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Wine writer and Master of Wine; Financial Times wine columnist, editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine and co-author of The World Atlas of Wine.
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Pocket Wine BookBook Hugh Johnson
I take my hat off to Hugh. This is one wine reference book that I have nothing to do with, and it is absolutely brilliant. It's very small—although, of course, it's been getting bigger and bigger as the wine world has expanded—and it does pack a heck of a lot of information.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
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The Juice: Vinous VeritasBook Jay McInerney
I've chosen his third collection of writing about wine, The Juice. They're all fun. They're all very well written because Jay is a very good writer, and doesn't take it too seriously.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
2018-06-30·fivebooks.com ↗
The Wines of BordeauxBook Edmund Penning-Rowsell
He was chairman of the Wine Society and wrote a fantastic book called The Wines of Bordeaux, which was an increasingly thick Penguin paperback.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
2018-06-30·fivebooks.com ↗
The Complete BordeauxBook Stephen Brook
It is not dry and scientific. I don't think Stephen is particularly interested in science. It's got lots of value judgements, and it is a good solid read.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
2018-06-30·fivebooks.com ↗
World Atlas of WineBook Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
The World Atlas of Wine has unrivalled maps. Hugh did a fantastic job, the real spadework, of getting some top quality maps of the world's classic wine regions and many of the new ones. The original editions had Hugh's matchless prose, trying to encapsulate the spirit of each region in surrounding texts, but the maps are the thing, and some photographs.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
2018-06-30·fivebooks.com ↗
Thirsty Dragon: China's Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World's Best WinesBook Suzanne Mustacich
This a journalistic book, a very sound bit of journalism by Suzanne Mustacich. She is based in Bordeaux, but she clearly travelled to China an awful lot and unravelled a most amusing commercial battle that went on in the early years of this decade between the Bordeaux chateau owners and merchants on the one side and Chinese business people on the other.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
2018-06-30·fivebooks.com ↗
Inside BurgundyBook Jasper Morris
There's a very good book on Burgundy called Inside Burgundy by Jasper Morris, which is really nice and beautifully designed as well. I would certainly recommend it to anyone.
Five Books interview on the best books about wine
2018-06-30·fivebooks.com ↗
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