| Christmas gifts: wine books |
| For the interested novice..... -- someone who's keen on wine, but isn't yet a fully fledged anorak.
Oz Clarke One of the classics: an excellent, alphabetically
arranged guide to wines, regions, grape varieties and producers. Written in Oz's customary
easy-to-read style, this is a book you'll dip into again and again. I actually prefer this
to Hugh Johnson's similar book (see below).
Hugh Johnson Apparently this is the world's best-selling wine book. Hugh
Johnson is one of the most respected authorities around, and this A-Z guide to the world
of wine is an ideal reference for anyone starting out on the road to geekdom.  The World Atlas of Wine
Hugh Johnson One of the classic works of wine publishing. Wine suddenly begins to make a lot more sense when you place it in its geographical and cultural context, and this is what this beautifully produced book is all about. The text makes a good read, too. Go to the amazon.co.uk catalogue entry for this book For the full-on geek...
Patrick Matthews A brilliant read! Patrick Matthews takes up where he
left off in his previous book (The wild bunch) -- and while The wild bunch was very good,
this is even better. A must-read for anyone who has ever though hard about the key issues
facing wine producers today.
Go to the amazon.co.uk catalogue entry for this book
Jancis Robinson Extremely readable, almost unputdownable, Jancis Robinson's autobiography gives a unique insight into the world of wine over the last quarter-century. Go to the amazon.co.uk catalogue entry for this book
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Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2001
The Oxford Companion
to Wine
Confessions of a Wine
Lover