineyards with grapes sourced from every block, all of which are on clay soils. It is blended as an approachable, generous wine and intended to over-deliver for its price. At the same time though it retains the seriousness of its underlying terroir with great elegance, depth and character.

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Red Wine by Baker Lane from North Coast, California. All of the fruit for this wine was harvested from our Estate Vineyard at Roadsend Farm on Baker Lane in Sebastopol.

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Red Like Wine, The North Fork Harbor Vineyard Murders, is a sometimes comical, always intriguing mystery fermenting in quaint North Fork Harbor on eastern Long Island, NY - an area transitioning from farming-and-fishing village to wine-based, tourist destination. But as city crime writer Vin Gusto and his former girlfriend, photographer Shanin Blanc discover, more than wine is being made at the vineyard. When a renown but reclusive winemaker turns up dead in a vat of his own juice, Vin and Shanin try to solve the crime and repair their relationship and careers amid the murders and mayhem.

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Giovanella Stianti-Mascheroni has been producing well-known Chianti Classico wines from her own vineyards in Radda in Chianti, one of the highest points of the famous wine region in Tuscany. The small hamlet looks medieval from the outside, but inside the buildings house the different parts of the winery and olive oil making facilities. Deeper down at the bottom of the valley, Giovanella decided to turn an old farm building into the area Is one and only artisan vinegar producing facility.

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Red Wine by Poco a Poco from Russian River, California. This wine offers aromas of cherry, violets, pomegranate and red current. The palate has a nice depth of fruit with delicate tannins that make it a nice medium bodied food friendly wine. The grapes are sourced 50% from the Forchini Vineyard in the Russian River Valley the vines 10 to 30 years old farmed organically. The other 50% is sourced from the Camron Vineyard in Russian river which is Sustainably farmed.

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Kerry Vale Vineyard is a family run business based on six acres of farm land, with 6,000 vines. You'll be able to explore this English vineyard, taking in the stunning countryside and experiencing the beautiful sense of space and tranquillity it offers. Upon arrival you will receive a welcome presentation with tea or coffee. You'll then have a tour of the vineyard, including a talk about the history of the site and surrounding area. Afterwards you'll be able to relax with a wine tasting and tutorial, before indulging in an afternoon tea consisting of a lovely chilled glass of English sparkling wine delicate finger sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and jam, macaroons, pastries and a pot of tea to share.

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Red Wine by Vina Gormaz from Ribera del Duero, Spain. 'Vendimia Seleccionada' incorporates Tempranillo grapes from dry-farmed vineyard plots over 50 years old, fermented in cement tanks. Structure and richness are obtained from the sweet old-vine fruit, resulting in a mineral, earthy complexity without the need for oak aging. Drink now, or keep three to five years for a very pleasant surprise.

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It's never too late, as the vineyards of 103 year old Baron Bruemmer bear out. The Baron was born in the Baltic Russian province of Livonia, settled later in Zurich, and made his money in banking. In 1962 he moved to Portugal where he pursued his love of Arab horses and created a stud farm. Only at 96 did he wake up from an operation and decide to plant a vineyard. Now there are three! All are cooled by the Atlantic Ocean and morning mists and so produce wines with a delicious tang reminiscent of the sea. This one is pure Sauvignon, aged on its lees to lend it weight, and has brisk melon and asparagus notes and a stony freshness. Created by Jorge Rosa Santos, this white is very appetising - perfect on its own, or with salads or fish dishes.

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