Hugh Johnson's How to enjoy wine: Understanding, storing, serving, ordering, enjoying every glass to the full

by Hugh Johnson

Hugh Johnson, one of the world's foremost wine experts, divulges everything needed to fully appreciate wine. Johnson's clear writing style, sense of humor, friendly panache, and vast knowledge helps readers increase their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of wine by learning:
• Types of wine
• Storing wine
• Pairing wine with food
• Tasting tips and etiquette
• Restaurant tips and etiquette
• Glossary of wine terms

Genres: Wine, Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

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".

Reviews

[Michael Romo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hugh Johnson – “the worlds leading authority on wine” tells us “how to buy judge keep serve order drink and most important enjoy wine”.

I’ve gotten cute Johnson’s pocket encyclopedia of mine since 1989 as my yearly Christmas stocking stuffer from my wife and he has never failed me! He didn’t tell me this time either!

[Bent Andreassen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Artig liten bok å lese. Gir noen tips om servering.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wine 101. This is a great little guidebook from a wine world giant to people who are starting to get into wine, or just want to look like they know something about it to their date and the sommelier at a swanky restaurant.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, quick, helpful read. I love tables, lists and maps and those were absent in this book, and would be a large improvement. The author gives just enough personal preferences to gain reader trust. I did enjoy this read and learned some new info along the way.