Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Oxford Companion to Wine (OCW) is a book in the series of Oxford Companions published by Oxford University Press.The book provides an alphabetically arranged reference to wine, compiled and edited by Jancis Robinson, with contributions by several wine writers including Hugh Johnson, Michael Broadbent, and James Halliday, [1] and experts such as viticulturist Richard Smart and oenologist ...
The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and (since 2003) Jancis Robinson, MW, is an atlas and reference work on the world of wine, published by Mitchell Beazley. It pioneered the use of wine-specific cartography to give wine a sense of place, and has since the first edition published in 1971 sold 4 million copies in 14 languages. [ 1 ]
Tim Atkin MW, wine correspondent for The Observer considers it to be one of the two most essential wine reference books in English. [6] Weighed in by San Francisco Chronicle at 5 pounds, 11 ounces, its review states, "What makes it enjoyable to browse is Stevenson's openness as well as the almost hidden inclusion of short, provocative essays". [7]
Pages in category "Books about wine" ... The World Atlas of Wine This page was last edited on 14 March 2014, at 17:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Since its launch in 1973 Johnson has been President of the Sunday Times Wine Club, part of Laithwaites, now the world's largest mail-order wine merchant. From 1986 to 2001 he was a Director of the Bordeaux First Growth Chateau Latour and in 1990 was a co-founder of the Royal Tokaji Wine Company in an attempt to rebuild the foundering Tokaji ...
In 2011, in an interview with the Jacksonville Wine Guide, Gaiter and Brecher said that they "took the year off" in 2010—their first significant break from work in 36 years—and were undecided as to their next project.
Zraly's book Windows on the World Complete Wine Course with its annual updates, is among America's best-selling wine books selling over 3 million copies worldwide. Kevin Zraly's American Wine Guide (2006) is the first book that deals comprehensively with all 50 states as modern wine-producing states. [5]
In 2014 Stevenson started the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships, which as of 2024 he chairs. [6] [22] [23] Writer Huon Hooke has described the competition as "arguably the world’s most important venue for judging sparkling wine." [24] Wines are reviewed by the same three judges every year for consistency over a period of almost ...