World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition
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- CHF 25.00
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- CHF 25.00
Description de l’éditeur
Winner of the André Simon Drinks Book of the Year 2019
Shortlisted for the Louis Roederer Wine Book of the Year 2020
"One book deserves a place on every wine drinker's shelf, and that is The World Atlas of Wine" - Victoria Moore in the Telegraph
"magisterial" - Fiona Beckett, Guardian
"a key reference material for any sommelier, wine professional or any amateur serious about their passion" - Imbibe
"The most useful single volume on wine ever published... If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one." - Andrew Jefford, Decanter
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Few wine books can be called classic, but the first edition of The World Atlas of Wine made publishing history when it appeared in 1971. It is recognized by critics as the essential and most authoritative wine reference work available. This eighth edition will bring readers, both old and new, up to date with the world of wine.
To reflect all the changes in the global wine scene over the past six years, the Atlas has grown in size to 416 pages and 22 new maps have been added to the wealth of superb cartography in the book. The text has been given a complete overhaul to address the topics of most vital interest to today's wine-growers and drinkers.
With beautiful photography throughout, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, the world's most respected wine-writing duo, have once again joined forces to create a classic that no wine lover can afford to be without.
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"The World Atlas of Wine is the single most important reference book on the shelf of any wine student." - Eric Asimov, New York Times
'Simply superb work... buy it if you like wine at all.' - Victoria Moore, Telegraph
"Like a good bottle of wine, you'll find yourself going back to it again and again... Perfect for anyone who has a thirst for greater wine knowledge." - Edward Deitch, NBC/today.com
"The World Atlas of Wine belongs on your shelf... The essential rootstock of any true wine lover's library. A multi-layered snapshot of wine and how it has evolved." - Dave McIntyre, Washington Post
Avis d’utilisateurs
informative, with some ergonomic quirks
dear Jancis and Hugh (hoping you read the reviews) … I appreciate this book as much as the previous edition. I just mention here a few concerns
- The font has shrinked. It is maybe done to avoid having the number of pages exploding, but for not-anymore-young-eyes it may become tiring
- I miss the sample wine labels. I can imagine a number of (diplomatic) reasons to remove them, but still it was a nice local touch.
- the scrolling text cannot be highlighted. This was a flaw also in the previous edition, and it defeats the puropose of using this book for studying
other than these criticisms, it still is a solid reference.