The Oxford Companion to Wine (Κρασί - έκδοση στα αγγλικά)

The Oxford Companion to Wine

Συγγραφέας: Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding
ISBN: 9780198705383
Σελίδες: 912
Σχήμα: 23 Χ 29
Εξώφυλλο: Σκληρό
Έτος έκδοσης: 2015


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. More than 180 esteemed contributors (including 58 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 300 new entries on topics ranging from additives and wine apps to WSET and Zelen. Over 60 percent 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.


Table of contents

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