Is This Bottle Corked? - The Secret Life of Wine (Electronic book text)

KATHLEEN BURK was born and raised in California and, as the daughter of a grape farmer, has wine in her bones. While at the University of California at Berkeley, she traveled around Napa Valley tasting wine, riding pillion on a 750cc motorcycle. At Oxford she discovered European wines, to which she is devoted. She has a Diploma in Wine and Spirits, writes for the "World of Fine Wine, " and is a judge for the International Wine and Spirits Competition. She is the Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London and the author of "Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning."
MICHAEL BYWATER is an author, broadcaster, and culture critic. He writes for the "Independent, " the "Daily Telegraph, " the "Sunday Times, " and a host of other periodicals. He is also a regular broadcaster for the BBC, development executive at Studio Lambert TV in London, and intermittently teaches tragedy at the University of Cambridge.
He is author of "Lost Worlds: What Have We Lost, and Where Did It Go?" and "Big Babies: Or: Why Can't We Just Grow Up?" He is currently writing a book on male friendship,
"A Fine Bromance."

"From the Hardcover edition."