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The Oxford Companion to Wine
Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume, The Oxford Companion to Wine, immediately attained legendary status. The book has won every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, and Robinson hasa received writer and woman of the year accolades for its editor on both sides of the Atlantic....more
Hardcover, 3rd Edition, 813 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Oxford University Press
(first published 1994)
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This is the OED of the wine world! Because it is a reference, it will never be listed as "read." Nevertheless, if you love wine, whether novice or master sommelier, this is a must.
Overwhelming book on wine... I get drunk just from reading it...
This wine text-book / encyclopedia is amazing.
This wine text-book / encyclopedia is amazing.
My go-to book when I want to know something about an unfamiliar grape or region.
The essential reference for any interested in the entirety (nearly)of the wine universe.
Impressive, but rather overwhelming amount of information. Organized as an encyclopedia.
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Provide sufficient information for wine lovers.
Excellent reference.
I read it at night, when eating something decent, usually, and drinking something fine from the shop. Thanks, Yank-is!
So exciting to finally have a new edition of this most essential libro de vino! So easy to navigate, this is the most comprehensive and detailed "dictionary of wine" I have yet come across. Heartily recommended for the serious student of wine, or even for the serious lover of wine, for a life-long reference to be opened again and again.
a must for any wine book collection. invaluable if your looking to settle a drunken, dinner party winemaking argument!
Great, fun, basic source, to nerdy, dorky, esoteric Bacchinalia.
Each new edition gets better - the original was a snooze fest.
about as comprehensive a wine book as you'll ever find
for reference, like an encyclopedia; less for browsing
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Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website jancisrobinson.com. She also provides advice for Queen Elizabeth II's wine cellar.
Robinson studied mathematics and philosophy at Oxford University and worked for a travel company after leaving university. Robinson...more
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