Robert V. Camuto`s interest in wine turned into a passion when he moved to France & began digging into local soils & cellars. ” Corkscrewed” recounts Camuto`s journey through France`s myriad regions
- & how the journey profoundly changed everything he believed about wine. The world of great wines was once dominated by great Bordeaux chateaux. As those chateaux were bought up by moguls & international corporations, the heart of French winemaking shifted to the realm of small producers, whose wines reflect the stunning diversity of regional environment, soil, & culture-terroir. In this book we follow Camuto across France as he works harvesting grapes in Alsace, learns about wine & bombs in Corsica, & eats & drinks his way through the world`s greatest bacchanalia in Burgundy. Along the route he discovers a new generation of winemakers who have rejected chemicals, additives, & technologically altered wines. His book charts an odyssey into this new world of French wine, a world of biodynamic winegrowing, herbal treatments, lunar cycles, & grape varieties long ago dismissed as `difficult`. Camuto`s work is a delightful look beyond the supermarket into the kaleidoscopic world of flavours offered by the true vintners of France.