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Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2014

Hugh Johnson

"Space for only one wine book in your life? This is it" - Howard G Goldberg The New York Times

Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2014 is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 37th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive up-to-the minute annual guide.

Hugh Johnson provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. He reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both.

Contents Include:
Vintage Report
Grape Varieties
Wine & Food
France
Châteaux of Bordeaux
Italy
Germany
Luxembourg
Spain & Portugal
Port, Sherry & Madeira
Switzerland
Austria
England & Wales
Central & Southeast Europe
Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro,
Czech Republic & Slovak Republic, Romania, Malta
Greece
Eastern Mediterranean & North Africa
Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, North Africa
Asia & Old Russian Empire
United States
California
The Pacific Northwest
Northeast, Southeast & Central
The Southwest
Mexico
Canada
South America
Chile, Argentina, Other South American Wines
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Burgundy and other Pinot Noirs
And More!

  • Classification : Cookery, Food & Drink
  • Pub Date : SEP 10, 2013
  • Imprint : Mitchell Beazley
  • Page Extent : 336
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781845337445
  • Price : INR 799
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Hugh Johnson

Hugh Johnson has been tasting buying promoting and writing about wine for over forty years. He has been amongst many other appointments secretary of Wine and Food and editor of the Wine and Food society Wine Correspondent of the Sunday Times Wine Editor of Gourmet a director of Chateau Latour and Wine Consultant to British Airways. He has been President of the Sunday Times Wine Club since 1973 the Circle of Wine Writers since 1997 and the Hon President of the International Wine and Food Society since 2002. He has been honoured by the Academy du Vin de Bordeaux the German Gastronomic Academy and by a doctorate from Essex University. His many practical books on wine from Mitchell Beazley have been bestsellers all over the world. His STORY OF WINE won every major wine book award in Britain and the USA.

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