Adventurous Wine Architecture by Michael Webb (Hardcover, 2005)

Adventurous Wine Architecture by Michael Webb (Hardcover, 2005).

Some of the world's best architects

are reshaping the winery as a bold

contemporary expression of innovation and tradition,

agriculture and technology, production and hospitality.

In this survey of the most significant new and recent

work, architectural writer Michael Webb explains how

these buildings serve producers and consumers, from

harvesting to tasting, and give enlightened wine makers

an edge in a fiercely competitive market. Photographer

Erhard feiffer contributes stunning images, taken

especially for this book, of vineyards and cellars,

tank rooms and tasting rooms, rooting each winery

in its landscape,

Featured architects include Santiago Calatrava, Norman

Foster, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron,

Steven Holl, Rafael Mono, Glenn Murcutt, Renzo Piano,

and Richard Rogers. These and other creative talents

have designed wineries and visitors' centers in

California and Canada; Spain, Italy and Austria; Chile

and Argentina; Australia and New Zealand. Their clients

include descendants of centuries-old family firms and

ambitious entrepreneurs, all fired by a passion to excel.

Thirty-one wineries are grouped into four thematic

sections--Expressive Forms, Out of the Earth,

Monumental Presence, and Rural Vernacular-that

demonstrate their diversity. Visionary schemes, now in

design or development, are briefly summarized. Each

offers a new perspective on an age-old craft, and a

response to the venerable châteaux of an earlier time.

They are also seeking to reach out to the public and

nearly all these new wineries are open to casual callers

or by appointment, for tours and tastings. A few also

offer luxurious accommodation and superlative cuisine,

important art collections and educational programs. All

will be pleased to provide expert advice and sell you a

bottle or a case you may not find elsewhere.

Adventurous Wine Architecture will enlighten and

inspire the dedicated oenophile and the casual wine

lover, and will transport you to some of the most idyllic

places on earth.

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