GRAPES AND WINES: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours

GRAPES AND WINES: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours
by: Oz Clarke (Author)
Publisher:Pavilion
Publication Date: 3 Nov. 2008
Language:English
Print Length:320 pages
ISBN-10:1862058350
ISBN-13:9781862058354
Book Description
Approaching wine through grapes is in tune with the way consumers now think and learn about wine. This is the definitive, up to date guide to the world’s greatest grapes and the wines they make – the history, the places, the people, the wine styles and the flavours. Highly acclaimed winner of the Lanson Wine Book of the Year award, ‘Grapes and Wines’ has been updated to make it once again a helpful, thorough and very readable guide to the world’s most interesting wines and grapes.
About the Author
Review ‘An exhilarating book’ – Wine Spectator About the Author A former leading West End actor, Oz Clarke is one of the world’s best known wine experts, whose formidable reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge and accessible, no-nonsense approach. Known for his phenomenal palate, irreverent style, accurate predictions and enthusiasm for life in general, Oz is Britain’s most popular wine writer and the author of a collection of bestselling books about wine. He also broadcasts extensively on BBC television and radio.