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The Oxford Companion to Wine

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From the 1st edition, this has been the go-to book on wine. This 4th edition is the best yet, with corrections from earlier editions, far more information, and better maps. It's worth the price – and at 2.8kg, it's a great way to keep fit if you over-indulge.

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Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and woman of the year accolades for its editor on both sides of the Atlantic. Combining meticulously-researched fact with refreshing opinion and wit, The Oxford Companion to Wine presents almost 4,000 entries on every wine-related topic imaginable, from regions and grape varieties to the owners, connoisseurs, growers, and tasters in wine through the ages; from viticulture and oenology to the history of wine, from its origins to the present day. The 187 esteemed contributors (including over 50 new to this edition) range from internationally renowned academics to some of the most famous wine writers and wine specialists in the world. Now exhaustively updated, this fourth edition incorporates the very latest international research to present over 350 new entries on topics ranging from additives and wine apps to WSET and Zelen. Over 60 per cent of all entries have been revised; and useful lists and statistics are appended, including a unique list of the world's controlled appellations and their permitted grape varieties, as well as vineyard area, wine production and consumption by country. Illustrated with almost 30 updated maps of every important wine region in the world, many useful charts and diagrams, and 16 stunning colour photographs, this Companion is unlike any other wine book, offering an understanding of wine in all of its wider contexts-notably historical, cultural, and scientific-and serving as a truly companionable point of reference into which any wine-lover can dip and browse. New to this editionComprehensively revised and updated throughout Over 350 brand-new entries Significant new updates on hundreds of topics such as China, screwcaps, and the origins of viniculture Impressive global coverage of wine regions, including new entries on Alaska, Lesotho, Norway, and Tahiti Includes brand-new colour photographs and black and white line drawings Maps of wine regions have been updated

Author Biography:

Edited by Jancis RobinsonJulia HardingContributors: Sarah Ahmed Hamish Aird Professor Jean Aitchison Mail Amanov Kym Anderson Alberto Antonini Tony Aspler Susy Atkins Bill Baker Dr John Barker Dr Eveline Bartowsky Nicolas Belfrage Helen Bettinson David Bird Dr Linda Bisson Dr Jeremy Black Beverley Blanning William Bolter Dr Rob Bramley Michael Broadbent Dr Roger Brock Stephen Brook Larry Brooks Nick Bulleid Robin Butler Bob Campbell Dr Dimitra Capone Alain Carbonneau Tom Carson Bruce Cass Umay Çeviker Dr Steve Charters Dr Véronique Cheynier Nodari Chkhartishvili Professor Dr Monika Christmann Elaine Chukan Brown Dr Tyler Colman Dr Michael Considine Dr Bryan Coombe Dr Peter Cousins Dr Glen Creasy Professor Barry Cunliffe Tamlyn Currin Dr Bob Dambergs Dr Daniel Deckers Li Demei Dr Donald Dibbern Barry Dick Professor James Douglas Dr Peter Dry Dr Denis Dubourdieu Anne Duggan Abi Duhr Margaret Emery Marcel Essling Nicholas Faith Christopher Fielden Michael Fridjhon Doug Frost Denis Gastin Richard Gawel Benny Génsbøl Rosemary George Dr Caroline Gilby Dr John Gladstones Sam Glaetzer David Gleave Wojciech Gogolinski Howard G. Goldberg Dr Jamie Goode Robert Gorjak Nayan Gowda Paul Gregutt Ronald de Groot Lisa Shara Hall James Halliday Jake Hancock Rosi Hanson Julia Harding Sam Harrop Dr Judith Harvey Maarten van Helden Professor Paul A. Henschke Dr Markus Herderich Dr Hildegarde Heymann Hans-Peter Hoehnen Dr Leofranc Holford-Strevens Huon Hooke Alex Hunt Dr Dan Johnson Hugh Johnson Russell Johnstone Dr Gregory V. Jones Dr Tony Jordan Rupert Joy Eva Kaluzynska Michael Karam Dr Philip Kennedy John Kesby Mel Knox Dr Mark Krstic Martin Lam Miles Lambert-Gocs Erica Landin Dr Valérie Lavigne Konstantinos Lazarakis Professor Terry Lee Cornelis (Kees) van Leeuwen Harriet Lembeck Peter Leske Simon Loftus Wink Lorch Patrick E. McGovern Edi Maletic Alex Maltman Jane Masters Richard Mayson Dr Gabriella Mészáros Sven Moesgaard Adam Sebag Montefiore Jasper Morris Lucie Morton Linda Murphy Igor Nykolyn Dr Philip Norrie Ken Ohashi Jeremy Paterson Edmund Penning-Rowsell Professor Gary Pickering Professor Thomas Pinney John Platter Dr John Possingham Dr Vladimir Pukish Wyatt H. Peabody Alexander Purcell Dr Jane Renfrew Professor Pascal Ribéreau-Gayon Jancis Robinson Dr Gábor Rohály Andrés Rosberg Anthony Rose Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud Viacheslav Rybinstev Dr Amanda Stewart David Schildknecht John Schreiner Professor Hans Schultz Michael Schuster Tom Scott Dr Mark Sefton Victor de la Serna Young Shi Con Simos Reva K. Singh Stephen Skelton Dr Richard Smart Professor Barry C. Smith Walter Speller Richard Stávek Patricia Stefanowicz Tyson Stelzer Creina Stockley Lukas Susaj Dr Elisabeta Susaj Keith Sutton Michael Tabone Patricio Tapia Geoff Taylor Rémi Teissier du Cros Joelle Thomson Dr Roy Thornton Dr Steve Tyerman Tim Unwin Dr José Ramón Úrbez-Torres Tim Vandergrift Gido Van Imschoot Kenneth Verosub Dr Olivier Viret Dr José Vouillamoz Monty Waldin Dr Bernard Watney A. Dinsmoor Webb Robert E. White Dr Patrick Williams Dr Hanneke Wilson Nigel Wilson Dr Tony Wolf Steve Wratten Bruce Zoecklein David Harvey Pamela Vandkye Price
Release date NZ
September 17th, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Associate editor Julia Harding
  • Edited by Jancis Robinson
Edition
4th Revised edition
Illustrations
16 full-page colour images, 29 maps, 45 illustrations
Pages
908
Dimensions
228x281x46
ISBN-13
9780198705383
Product ID
23088991

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