Wine 90
A Global Anthology of the Most Fascinating Stories Ever BottledBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length1h 22m
About this audiobook
You've collected wine knowledge like everyone else—ratings, regions, grape names—only to realize the story behind each bottle is stranger than the myth. Wine 90 asks: where in your life are you mistaking polished narratives for truth, believing the tuxedo instead of seeing the chaos underneath? Ninety real tales from the global wine world invite you to notice how civilization builds identity through accident, scandal, and human grit disguised as luxury.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Business and Economics
Length1 hr 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3PART I (1–15) – Cult Bottles, Myths & Big “Oh Shit” Moments
41. The Prisoner & Eight Years in the Desert – A Non-Compete Turned into a Narrative
52. Stag’s Leap vs Stags’ Leap – When an Apostrophe Went to Court
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63. Judgment of Paris – The Day Napa Broke the Wine Hierarchy
74. The Reporter Who Accidentally Immortalized It
85. Dom Pérignon & “Tasting the Stars” – Champagne’s Favorite Myth
96. The Vineyard Goats That Ate the Vintage
107. Faux Lafite – Counterfeit Prestige in a Bottle
118. Hardy Rodenstock & the Jefferson Bottles
129. Billionaire’s Vinegar – Wine Fraud as Detective Story
1310. Austria’s Antifreeze Scandal – Sweetness at Any Cost
1411. Roman Wine Shipwrecks – Amphorae on the Seafloor
1512. The Speyer Bottle – The Oldest Unopened Wine (Until Recently)
1613. Noble Rot – Mold That Turned into Gold
1714. Tokaji & Queen Victoria’s Birthday Cases
1815. Clos du Val’s Paris Rematch – Proof It Wasn’t a Fluke
19PART II (16–30) – Crises, Laws, and Rebirths
2016. The UFO Ban of Châteauneuf-du-Pape – When French Wine Law Went Sci-Fi
2117. Sassicaia & the Birth of the Super Tuscans – The Table Wine That Became Royalty
2218. Brunellogate – When the 100% Sangiovese Rule Got Violated
2319. Italy’s Methanol Scandal – Sweetness, Fraud, and Tragedy
2420. Phylloxera – The Bug That Nearly Wiped Out Wine
2521. Europe’s Banned “Madness” Grapes – A Century of Suspicion
2622. Prohibition’s Grape Bricks & Clergy Loopholes
2723. Carmenère – The Grape Hiding in Chile as Merlot
2824. Malbec – From French Casualty to Argentinian Icon
2925. Bordeaux 1855 – When a Price List Became Holy Scripture
3026. Bernkasteler Doctor – The Vineyard That “Healed” a Prince-Bishop
3127. Baltic Shipwreck Champagne – A 170-Year-Old Ocean Cellar
3228. Vega Sicilia – Spain’s Lone Fine-Wine Beacon
3329. Screaming Eagle – The Accidental Cult Wine
3430. How America Both Destroyed and Saved European Wine
35PART III (31–45) – Regions, Styles & Rivalries
3631. Switzerland’s “Wine Lake” Fraud – When Blending Became a National Embarrassment
3732. Barolo’s Oak Wars – Tradition vs. Modernity in Piedmont
3833. The Champagne Widows – The Women Who Built an Empire of Bubbles
3934. The Almost-Legal Fake Rosé of 2009 – When Europe Tried to Blend Its Way Out of Trouble
4035. China’s Counterfeit Lafite Boom – When Fake Wine Became an Industry
4136. Romanée-Conti – The 4.5 Acres Everyone Fought Over
4237. Napa’s AXR1 Disaster – When a “Resistant” Rootstock Failed
4338. Franciacorta’s Fight to Not Be “Italian Champagne’s Cousin”
4439. Syrah vs. Shiraz – Two Names, One Grape, Two Personalities
4540. Sauternes’ Lone Premier Cru Supérieur – Yquem’s Untouchable Status
4641. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc – The Wine That Rewired Palates
4742. Pinotage – From Pariah to National Pride
4843. Madeira – The Wine That Was Born by Accident
4944. Champagne’s Wartime Caves – Bubbles Beneath Bombs
5045. California’s Varietal Label Revolution – How the U.S. Changed the Global Label
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