The book of Wine

THIERRY DESSEAUVE
After the successes of Flammarion's The Book of Thea, The Book of Chocolate and The Book of Coffee a new addition to this innovative series introduces the world of wine through an oustanding collection of beautiful artwork and photography and an informative and infinitely readable text. Through th vineyards and cellars of the world one learns about the history, production, character, and diversity of good wine, and the people who produce and sell it. Celebrating the diversity of wine production around the world, the book explores grape-picking in Sauternes, a Portuguese porto-producing quinto, an Australian flying winemaker, and follows the history of bottling and corking from Slovenia to Russia, the USA to Portugal.
Novices and wine experts alike will find this volume, winner of the presigious Rothschild award for wine publications, a compelling read. The fascinating stories of cellarmen, winetasters, in-depth profiles of estates and collectors of vintage wines are vividly recounted, while a section at the back of the book provides practical details on grape varieties, vintages, along with an indispensable lexicon to describe and understand what must be considered one of man's greatest inventions.
ED : FLAMMARION (1999), 25 x 31 cm, relié, 213 pages, ISBN: 2080136623