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The Oxford Companion to Wine (4th Ed.)
Oxford Companions Series
Coordinator: Robinson Jancis
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Oxford Companion to Wine:
Publication date: 09-2015
904 p. · 22.8x28.1 cm · Hardback
904 p. · 22.8x28.1 cm · Hardback
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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.
Preface ; Contributors ; Acknowledgements ; List of New Entries ; Maps of
the Wine Regions ; Note to the Reader ; Complete List of Entries by
Subject ; Companion to Wine ; Appendix 1: Controlled Appellations and
Their Permitted Grape Varieties ; Appendix 2a: Total Vineyard Area by
Country ; Appendix 2b: Wine Production by Country ; Appendix 2c: Per
Capita Consumption by Country.
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