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  2. Wine Folly - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Post characterized the book as "the best introductory book on wine to come along in years". [6] In 2018, the release of, Wine Folly: Magnum Edition, The Master Guide was prepared and issued for sale to the public. [7] Wine writer Keith Wallace recommended that readers include the blog in their list of "Eleven Wine Blogs to Follow ...

  3. The Oxford Companion to Wine - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels - Wikipedia

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    On 17 February 1984 a group of scholars and other interested parties met at a conference organised by David Daiches, making the decision that (in principle) the new edition should be based on early editions rather than the revised texts in the final 'Magnum' edition of 1829–33, and that David Hewitt of the University of Aberdeen should be ...

  6. John Creasey - Wikipedia

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    It was a story about a gang of criminals. In 1935 he became a full-time writer. In 1937 alone, twenty-nine of his books were published. A phenomenally fast writer, he once suggested that he could be shut up in a glass-box and write there a whole book. [2] In 1938, he created the character The Toff with the first novel Introducing the Toff. The ...

  7. Almayer's Folly - Wikipedia

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    Almayer's Folly is Joseph Conrad's first novel, published in 1895 by T. Fisher Unwin. Set in the late 19th century, it centres on the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer in the Borneo jungle and his relationship to his mixed heritage daughter Nina. The character of Kaspar Almayer is based on a Dutch local trader by the name of William ...

  8. Sumoll - Wikipedia

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    Wine growers are starting to recover and appreciate this variety, as they see an opportunity to create original wines that differentiate themselves by creating their own specialties, gaining a distance from the big industrial companies using only the stocks of international ubiquitous fashionable types - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Chardonnay.

  9. Incrocio Manzoni - Wikipedia

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    Manzoni bianco or "Incrocio Manzoni 6.0.13", is a white variety which is a cross between the Riesling and Pinot blanc grapes that was created through a series of trials between 1930 and 1935. In 2005, it was suggested that Chardonnay , instead of Pinot blanc, was the second parent of Manzoni bianco, but DNA analysis has shown that Professor ...