Hugh Johnson's 2006 Pocket Wine Book

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  • Author : Hugh Johnson
  • Binding : Hardcover
  • EAN : 9781840009453
  • Edition : Revised edition
  • ISBN : 1840009454
  • Label : Mitchell Beazley
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Mitchell Beazley
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 288
  • Package Dimensions : 0.71 inches (Height) x 7.64 inches (Length) x 0.53 pounds (Weight) x 3.62 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2005-09-17
  • Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
  • SKU : G1840009454I5N00
  • Studio : Mitchell Beazley

If anyone should know what he's doing with a work of this kind, it's Hugh Johnson. Not much bigger than a bar of chocolate, his Pocket Wine Guide 2001 packs an extraordinary amount of highly organised information into its 280-odd pages. First published in 1977, this was the prototype for such miniature works of reference and it remains among the very best. Encyclopaedic in format, it concentrates on the major wine-producing countries, listing for each practically all the terms a wine drinker or buyer is likely to come across, be they grape varieties, appellations, significant wine towns, vineyards or wineries, major wine dealers and shippers or common items of local terminology. Of course, the main value of the guide lies in the thousands of pithy, authoritative assessments of individual wines and vintages. Johnson has evolved an easily apprehended system of rating by stars, with accompanying vintages printed in bold (for drinking now) or red (especially recommended for drinking in 2001) for emphasis. Although the lion's share of the guide is devoted to France, it is probably now true that most of the wine bought for everyday drinking is now from the New World or perhaps Eastern Europe. The extraordinary upheavals in the world of wine in recent years, and the overall world-wide improvement in quality, are as always reflected in this guide. It's fascinating to watch Hugh Johnson as it were scanning the horizon for change. --Robin Davidson

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