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      • Food & Drink
        March 2022

        Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth

        by Nancy Matsumoto

        This stunning guide invites you into the story of sake—an ancient beverage finding its way in a modern world.Whether you're a sake novice or an experienced connoisseur, Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake offers fascinating insights, practical tips, and rich stories about this popular beverage.Authors and experts Nancy Matsumoto and Michael Tremblay personally undertook the challenge of visiting 33 artisanal sake breweries in Japan, the US, and Canada to interview makers and document every stage of the sake brewing process. Nancy's celebrated journalistic background combined with Michael's sake sommelier experience have led to an engaging and informative look at the world of sake.With over 300 color photos and a lively narrative, this fascinating book provides: A comprehensive introduction to the science and history of sake brewing in Japan A look at how fine craft sakes are brewed today using traditional methods and no additives—only rice, water, koji, and yeast Histories of Japan's venerable breweries, some of them over 300 years old! An answer to why some breweries are able to turn out a superior quality of sake A discussion of rice varieties and "terroirs" where exceptional sakes are produced Current trends in the world of sake, including the fine sakes now brewed outside Japan Tasting notes and recommendations for top craft sakes you have not heard about yet This book also includes personal recipes from several top Japanese brew masters along with food-pairing tips and the authors' own personal recommendations for the best sake bars in Japan and overseas!

      • Food & Drink

        Fried Eggs and Rioja

        What To Drink With Absolutely Everything

        by Victoria Moore

        The ultimate go-to guide for which wine to drink with dinner, lunch or just because   From sofa suppers and comfort food to celebration meals and festive feasts, Victoria Moore helps you choose the wine that will taste most delicious with whatever you're eating.Based on the bestselling The Wine Dine Dictionary, this new guide also includes Moore's favourite at-home recipes, portraits of the top twelve best-loved grapes, plus quick-look lists for perfect pairings. Fried Eggs and Rioja is a stylish, insightful and useful addition to the bookshelves of amateur and experienced wine drinkers alike.

      • Food & Drink
        March 2021

        Whisky In Your Pocket

        10th edition based on The Malt Whisky Almanac

        by Neil Wilson

        An up-to-date guide to whisky suitable for beginners and enthusiasts. Now in its 10th edition, Whisky in Your Pocket, is known and admired for its simple and straightforward approach, its lack of pretension and clarity. The first edition was published in 1986 and written by Wallace Milroy with Neil Wilson. Back in the 1960s and 70s, Wallace Milroy and his brother Jack introduced malt whisky to London from their Soho Wine Market. Neil Wilson persuaded Wallace to create a beginner’s guide to single bottled malts and together they conceived The Malt Whisky Almanac. It went on to sell over 300,000 copies. • Completely revised and expanded book • First published 1986, now in its 10th edition • Details for 130 malt and grain whiskies • Details for 26 blended whiskies • Handy regional reference maps • Up-to-date bottle shots • Guide on pricing • Suggestions for comparable whiskies • Book based on the late Wallace Milroy’s Malt Whisky Almanac. Milroy was one of the world’s most respected whisky connoisseurs. • Neil Wilson was Milroy’s co-author and is a renowned whisky historian and writer. All bottle images are reproduced by kind permission from online whisky shop www.masterofmalt.com

      • Cultural studies
        March 2015

        In Search of the Village Distilleries of Maramures

        A Romanian Odyssey

        by Ian Macilwain

        This photographic portrait of the Village fruit brandy distilleries of the remote inaccessible northernmost province of Romania has taken the author five years to complete. He first went to the neighbouring province of Transylvania in 1968 on a Honda 50. After a career in Psychiatry , he has specialised in the photography of Scottish malt whisky distilleries , producing several books, of which the best known is ‘Bottled History’.  He has found in Maramures a process remarkably similar to the family distilling tradition in Scotland which died out after 1820. The photographs capture the atmospheric interiors and the people who work in them.  The author tries to distil the essence of this deeply traditional place before it disappears for ever.

      • Local history

        The Lost Distilleries of Ireland.

        by Brian Townsend

        Scotch may now be the most popular whisky in the world, but over a century ago, it was Irish whisky which was most commonly drunk. Today, only three producing units exist: at Midleton, County Cork; Bushmills, County Antrim; and Cooley at Dundalk, County Louth. The author of this work has researched the lost distilleries of Ireland and details what happened to them. He relates the origins of distilling in Ireland - an Arabic hand-down to Irish monks; the links with Scotland; the wild years when illicit distilling was rampant and shebeens proliferated as corruption increased; the coming of legitimacy and temperance; the development of Coffey still (and its contribution to the ultimate sinking of the industry); the golden years; prohibition in the USA and the emergence of the Free State in 1922.;Each of the distilleries is listed and accompanied by archive photographs and etchings. The list includes: Bow Street; John's Lane; Thomas Street; Marrowbone Lane; Jones Road; and Phoenix Park - all in Dublin; Monasterevan, County Kildare; Tullamore, Brusna and Burr - all County Offaly; Nun's Island, Galway; Limerick, County Limerick; North Mall, Cork; Medleton, Glen and Bandon - all County Cork; Bishop's Water, Wexford; Dundalk, County Louth; Royal Irish, Avoniel and Irish, Belfast; Upper and Lower, Comber, County Down; Coleraine and Limavady, County Londonderry and Abbey Street and Waterside, Londonderry.

