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The wine-writers' wine writer collects his best articles to explore the most profound and interesting questions about wine. A fascinating read for everyone with a broad interest in our cultural world.
"White is funny, clever, brisk and talks on the page as if shes sharing a glass with you ... a hard recommend for beginners, but also anyone who still wonders, for example, how and when to decant." Victoria Moore, The Telegraph "Reading Kelli A Whit
"The Cynic's Guide to Wine, by Sunny Hodge is one of the best wine books I have read in a long while." Yorkshire Post "All in all it's a very useful and enjoyable read..." Life if you are remotely curious about the science of wine, this is a
With over 3,000 years of history behind it, the future of Sherry lies in its past. Sommeliers admire it for its many varieties and Ben Howkins book will tell you why. Steven Spurrier "Here Ben Howkins approaches his subject with passion and flair,
Explains Germany's regionality and its climate and geography. Krebiehl explains why rivers and slopes are so important to German viticulture and puts it in an economic context.
This fully revised third edition of Cognac: The Story of the Worlds Greatest Brandy provides an authoritative account of how the much-loved spirit is produced and matured. Nicholas Faith was the worlds leading authority on Cognac. Here he explores the r
Steven Spurrier was a legend in the wine industry. This book charts the incidents, adventures, ideas and discoveries that have formed Stevens remarkable wine journey.
"From a historical point of point, the book is fascinating... From a literary point of view, its eloquent ... If youre a Bordeaux wine collector with deep pockets and a large cellar, its invaluable." Tamlyn Currin, Jancis Robinson "Associations and soc
The Italian region of Piemonte is rightly famed for the denominations of Barolo and Barbaresco. The area of vineyard given over to Nebbiolo, the sole grape variety of both DOCGs, has increased dramatically in the last half century (as plantings of other v
Wines from Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage and Châteauneuf-du-Pape have made the Rhône Valley world famous. This may be a classic wine region, but as Matt Walls reveals in Wines of the Rhône that doesnt mean it is set in its ways. Change here is not only driven by
South Africa is the eighth largest wine-producer in the world and its wine industry is among the oldest of the New World. Today it is one of the globes most dynamic industries, compact but diverse. In the past decade a new generation of winemakers has bre
The history of wine production in Greece dates back more than four millennia, yet for many consumers and aficionados Greek wine is still synonymous with the retsina they drank in tavernas as tourists. Here, Master of Wine Konstantinos Lazarakis argues tha
New Zealands wine industry has grown rapidly over the last thirty years, with the worlds wine drinkers falling particularly hard for the Marlborough regions distinctive Sauvignon Blancs. But New Zealand wine goes far beyond the exuberant whites grown in t
Wine has been made commercially in Canada since the mid-1800s but Canadian wine has only really begun to register with professionals and consumers outside the country in the last few decades, as quality has dramatically improved. Canadian wine is now bein
It is extraordinary enough that one small area in north-eastern France, on the northern edge of Europes wine-growing regions, should be capable of producing the finest sparkling wine in the world, one of the few worth discussing as a wine and not merely a
In The Wines of Beaujolais Natasha Hughes MW guides readers expertly to a greater understanding of the diversity of wines made in the region. In the last few years the quality of wines emerging from Beaujolais has risen dramatically, yet many still asso
California is one of the world's most feted wine regions. Elaine Chukan Brown, one of the worlds leading authority on the region, analyses all of the main AVAs, from the North Coast, to the celebrated Napa and Sonoma Valleys.
The companion volume to Evans The Wines of Northern Spain explores the great variety of wines produced across the rest of Spain. Beginning in the east with Catalunya, the book journeys south down the Mediterranean coast to the Levante. The heart of Spain,
Georgia has for the last 25 years been resurrecting its unique winemaking tradition and rediscovering the distinctiveness of its native varieties. A handful of producers in 1997 has now exploded to more than 1,300. Wine is arguably more important to Georg