The Wines of Galais the Surrealist’s unusual guide to all things wine.
Salvador Dalí may be world famous for his picture , but the Catalonian Surrealist had a lesser - known artistic natural endowment , too . He and his married woman , Gala , confound amazing dinner parties . In 2016 , the publisher TASCHEN re - release Dalí ’s uncommon 1973 cookbook , Les Diners de Gala , his guide to whipping up elaborate meal like the ones he and Gala presented at their party . Now , the publishing firm presentsThe Wines of Gala , his equally off-the-wall follow - up guide to viticulture . earlier published in 1977 , it ’s a study of the history of wine illustrated with Dalí ’s art , including classical nude and other whole kit that the artist earmark and reimagined with his quintessentially freaky elan . TASCHENdescribesthe Christian Bible as “ a flamboyant , free - flow pronunciamento in favor of taste and touch sensation , ” and that scarce does it justice .
Along with 140 artworks by Dalí himself , the book provides a crash - course in wine production and history . With schoolbook by French writer Max Gérard and winemakers Philippe de Rothschild and Louis Orizet , it feature an overview of 10 different wine - growing region , detail how summons like blending and corking work , cite the Bible , and describes the history of a number of varietals . The Bible dives into liberally into mythology and cast in the poetry of Baudelaire and contemplation on vino from the likes of Voltaire and Louis Pasteur , the inventor of pasteurization .
In signature tune Dalí fashion , The Wines of Galais baffling to interpret . rather of organizing the book by special varietals or region , he prepare them " fit in to the sensations they create in our very depths . " type like Bordeaux , rosés , Chianti , Portoguese vinho verdes , and Greek wine are grouped into chapters according to the emotional experience they inspire—“Wines of Frivolity , ” “ Wines of Veils , ” and “ Wines of the Impossible , ” among others .
“ right wines are the translators of an obscure language that stammers in our veins , ” writer and winemaker Louis Orizet genus Mus in his half of the book . introduce " The Ten Wines of Gala , " the 2nd half of the Scripture , he argues that appreciating hunky-dory food and vino is as much an art as what Dalí does on a canvass , a running theme for the artist .
“ Too many well - suggest people have refused sample the right wing to be considered an prowess because , they say , the sensorial reactions of our mouth and nose are strictly organic and thus belong to a lowly corporeal realm , ” Orizet compose . “ Far from being an irrefutable demonstration , this attitude is a simple admission of ignorance . ”
By the meter you ’re done with the book , you ’ll be persist out to buy yourself a bottle of wine-coloured . Or 10 .
Dalí : The Wines of Galais available for $ 48 fromAmazon .
