Corks and Forks by Robert Finigan

Corks and Forks by Robert Finigan

Some may remember Robert Finigan's private wine newsletter, published from 1972 to 1990. Others will know him as the author of the esteemed Robert Finigan's Essentials of Wine. As a critic-at-large, Finigan has dined in the best restaurants and tasted in the finest cellars of the world, and in Corks and Forks he jovially recounts his experiences and the celebrity chefs and winemakers he met along the way.

The events Finigan took part in are now legendary. For the famous Paris Tasting of 1976, Finigan recommended many California Cabernets and Chardonnays that shockingly outpointed their French counterparts. With nine of the world's most distinguished wine tasting professionals, he conducted the re-evaluation of the 1855 Bordeaux classification -- the first in 140 years. He has stepped into the private kitchens of Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, James Beard, Jeremiah Tower, Michel Guerard, and Jean Troisgros, and sipped wine with Robert Mondavi, Ernest Gallo, and Kermit Lynch -- to name just a few of the luminaries profiled in this delightful collection.

As much a chronicle of the developments in food and wine as it is a memoir of the man who witnessed them, Corks and Forks is sure to whet anyone's palate.

Robert Finigan was a noted American wine and restaurant critic based in San Francisco, California, known for his newsletter Robert Finigan's Private Guide to Wines.

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ISBN 13	9781593760991
ISBN 10	159376099X
Title	Corks and Forks
Author	Robert Finigan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2006-10-01
Number of pages	208
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