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Award-winning food & wine writer & photographer Carla Capalbohas travelled across Georgia collecting recipes & gathering stories fromtraditional food & wine producers in this stunning but little-knowncountry, nestled between the Caucasus Mountains & the Black Sea. The result is a beautifully illustrated cookbook & personal travel guide. Meet Georgia`s best chefs & cooks & sample their vibrant, colourfulcuisine, including vegetables blended with walnuts & aromatic herbs, subtly spiced stews & the irresistible cheese-filled khachapuri breadsthat are served on every table. Georgia is one of the world`s oldest winemaking areas, with wines traditionallymade in clay qvevri buried in the ground. These wines are someof today`s most soughtafter by fans of natural & organic viticulture. ...

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Tasting The Cape

Tasting the Cape is a guide to the world-renowned Cape winelands, a travelling companion and more. Filled with insights from one of South Africa's most infl uential food and wine critics, the book offers the wine lover a new and accessible approach to South African wines by grouping the featured estates by character - the formal types, the wacky ones and the quiet achievers.Tasting the Cape will not only introduce you to the legends of the Cape winelands and the history of the estates they call home, but will also show you how to navigate your way through the region depending on your interests and the type of wine you are interested in tasting - suggesting routes that combine wine with scenic drives and history. This completely new way of experiencing the Cape winelands combines useful
knowledge about wine with a fl avour of the places and people that make this one of the world's most fascinating and dynamic wineproducing areas.

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Tasting the Cape is a guide to the world-renowned Cape winelands, a travelling companion & more. Filled with insights from one of South Africa's most infl uential food & wine critics, the book offers the wine lover a new & accessible approach to South African wines by grouping the featured estates by character
- the formal types, the wacky ones & the quiet achievers. Tasting the Cape will not only introduce you to the legends of the Cape winelands & the history of the estates they call home, but will also show you how to navigate your way through the region depending on your interests & the type of wine you are interested in tasting
- suggesting routes that combine wine with scenic drives & history. This completely new way of experiencing the Cape winelands combines useful knowledge about wine with a fl avour of the places & people that make this one of the world's most fascinating & dynamic wineproducing areas.

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Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.

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