Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia: Fourth Edition, Revised (Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia)
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Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.2203
EAN: 9780756631642
ISBN: 0756631645
Label: DK ADULT
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 664
Publication Date: 2007-11-19
Publisher: DK ADULT
Studio: DK ADULT
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The essential insider's guide to every major wine-growing region in the world, this book offers dozens of helpful Top 10 lists covering a broad range of topics, including Best-Value Producers, Greatest-Quality Wines, and Most Exciting or Unusual Finds. The book is a must for every wine serious enthusiast who wants to keep up with the constantly changing and ever-expanding world of wine. AUTHOR BIO: Tom Stevenson has been writing about wine for nearly thirty years and is the author of more than 20 books. He's been nominated Wine Writer of the Year on three occasions and received the coveted Wine Literary Award, America's lifetime achievement award for wine writing.
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Summary: Very informative
Comment: I purchased this book as a Christmas gift for my son who is a winemaker in Napa. He was thrilled with it and spent much of his time at home with us reading it. I was extremely happy with my purchase. Also, it was much less expensive than the bookshops I visited.
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Summary: WOW, really surprised.....
Comment: I was pleasantly surprised at how in depth yet very easy to read this encyclopedia is. I was a little hesitant at first, but now I'm really glad that I made this purchase!
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Summary: Great reference book, but not a practical book
Comment: I've learned a lot about wine from reading this massive tome. The different types of grapes, how to 'taste' wine like a pro, the dozens of different wine-growing areas in France and California (most other countries/states are dealt with in far less detail.) How to invest in wine and how to store it.
As a practical guide to selecting/buying wine, this wasn't quite what I was looking for. Far too big to cart to the liquor store, it's of no help when standing in front of a shelf of wine, trying to decide which bottle to buy. All you can do is painstakingly copy down the names/vintages on the shelf, go home, consult the book, and try to determine which, if any, are recommended. (The reverse -- jotting down a list of a dozen recommended wines doesn't work, since the odds of ANY of them being on the shelf is pretty low. I'm sure that the vast majority of European/South American/Australian wines in the book aren't available at ANY liquor store in America.) Prices aren't even hinted at, except rarely when he mentions that a wine is 'affordable' or 'luxurious.'
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Summary: Sothebys wine encyclopedia
Comment: Great book, with a wealth of usefull information. This is my go to, when I nead precise info.
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Summary: Best Appellation book around
Comment: This is the third edition of this book I have purchased. It only gets better and better.
For information regarding appellations, grapes, and wine in general, I prefer this as my number one book.
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