      • History: specific events & topics

        The Whisky Barons

        by Allen. Andrews

        The success of today's whisky industry is largely due to the commercial drive and foresight of a select group of whisky merchants who took the business by storm in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This is the story of how Dewar, Buchanan, Walker, Bell and Mackie established their brands and kick-started the industry. The men had much in common: they were all Scots from humble beginnings, served long apprenticeships and ultimately set out on their own to build their companies. This book shows how they changed the face of the world of whisky by taking the industry by the scruff of the neck and creating many of the sales techniques and the actual business culture still in existence today.

      • Travel writing

        A Ramble Round the Globe Revisited

        In the Footsteps of Tommy Dewar

        by Malcolm. Greenwood

      • Spirits & cocktails

        Scotch

        The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story

        by

      • Biography: business & industry

        Wort, Worms & Washbacks

        Memoirs from the Stillhouse

        by John. McDougall

        The memoirs of John McDougall, one of Scotland's best known whisky distillers. The book covers his time in the industry from 1963 to 1999, during which McDougall has worked in distilleries in Speyside, Ayrshire, Islay and Campbeltown, before setting up his own business in Kelso. The memoirs reveal the characters John has dealt with in the many differing places he has worked and portray a picture of the distillery shop floor, the stillroom and the mashroom, and the changes that have been made in them over the past 35 years.

      • Memoirs

        Goodness Nose

        The Passionate Revelations of a Scotch Whisky Master Blender

        by Richard Paterson

      • Food manufacturing & related industries

        Goodness Nose

        The Passionate Revelations of a Scotch Whisky Master Blender

        by Richard Paterson

      • General & world history

        Scotch Missed

        The Lost Distilleries of Scotland

        by Brian Townsend

      • Spirits & cocktails

        The A-z of Whisky

        by Gavin D. Smith

      • Alcoholic beverages

        Wine behind the label - 9th edition

        by David Moore and Neville Blech

        This is the 9th edition of the award winning guide to the best wine producers in the world and their wines. It includes an introduction to all the major wine producing areas, price guides, rating of wines, vintage charts, maps, a glossery of wine terms, a grape glossary and awards for excellence in the production of wnes. This is a must have reference guide for wine professionals, sommeliers, retailers, and enthusiasts alike.

      • History: specific events & topics
        February 2012

        Stillroom Stories - Tunroom Tales

        by Gavin Smith

      • Food manufacturing & related industries

        Bad Whisky

        The Scandal That Created the World's Most Successful Spirit

        by Edward. Burns

      • Travel writing

        French Country Roads

        A Wine Lover's Guide to France

        by John D. O'Connell

      • Fiction

        The Psychedelic Traveller

        Short Stories

        by ANTHONY JAMES

        A collection of short stories from adventures and fantastic imaginings aroud the world.  Each story is set in a different country, from Brazil to Siberia, from new Zealand to India. Each story is a cameo in itself, each one of a different mood, be it playful, or dark, of conflict or good humour. Stories will remind those who travel widely of the pitfalls and opportunities and remind all the readers that there is nothing more wonderful than this wonderful world and the ppeople in it.

      • Beverages
        March 2022

        The Science of Drinking by a Master Doctor

        Essential Lectures for a Lifetime of Healthy Drinking

        by Kaori Haishi, Directed by Shinichi Asabe

        Your hazy feeling and anxiety from drinking will clearly disappear by knowing the mechanism. Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way of drinking!? Scientific insights you want to read now compiled in one book. ・ Recently, I get drunk easily. ・ I want to my drinking reduced but can’t. ・ Result of my medical check-ups is getting worse. ・ I’m worried about cancer, metabolic syndrome, pancreatitis, and other diseases...   Why people get drunk, suffer from hangovers, and get sick from overdrinking, and there are people who can’t drink at all? Even boozers are convinced to the latest study on alcohol and human body! Specialists in various diseases and researchers in alcohol’s effects on human bodies explain easily the latest scientific knowledge. For those who love drinking, are a bit worried about own health, or are interested in the mechanism of human bodies although can’t drink at all, this book is full of scientific insights that are recommended to read now to prepare for post-corona. ★"How to drink without regrets" that is scientifically clarified. Why overdrinking causes diarrhea?/Why people get easily drunken when getting older? /Why you should not drink after a workout./What is "moderate amount" that you can maintain your health? ★Boozer’s destiny "risk of getting ill" Even if you drink "moderately," risk of cancer increases?/Lemon sour causes reflux esophagitis?/Heavy drinkers are vulnerable to infections with Covid-19?

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