Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2010

by Johnson, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9781845335298
• ISBN10: 1845335295
• Edition: 33rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-15
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley

Summary

The U.K.'s number one wine book, this year's edition boasts up-to-date news on more than 6,000 wines, growers, and regions plus invaluable vintage information from expert contributors around the world. A full-color supplement focuses on wine and food pairings.

Author Biography

Hugh Johnson is the world's pre-eminent writer on wine. First published in 1977, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book sells hundreds of thousands of copies a year. His winning formula of personal insight and critical appraisal of the world of wine, plus valuable vintage news and numerous wine recommendations has been often-imitated but never bettered. With the publication of his first book, Wine, Johnson established himself at the age of twenty-seven as the most refreshing and authoritative voice on the subject. During the past four decades he has written books that have become landmarks on the subject, including his classic The World Atlas of Wine, published with Janis Robinson published in its sixth edition in 2007, his Wine Companion, published in 2003, and The Story of Wine. In his spare time he writes about gardening from his home in Essex.