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Wine: FIve Essential Reference Books
GRAPES AND WINES: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and FlavoursGRAPES AND WINES: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours by OZ CLARKE AND MARGARET RAND
Buy new: £9.72
Grape variety determines the wine. This good looking, beautifully illustrated and explained with its comprehensive alphabetical list of grapes is a must. Lots of info and the odd joke hidden away.
The Oxford Companion to Wine (Oxford Companions)The Oxford Companion to Wine (Oxford Companions)
Buy new: £20.00 / Used from: £20.02
Well priced at Amazon and worth every penny if you want the facts about wine. More than 3,000 entries about wines, regions, making, and what a word like Erzeugerabfullug on a label means.
Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2009Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2009 by Hugh Johnson
Buy used from: £0.07
For more than 30 years this annual encyclopaedia, small enough to go in a jacket pocket or handbag, gives vintage ratings for hundreds of wine, maps and more. Take to restaurants and wine sho
The World Atlas of WineThe World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson
Buy new: £22.75 / Used from: £16.99
The original, updated! Detailed maps of where wine comes from. Find that Bordeaux chateau or Napa Valley estate. Location is all and this excellent book shows the lie of the land
Wine Science: The Application of Science in Winemaking (Mitchell Beazley Drink)Wine Science: The Application of Science in Winemaking (Mitchell Beazley Drink) by Jamie Goode
For wine geeks. The science behind wine. Its not an easy read for non-scientists despite Jamie’s best efforts, but its something to dip into when discussions get complex or heated on the wine forums