Wine Grapes a Complete Guide to 1368 Vine Varieties, including their Origins and Flavours

Author(s): Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding & Jose Vouillamoz

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This is an indispensable book for every wine lover, from some of the world's greatest experts. Where do wine grapes come from and how are they related to each other? What is the historical background of each grape variety? Where are they grown? What sort of wines do they make and, most importantly, what do they taste like? Using the most cutting-edge DNA analysis and detailing almost 1,400 distinct grape varieties, as well as myriad correct (and highlighting almost as many incorrect) synonyms, this particularly beautiful book includes revelatory grape family trees, and a rich variety of illustrations from Viala and Vermorel's seminal ampelography with century-old illustrations. Combining Jancis Robinson's world view, nose for good writing and good wines with Julia Harding's expertise and attention to detail plus Dr Vouillamoz's unique level of scholarship, "Wine Grapes" offers essential and original information in greater depth and breadth than has ever been available before. A book for wine students, wine experts and wine lovers everywhere.

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Features extraordinarily detailed profiles of close to 1,400 vine varieties employed in the production of wine around the world ... I learned a huge amount ... What struck me most, though, was how engaging and passionate it was. This wasn't a dry cataloguing of grapes, a microscopic look at their DNA; this was a heartfelt exploration of wine history. -- Max Allen [australia's Best-Known Wine Writer] Weekend Australian This book is a thing of beauty - classic, well written and splendidly illustrated - and will be a point of reference for decades to come. With Christmas coming it may well be worth considering as a present for those wine enthusiasts amongst your friends and family. I am going to put it on my list when I write to Santa that's for sure! Bordeaux Undiscovered Praise for The Oxford Companion to Wine: A required reference for anyone who is serious about wine New York Times Praise for the 5th edition Wine Book of the Millennium Decanter, by Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson: This is the best collaboration of two Brits since Lennon and McCartney -- Ben Giliberti Washington Post Consistently glittering Times Literary Supplement

JANCIS ROBINSON is one of the world's best-known wine writers. In 1984 she was the first person outside the wine trade to qualify as a Master of Wine. The Financial Times wine writer, she is the author/editor of dozens of wine books, including two of the most respected and garlanded, The Oxford Companion to Wine (OUP) and The World Atlas of Wine (Mitchell Beazley). She is widely regarded by the wine-drinking public as an authority on vine varieties. Her award-winning website, www.JancisRobinson.com, has subscribers in 100 countries. JULIA HARDING passed the notoriously stiff Master of Wine exams at the first attempt, the top student of her year. She is Jancis Robinson's full-time researcher, co-ordinator and associate palate. In this book she has gathered the most up-to-date statistics about wine-grape plantings in every corner of the planet as well as unearthing recommended wine producers for almost every variety. JOSE VOUILLAMOZ, who worked with Professor Carole Meredith and the ground-breaking team of grape geneticists at the University of California at Davis, is a botanist and grape geneticist with an international reputation and is currently based in his native Switzerland. He has discovered numerous unexpected relationships between grape varieties, many of which are exclusive to this book.

General Fields

  • : 9781846144462
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Allen Lane
  • : 3.06
  • : August 2012
  • : 288mm X 192mm X 80mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding & Jose Vouillamoz
  • : BB
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 641.22
  • : 1280
  • : col. Illustrations