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The Oxford Companion to Wine

by Jancis Robinson

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Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson''s seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and wom... Read more
Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson''s seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and woman of the year accolades for its editor onboth sides of the Atlantic. Combining meticulously-researched fact with refreshing opinion and wit, The Oxford Companion to Wine presents almost 4,000 entries on every wine-related topic imaginable, from regions and grape varieties to the owners, connoisseurs, growers, and tasters in wine throughthe ages; from viticulture and oenology to the history of wine, from its origins to the present day. The 187 esteemed contributors (including over 50 new to this edition) range from internationally renowned academics to some of the most famous wine writers and wine specialists in the world.Now exhaustively updated, this fourth edition incorporates the very latest international research to present over 350 new entries on topics ranging from additives and wine apps to WSET and Zelen. Over 60 per cent of all entries have been revised; and useful lists and statistics are appended,including a unique list of the world''s controlled appellations and their permitted grape varieties, as well as vineyard area, wine production and consumption by country.Illustrated with almost 30 updated maps of every important wine region in the world, many useful charts and diagrams, and 16 stunning colour photographs, this Companion is unlike any other wine book, offering an understanding of wine in all of its wider contexts--notably historical, cultural, andscientific - and serving as a truly companionable point of reference into which any wine-lover can dip and browse. Less

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File size11.05x9.07x1.56inche
Print pages912
PublisherOxford University Press, USA
Publication date October 1, 2015
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198705383
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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 autho...

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