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Marco Raimondi wrote:Burton Anderson's "VINO - The Wines And Winemakers Of Italy"
It's a great read, and still relevant 30+ years on.
Ian Sutton wrote:- Essential Winetasting (Schuster), for being instructive, useful, practical etc.
Carl Eppig wrote:"The Fine Wines of California", Hurst Hannum & Robert S. Blumberg. We were stationed in Hawaii and were just getting into American wine. This tome was a big help to us.
Robin Garr wrote:Marco Raimondi wrote:Burton Anderson's "VINO - The Wines And Winemakers Of Italy"
It's a great read, and still relevant 30+ years on.
I still have it too, Marco, and cut my teeth on it. That said, while it's still good on historical info, there's been an awful lot of change since then. My edition is copyright 1980, which places it near the beginning of the Super Tuscan movement. No DOCG, and even the DOC system was still evolving. No IGT. And a lot of today's wine-making stars still in elementary school or not even born yet!
It's still a good book, though.
I also inhaled Schoonmaker and The New York Times Book of Wine (by Terry Robards, who later got caught up in a conflict-of-interest scandal), and have been following Hugh Johnson since the very start.
Johnson's Vintage, The Story of Wine, is another particular favorite. And Jancis's Oxford and Hugh's Wine Atlas, once they came along.
Craig Winchell wrote:Carl, I still have my Fine Wines of California from back in the 60's or early '70s (I have it elsewhere, so I can't get to the copyright date).
Jon Peterson wrote:Either Alexis Bespaloff's New Signet Book of Wine (1985 Signet publishing) which was my first serious learn-about-wine book or any of the Pocket Encyclopedia of Wine by Hugh Johnson, the first of which I got in 1986; it was half as thick and half the cost of the current one on the market.
Hoke wrote:Jon, Alexis' book, in paperback, was one of my first wine books, and among my fondest, well worn and tattered. Many years later I had the occasion to work beside him in a wine competition, and then spend some time with him in a more relaxed session. I'm happy to report to you that Alex was as fine a person, as delightful and engaging and polished and mannered, as you would expect from reading his book.
He was a conversationalist of the first order and a downright nice guy, especially once you got past his innate reserve and almost old-world courtliness. I sincerely wished I had known him better and had had more than just a couple of occasions to spend personal time with him.
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