• Grape Explications
  • Grape Explications
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  • Format:Hardback
  • ISBN:9798990314214
  • Publication Date:07-04-2025
  • Pages:380

Grape Explications

Neal D Hulkower

Grape Explications

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‘The book is dauntingly detailed yet thoroughly entertaining — a rare combination in the wine world.‘
Andrew Jefford, author of Drinking with the Valkyries

‘This is a delightful book. Neal writes with rigour and balance, and his style is easy to read.”
Jamie Goode, author of I Taste Red and The Science of Wine

‘Grape Explications is a witty and alternative read that spans an array of wine topics. It nourishes the inner wine geek within and is an amusing display of Hulkower’s ability to apply critical thinking to wine, even if the results are not what we’d first expect.‘
Sunny Hodge, author of The Cynic's Guide to Wine

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About Grape Explications

Entertaining, eclectic and thought-provoking, Grape Explications reflects on the diversity of the wine world over time and across continents in a collection of articles and wine book reviews by an OG oenophile. Immerse yourself in Neal Hulkower’s quirky and sometimes controversial perspective on wine words, scores, spitting and much more: 

• Visit with wine personalities
• Meet globetrotting wine economists 
• Take a quick look at Slow Wine 
• Explore the burgeoning Willamette Valley with an insider

Wine lovers, wine curious, and anyone who appreciates a good read will find something to savour.

Neal D Hulkower is an applied mathematician and freelance writer living in McMinnville, Oregon. His first contributions to a wine publication appeared in the early 1970s. Since 2009, he has been writing regularly about wine-related topics for academic, trade and popular publications including the Journal of Wine Research, the Journal of Wine Economics, American Wine Society Wine Journal, Oregon Wine Press, Practical Winery & Vineyard, Wine Press Northwest, the Slow Wine Guide USA, The World of Fine Wine and on Wine-Searcher, TRINK Magazine, and GuildSomm. Neal is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers. His first book, Grape Explications, was released in 2025.

  • Weight 0.75 kg
  • Dimensions 152 x 229 mm

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