Description
Product Description
The brand new edition of the unrivalled and bestselling
Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book.Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 42nd 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. This new edition also contains a special supplement on Organic, Natural and Biodynamic wines.
Review
'Space for one wine book in your life? This is it.'
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Howard G. Goldberg, The New York Times,
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About the Author
Hugh Johnson is the world's pre-eminent writer on wine. First published in 1977, his
Pocket Wine Book sells hundreds of thousands of copies a year. His winning formula of insight, critical appraisal of the world of wine, plus valuable vintage news and wine recommendations has been often-imitated but never bettered.
With the publication of his first book, Wine, Johnson established himself at the age of twenty-seven as the most refreshing and authoritative voice on the subject. During the past four decades he has written books that have become landmarks on the subject, including his classic
The World Atlas of Wine, co-authored with Jancis Robinson, his
Wine Companion, first published in 2003,
The Story of Wine and
Hugh Johnson on Wine.