Chicago/Maywood, Illinois: Mayfair Co., 1976. 13 x 8 x 8.5 cm. A charming and uncommon mid-1970s recipe box, cheerfully decorated with dancing pink elephants, created exclusively for the "Golden Hour." Clearly once owned by an enthusiastic host, this collection contains everything needed for a lively cocktail hour - ample savory..... More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 357 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Signed on front free end paper by the author Maynard A. Amerine. This illustrated volume provides a history of the grape and its delightful products from the earliest times of Western civilization to the present..... More

New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. 125 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Societies' drinking customs and habits reflect their fabrics, tensions, and dynamics. Using historiacal methods, observational techniques, and international statistics, this book separates myth from reality and discusses modern trends. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. More

Palermo: Sellerio editore, 1977. Hardcover. 94 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. The author explores the rich history and cultural significance of wine in Sicily. Butitta delves into the viticultural traditions, examining how they are intertwined with Sicilian identity, agriculture, and social practices. The book highlights various grape varieties, winemaking techniques..... More

Paris: Alphonse LE SIGNE, c. 1890. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. A romantic scene of wine drinking highlights this French sheet music. The musician, Désiré Dihau, was best known as the bassoonist and composer who was painted by Edgar Degas in L'Orchestre de l'Opéra along with cellist Louis-Marie..... More

Crosswicks, NJ: Edgar Brick & Sons, c. 1920's. Loose_leaf. 17 x 51 cm. A rare Prohibition relic, Mince Meat with "PROOF ALCOHOL BY VOLUME 14 PER CENT" stating: FEDERAL PROHIBITION PERMIT N.J. H-926. Almost as soon as prohibition came into force in 1920, people began lobbying for popular culinary items..... More

Gloucestershire: Constable - In association with Christie's Wine Publication, 1983. Hardcover. 160 pages. 22 x 25 cm. In 1875, two English brothers - Walter and Alfred Gilbey - Bought from an ancient French noble family the château, vineyard and estate of Loudenne, in the heart of the Médoc. They were..... More

[Augsburg, Heinrich Streiner, 1533?]. Hardcover. 38 leaves, (6 pp. manuscript). With large and unusually detailed woodcut (10 x 12 cm.) on title-page revealing an extravagant banquet and a man vomiting, by H. Weiditz, with decorated woodcut initials. Set in schwabacher types with incidental fraktur. A treatise on the excesses of..... More

London: Faber and Faber, 1996. Hardcover. 330 pages. 22 x 15 cm. New Zealand is the newest of the world's great wine-growing countries and has rapidly established itself at the cutting edge of the world of wine. Ten years ago its wines were barely exported; today demand is so great..... More

Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. Hardcover. 255 pages. 27 x 19 cm. In this scholarly and poetic volume, the author introduces the reader to the romance of the Southern Hemisphere's viticulture and viniculture. It is a fabulous saga, a history of pioneering, of desperate failure, and of glorious..... More

Port Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Co., 1985. Hardcover. The fascinating story of Chateau Tahbilk - how this Victorian vineyard came to be set down in one exact spot on the banks of the Goulburn River in 1860, how it grew, and why it looks as it does today with its mile-long..... More

London: MACDONALD, 1964. Hardcover. 160 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. In this book by André Launay, London-born Frenchman and director of a famous firm of manufacturers and importers of high end delicacies, sets out to eliminate the mysteries which surround luxury food. Chapters include: Caviare, Foie Gras, Oysters, Smoked Salmon..... More

New York: RIZZOLI, 1984. Hardcover. 155 pages. 28 x 26 cm. For wine lovers, graphic artists and typographic designers -this collection of five hundred wine labels from Europe and the Americas is one that delights the eye and stimulates the palate. The illustrations provide an encyclopedic collection of labels that..... More