Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 41st year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide. Hugh Johnson provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. He reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both. This new edition also contains a colour supplement on Syrah and Garnacha grapes.
LÉON BEYER, TRIMBACH) now embrace GC status. Amirault, Yannick Lo → 15' 16' 17' 18' 19' (20) Yannick and son Benoît. Organic. Top BOURGUEIL / ST NICOLAS DE BOURGEUIL. Best: La Mine (St Nicolas), La Petite CAVE, ...
The brand new edition of the unrivalled and bestselling Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book. Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet.
This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book includes a color supplement: How Wine Ages (And Why), which covers questions such as whether aged wine is necessarily better wine and how to store wine to ensure it ages well.
With this book in hand, wine lovers won’t need anything else to help them select anything from a bottle for an everyday dinner to a prestige vintage for investment.
Tiramisú Vin Santo, young Tawny Port, MUSCAT de Beaumes-de-Venise, Sauternes, or Australian Liqueur Muscat. Better idea: skip the wine. Trifle Should be sufficiently vibrant with its internal Sherry (Oloroso for choice).
Beyer, Léon Al r w → Top family AL house, arch-traditionalists delivering intense, dry gastronomic wines listed by many Michelin-starred restaurants. Best, and calling card, is lovely RIES Comtes d'Eguisheim 14 17'.
This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine 2024 includes a colour supplement on Chardonnay, the world's most obliging grape, discussing everything from history and taste to texture, fashion and the role oak plays.
Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book
This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book includes a color supplement: How Wine Ages (And Why), which covers questions such as whether aged wine is necessarily better wine and how to store wine to ensure it ages well.
Offers vintage charts; regional maps; notes on history, production, and appreciation; and information on the best bargains; and describes more than five thousand wines from all over the world