Der große Johnson.

by Hugh Johnson

(This new fifth edition of the Wine Companion is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use source of information on the world's wines and winemakers. It presents a unique approach to wine procedures, combining detailed background information with practical advice on how to enjoy wine to the full. Extensively revised and updated by Stephen Brook, the book begins with an analysis of wine and how it is made, with all aspects - from vine to winery to cellar - covered in full. It explores the main grape varieties, indicating where they are grown, the wine styles they produce, and the effects of soil and climate on the character of the wine. At the heart of the book is an in-depth tour of the world's wine-growing countries and their wine regions, detailing the major producers, and revealing critical insight into the wine-growing and winemaking traditions of the estates themselves. To conclude is a practical section on enjoying wine, including how to serve and store wine, and matching wine with food. With total sales of the fourth edition at over 200,000 copies, Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion is clearly renowned for its astounding wealth of information. For the fifth edition, this information has been fully updated to include the latest developments in the world of wine. Hugh Johnson and Stephen Brook Provide refreshing insight into wine, leaving few questions about the subject unanswered - this is a true companion indeed)

Genres: Wine

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1983

About the author

Hugh Johnson, younger son of a London lawyer, began his life-long passion for wine in all its variety as a member of the Wine & Food Society at Cambridge University, where he gained an Honours Degree in English literature. When he left King's College in 1961 he became a feature writer for Vogue and House & Garden, writing, among other articles, travel and wine columns for both magazines and their sister-papers in New York.

In 1963, as a result of his close friendship with the octogenarian André Simon, the founder of The International Wine & Food Society, he became General Secretary of the Society and succeeded the legendary gastronome as editor of its magazine Wine & Food. At the same time he became wine correspondent of The Sunday Times and started work on his first book, Wine, whose publication in 1966 established him as one of the foremost English gastronomic writers. There are now over 800,000 copies in print in seven languages and the book is still regularly reprinted. After a year as Travel Editor of The Sunday Times he became editor of Queen Magazine, in two years doubling the circulation of the fashionable glossy. It was 1969 when James Mitchell of the newly-founded publishing house Mitchell Beazley invited him to write The World Atlas of Wine. The research involved took Hugh Johnson all over the world; the result was a best-seller that might justly claim to have put wine on the map. Its publication was described by the Director of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine in his Foreword as "un événement majeur de la littérature vinicole".