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Cyril Ray (1908–1991)

Autor von The Wines of Italy

57 Werke 308 Mitglieder 8 Rezensionen

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Beinhaltet den Namen: CYRIL RAY (EDITOR)

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Werke von Cyril Ray

The Wines of Italy (1966) 40 Exemplare
New Compleat Imbiber (1986) 15 Exemplare
Compleat Imbiber No 14 (1989) 14 Exemplare
COMPLEAT IMBIBER (1971) — Herausgeber — 14 Exemplare
The gourmet's companion (1963) 11 Exemplare
The Guide to Wine (1982) 10 Exemplare
Cognac (1973) 10 Exemplare
The Wines of France (1976) 10 Exemplare
Merry England (1960) 9 Exemplare
Vintage Tales (1984) 9 Exemplare
The Compleat Imbiber No. 11 (1970) 8 Exemplare
The wines of Germany (1977) 7 Exemplare
The Compleat Imbiber 8 (1965) 6 Exemplare
The Compleat Imbiber 7 (1964) 6 Exemplare
Wine with food (1975) 5 Exemplare
Ray on Wine (1979) 5 Exemplare
Cyril Ray's Book of Wine (1978) 5 Exemplare
Lickerish Limericks (1979) 5 Exemplare
Bollinger: Story of Champagne (1971) 4 Exemplare
The Compleat Imbiber 9 (1967) 4 Exemplare
Compleat Imbiber 12 (1971) 3 Exemplare
The Compleat Imbiber 5 (1962) 3 Exemplare
Wijnen van de wereld (1979) 2 Exemplare
The New Book of Italian Wines (1982) 2 Exemplare
The Compleat Imbiber - 4, (1961) 2 Exemplare
Compleat Imbiber (1984) 2 Exemplare
The Gourmet's Companion. (1901) 1 Exemplar
The Compleat Imbiber 3 (1960) 1 Exemplar
In a glass lightly (1969) 1 Exemplar
Vintage Tales 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Ray, Cyril
Geburtstag
1908-03-16
Todestag
1991-09-24
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
England
UK
Geburtsort
Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Wohnorte
London, England, UK
Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Rome, Italy
Ausbildung
Jesus College, Oxford University
Wesleyan Church School, Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Manchester Grammar School
Berufe
author
journalist
Kurzbiographie
Cyril Ray (16 March 1908 – 24 September 1991) was an English author and journalist. After a spell as a war reporter, and then a foreign correspondent he became best known for writing about food and, especially, wine. He became a wine writer almost randomly, and had strong interests in other spheres such as military history and riding. In addition to writing about food and wine, Ray wrote histories of major wine producers, including Ch. Lafite, Ch. Mouton Rothschild and Bollinger. He also wrote volumes of military history. A strong socialist, he resigned from prominent positions when he felt his principles incompatible with those of the publication.

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Lovely book with many very enjoyable stories, as well as being an interesting look at how wine writing has changed
 
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DermotNolan | Jun 12, 2023 |
An enjoyable coffee-table style read. The text, touching on most, if not all, major spirits, is accompanied by numerous (often historical) images relating to the production and culture of spirits/liqueurs, and begins with a general history of distillation, then goes on to brandy, whisky, gin (and similar), rum, vodka, Eau de vie, and finally different sweetened liqueurs. I was happy to find that I learned a number of facts, as the author did a good job of simplifying and clarifying many things.

This is neither a "must try" (and in fact, rarely mentions specific brands of spirits...liqueurs, particularly ones with a long history) nor a cookbook (only a couple historical cocktail recipes).

It is, however, not actually complete...that would require something the size of a dictionary. Four stars, and certainly worth picking up if you happen to see it (as I did) in a used-book store and are interested in the subject.
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Beorn_se_Bacaire | Dec 18, 2013 |
This interesting anthology of the pleasures of the table includes, on pp. 140-142, M.F.K. Fisher's essay titled "On Dining Alone",
which was reprinted from the chapter of the same name in her first book, Serve it Forth, published by Harpers in 1937.
 
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rschwed | Sep 25, 2013 |
See my review dated 24 Jun 2012 on the Amazon website
 
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lestermay | Jun 24, 2012 |

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Werke
57
Mitglieder
308
Beliebtheit
#76,456
Bewertung
½ 3.7
Rezensionen
8
ISBNs
45
Sprachen
2

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