Nicholas Faith is a distinguished journalist and author renowned for his insightful explorations of wine, spirits, and transport. His work is characterized by a keen ability to delve into the core of his subjects, unraveling their complexities and presenting them in an accessible and engaging manner. Faith's analytical approach, honed through extensive journalistic experience, allows him to examine these spheres with a unique perspective. His writings offer readers not just information, but also thought-provoking reflections and fresh viewpoints on these captivating worlds.
This guide to vodka the history of vodka; how vodka is made; the marketing of vodka; a full list of brands and their labels with tasting notes; how to drink it; what to eat with vodka; and how to cook with it.
Exploring the "golden age" of railways - a period of privately owned, competitive companies - this book details the early explosion of "rail fever", which resulted in the carving up of the English countryside to accommodate the new "iron horses". From these dramatic and turbulent beginnings, readers are led through the birth, demise and possible resurgence of the environmentally friendly rail-cars and trams. The book also looks at the London Underground.
A new edition of THE classic history of rail: how the 'Iron Road' turned the world upside down.
The smash-hit bestseller about the world's worst air crashes and the disaster detectives who pick through the wreckage to find out why they happened - now fully revised and updated, with 30% new material. From the early tragedies of the Comet and the DC10 to the modern-day horror of the Concorde catastrophe in Paris and the mysterious loss of an Air France Airbus over the Atlantic, Faith painstakingly recreates the accidents, explains what went wrong and discusses how they can be prevented from recurring. It's a gripping, fascinating and chilling book.
Tied to a six-part Channel-4 documentary, this book is a survey of classic commercial vehicles across the world, from buses and trams to lorries, tractors, JCBs, trains and tubes. It examines the huge changes that have taken place in public, emergency and industrial road-transport machines.
Burgundy, France's historic wine region, is a unique mix of, old towns and vineyards, of great wines, and of thousands of individualistic wine-makers, brokers and merchants. "Burgundy and its Wines" takes the reader on a journey where the temptation to linger is irresistible - from the gentle slopes of the Cote d'Or to the treasures of Dijon. The journey concludes with a directory of practical advice and information, including the best merchants and producers.
In the only book dedicated to this prestigious Bordeaux wine, Faith leads the reader on a tour through the sumptuous neo-classical Cheteau Margaux estate. Beginning with a description of the dramatic history that defines the estate, and the fortuitous geology and geography that define the wine, Jean Dethier describes the magical atmosphere of the cheteau; three celebrated wine and food experts-George Lepre, Markus Del Monego, and Shinya Tasaki-offer critical insight on the best combinations of fine food with Cheteau Margaux's wines. The final section offers a useful chronology and assessment of the vintages from 1771 to the present.
Good historical coverage with newly researched factual material.
Burgund ist mit seinen historischen Städten und Rebbergen nach wie vor eine einzigartige Weinarena. Hier werden klassische Spitzenweine von Tausenden oft recht eigenwilligen Winzern hervorgebracht. Dieses großartig bebilderte Buch liefert reiches Hintergrundwissen zu Anbau, Erzeugung und Marktposition der besten Burgunder Weine. Aus den großartigen Fotos von Andy Katz spricht eine beson-dere Liebe zu den Landschaften, Rebbergen, Dörfern und Städten Burgunds und eine hohe Wertschätzung für ihre Bewohner. Das stimmungsvolle Buch bietet einen kurzweiligen Rundgang durch die geschichtsträchtigen Regionen Burgunds: die Côte Chalonnaise, die Hautes Côtes, die Gebiete um Mâcon und Chablis, das Beaujolais und natürlich die Côte d'Or, das eigentliche Herzstück Burgunds.