Hugh Johnson Libros

A major new edition of this landmark wine book that has sold 4.7 million copies worldwide.

Hailed by IDecanter/I as the "Wine Book of the Millennium," and described by critics worldwide as "extraordinary" and "irreplaceable," there are few volumes that have had as monumental impact in their field as Hugh Johnson's IThe World Atlas of Wine:/I sales have exceeded four million copies, and it is now published in thirteen languages.p For this fifth edition, world-renowned authors Johnson and Jancis Robinson have combined their unrivalled talents. Together, they gave this masterpiece its most thorough and expansive revision ever, gathering the best maps and prose from the frontline of the expanding wine world. In keeping with the IAtlas/I's reputation for cartographic excellence, all 148 maps from the fourth edition have been completely revised and modernized, and thirty new ones have been created to cover the world's most dynamic regions, including the southern Rh

A definitive wine resource offers practical guidelines for choosing wine in shops, restaurants, and for cellaring, furnishing a revised listing of more than six thousand wines, regions, and growers, updated vintage information, recommendations for all budgets, and quick-reference maps, charts, and fact boxes.

Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 45th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide. It provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. It reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both. This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book includes a colour supplement: The Ten Best Things About Wine Right Now.

If you're after a good quality wine to try, you are no longer restricted to the greats of the Old World - Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhine Valley and Barolo to name but a few. Countries everwhere from Argentina to Australia, and even China, Canada, India and Thailand are now producing great wines at affordable prices. So what to choose?1001 Wines You Must Try Before You Die is here to lift you out of the grapey confusion. Entries written by experts cover everything you'll need to choose between the Chardonnay or the Grenache, including evocative tasting notes, informative and entertaining reviews, suggestions as to when the wines will be at their best and recommendations for other great vintages and similar wines. Accompanied by images of the wine labels and beautiful photographs of the wineries and vineyards, this book is a sumptuous guide to discovering the world's most interesting and exciting wines.

Provides comments on wines and detailed maps of the countryside

The brand new edition of the unrivalled and bestselling annual, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book.

The brand new edition of the unrivalled and bestselling annual, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book.

Any student who has ever logged credits in a viticulture and enology class knows Bird's book. It is the most widely assigned wine science primer in the English speaking world. This completely revised and updated edition to Bird's classic textbook deciphers all the new scientific advances that have cropped up in the last several years, and conveys them in his typically clear and plainspoken style that renders even the densest subject matter freshman-friendly. New material includes: expanded section on the production of red, rose, white, sweet, sparkling and fortified wines; information on histamine, flash detente, maceration, whole bunch and whole berry fermentation; expanded chapter on wine faults, including Brettanomyces; new section on HACCP analysis as applied to a winery; and much more.

Extensively revised to include developments in the global wine industry, this book combines detailed reference with practical advice on how to enjoy wine to the full. Including a star-rating system for every producer entry, the book begins with an analysis of wine and how it is made, with all aspects - from vine to winery and cellar - covered in full. It explores the main grape varieties, the wine styles they produce and the effects of soil and climate on the character of the wine. An in-depth tour of the world's wine-producing countries and their wine regions details the major producers and the estates themselves, giving critical insight into their winemaking traditions. A practical section on enjoying wine includes how to serve and store wine, and matching wine with food.