Searching for the meaning of ‘An Ideal Wine’

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Is wine a naturally occurring miracle, evidence of a beneficent nature? Or is it just another manufactured beverage in which man’s technical mastery can transform dull grape juice into something more special. The answer, of course, is that it’s both. And that is the dichotomy explored in David Darlington’s new book “An Ideal Wine,” which is reviewed here.

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