VIRTUAL - Italy in a Wineglass: The Story of Italy Through Its Wines

Author Marc Millon discusses how his book, Italy in a Wineglass: The Story of Italy Through Its Wines, came about and highlights the intricate and intimate links between Italian history and Italian wine. He then looks at some of the major themes covered in the book: wines in antiquity; the triumph of Christianity; Risorgimento and Unification; back to the future, Italian wines today . . . and tomorrow.

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About the author:

Marc Millon has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about food, wine and travel for nearly 40 years. Marc was born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris. Marc authored 14 books with his wife Kim, a photographer, and are regular contributors to publications on both sides of the Atlantic. They pioneered a series of illustrated wine-food-travel books including The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy, and The Wine Roads of Spain. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK’s leading cultural travel specialist.

About the book:

In Italy in a Wineglass, Marc Millon offers a captivating exploration of Italian history — seen through the unique and revealing lens of its wines. Spanning thousands of years, the book traces the intricate relationship between Italy’s political, cultural, and economic evolution and the development of its wine traditions.

Organized chronologically, Millon takes readers on a journey from the wines of ancient Greece and Etruscans to the Romans, medieval monks, and Renaissance nobles, all the way to the dynamic world of modern Italian winemaking. Along the way, he highlights how wine has not only reflected the spirit of each era but also helped shape Italy’s national identity.

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