Oxford Companion to Wine 3e
| Author/s: | : | EDITOR Jancis Robinson, OBE and Master of Wine is one of the world's leading authorities on wine, voted the Wine Writers' Writer by her peers in The Observer. The first person outside the wine trade to have passed the notoriously tough Master of Wine exams, she is now the wine columnist for the Financial Times and writes a regular column for publications in ten countries on five continents. She is known to millions as a television presenter on wine and food, and wrote and presented the award-winning 10-part Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, shown around the world in the late 1990s. She currently spends the majority of her time writing for her website www.jancisrobinson.com, which has subscribers from over 70 countries. ASSISTANT EDITOR Julia Harding, Master of Wine, studied modern languages at Cambridge before becoming a freelance book editor. She took the Wine and Spirit Education Trust intermediate and advanced certificates and diploma in the late 1990s before going on to work in the Wine Buying department at British wine retailer Waitrose in 2001. Julia qualified as a Master of Wine in 2004, winning the Robert Mondavi award for best theory papers and the Tim Derouet Memorial Prize for excellence in all parts of the exam and dissertation. Now Jancis Robinson's full-time assistant, she was responsible for all entries on oenology and viticulture in this third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine, and co-ordinated and copy-edited the new and revised text. |
| ISBN-13: | : | 9780198609902 |
| Edition: | : | 3 |
| Publication date: | : | September 2006 |
| Origin: | : | OUP UK |
| Pages: | : | 840 |
| Binding: | : | Hardback |
| Dimensions: | : | 284 x 214 mm |
Price: R775.00
- Out of stock (19 days)
-
- Download Catalogue
- Your Nearest Bookshop
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.
Now exhaustively updated, this third edition incorporates the very latest international research to present almost 400 new entries on topics ranging from globalization and the politics of wine to brands, precision viticulture, and co-fermentation. Hundreds of entries have undergone major revision, among them yeast, barrel alternatives, climate change, and virtually all wine regions; and useful lists and statistics are appended, including controlled appellations and their permitted grape varieties, and wine production and consumption by country.
Illustrated with maps of every important wine region in the world, useful charts and diagrams, and 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.
Now exhaustively updated, this third edition incorporates the very latest international research to present almost 400 new entries on topics ranging from globalization and the politics of wine to brands, precision viticulture, and co-fermentation. Hundreds of entries have undergone major revision, among them yeast, barrel alternatives, climate change, and virtually all wine regions; and useful lists and statistics are appended, including controlled appellations and their permitted grape varieties, and wine production and consumption by country.
Illustrated with maps of every important wine region in the world, useful charts and diagrams, and 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.
Features
- A major new edition of the world's most respected reference book on wine
- Almost 4,000 A-Z entries on a breathtaking range of topics, from grape varieties and regions to viticulture, growers, and the history of wine
- Exhaustively revised and updated to include the very latest international research and opinion
- Edited by the award-winning television host and Financial Times wine correspondent, Jancis Robinson OBE, Master of Wine
- Almost 400 brand new entries including globalization, the politics of wine, co-fermentation, and brands, plus significant new updates on subjects such as climate change, yeast, barrel alternatives, viniculture, and virtually all wine regions
- Beautiful new page design incorporating new colour photographs and black and white line drawings
Reviews
The Oxford Companion to Wine
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Maps
Preface
Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of new entries
Complete list of entries by subject
Note to the reader
Alphabetical entries
Complete list of controlled appellations and their permitted grape varieties
Vineyard area, wine production, and per capita wine consumption by country
Picture credits
32 colour photographs and over 80 maps, charts, and line drawings
All wine lovers, wine merchants, students taking Master of Wine exams and catering courses, wine teachers and lecturers, restaurateurs, wine producers, vine growers, wine writers and journalists.
The Oxford Companion to Wine
2006 sees the formidable Jancis Robinson MW releasing the third edition of this vast oenological tome and what is surely the finest wine reference in the world. From Abbocatto to zymase and everything in between, the world of wine has been comprehensively covered.
Read more
2006 sees the formidable Jancis Robinson MW releasing the third edition of this vast oenological tome and what is surely the finest wine reference in the world. From Abbocatto to zymase and everything in between, the world of wine has been comprehensively covered.
Read more