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Armagnac
The Definitive Guide to France's Premier Brandy |
In this detailed study, Charles Neal takes us to Gascony, in the hidden backwoods of Southwestern France. All the factors that go into making a great Armagnac are explained, as are the differences between it and Cognac.
Insights into blending and the use of permitted additives are fully discussed. Also included are profiles of the region's most influential négociants, objective tasting notes on their products, even information on how to match Armagnac with your favorite cigar.
Biographies and reviews of over 140 producers and negociants.
Precise differences between Armagnac and Cognac explained.
Tasting notes of over 750 Vintage Armagnacs.
An indispensable guide for the serious spirit consumer.
320 pages
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Other Books by Charles Neal
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Before becoming involved in the wine world, Charles Neal wrote a couple of books that were published and are still in print. These have absolutely nothing to do with wine or spirits; in fact, most of the personalities in both books would probably be more interested in a pint of cheap vodka or something illegal than a well-aged cognac or vibrantly fruity wine. Read on!
SUMAC
Wayne Turner is a diligent security guard who lives in a mobile home in rural Indiana. All Wayne really wants is a satisfying work assignment, a family that morally supports him, and perhaps a little hunting and fishing on the weekends.
Yet for all his efforts to achieve his goals, what he winds up with are problems--arguments, pay-cuts, and overdue bills.
Wayne throws himself further into his jobs--he even imagines himself gracing the pages of True Detective magazine. Yet his drive and obsession with work go unappreciated by his indolent family: his overweight, lazy wife Ethel tricks him; slovenly daughter Darlene disheartens him; and rebellious son Wayne Junior spites him.
At the same time, the values Wayne believes in seem to crumble before his very eyes, and his employers, fellow employees, and family begin getting in the way of every step he takes.
Sumac is the story of one simple man's ambitions and dreams, his trials and failures in trying to realize them, and the steps he takes to remedy the pain within him.
And as any such story must be, it is funny, cruel, sad and violent.
"...cheap motel rooms, convenience stores, strip shows, prison, pornography, drive-ins, mobile homes...Sumac is strong meat..."
--The Haw River Testimony
Fiction
ISBN: 0-9638727-0-2
301 pages
Paperback
First Published by Flame Grape Press in 1993
Signed copies of Sumac can be ordered by sending a check or money order for $12.00 (including shipping and handling) to:
Flame Grape Press
710 Eighth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
Please include your name and shipping address, and the name of the book you are ordering.
For more information, e-mail us.
TAPE DELAY
"...a virtual Who's Who of people who've done the most in the past decade to drag music out of commercial confinement."
--New Musical Express
Tape Delay by Charles Neal is a unique collection of interviews and exclusive  writing featuring over 60 photographs and illustrations. Contributors include: Marc Almond, Dave Ball, Nick Cave, Chris and Cosey, Coil, Einsturzende Neubauten, The Fall, Diamanda Galas, Genesis P. Orridge, Michael Gira, The Hafler Trio, Matt Johnson, Laibach, Lydia Lunch, New Order, Psychic TV, Boyd Rice, Henry Rollins, Clint Ruin, Silverstar Amoeba, Sonic Youth, Stephen Stapleton, Stevo, Mark Stewart, Swans, Test Dept., David Tibet, and Touch.
"Tape Delay is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive attempt so far to link together the large number of innovative noise-oriented bands to have emerged from the indie ghetto."
--Sounds Magazine
"Tape Delay investigates those rare underground performers who've stuck their forefingers up the butt of commercial (in)sensibility to pursue their own visions. On that level alone it should be welcomed."
--New Musical Express
"Overall, this truly superb book which anyone even half-interested in any of the artists covered should invest in."
--Impulse Magazine
"Essential reading for the serious-minded listener to the "alternative" underground."
--Beat Scene
Non-fiction
ISBN: 0-9467190-2-0
256 Pages
Paperback
First Published in 1987 by SAF Publishing, Ltd., England
3rd Printing November 2001.
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