Unquestionably unique, demonstrably delightful, Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine is the culmination of one of the most extraordinary careers in the world of wine. Michael Broadbent quite possibly knows more about fine, old wines than anyone else alive, and he writes about them with unparalleled expertise. Hired by Christie's in 1966 to revive their wine auctions, Broadbent threw himself into his work, searching out great collections of the world's finest wine--and keeping meticulous tasting notes. Here are evocations of Chateau d'Yquem from 1784--one of Thomas Jefferson's favorites--and hundreds of vintages and thousands of wines right up to the present. Years of "cellars visited and pillaged, involving the checking and packing of dust- and grime-laden bottles in distinctly dank and chilly conditions," jet-set auctions around the world, legendary tastings and society events, have all helped to create an unrivalled store of vinous anecdotes as well as an unsurpassed wine-tasting history. EXCERPT From a tasting of 1784 Chateau Yquem: "The most renowned vintage of the late 18th century and well-documented thanks mainly to the original copies of the letters and orders of Thomas Jefferson. . . . Jefferson did not trust wine merchants and insisted on bottling at the chateau. . . . The wine has a warm mahogany-amber colour with a pronounced yellow-green rim. Initially, the nose, unsurprisingly, was creakingly old but after fifteen minutes settled down to reveal a remarkably rich, tangy, honeyed scent."

Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Broadbent, J. M.

Broadbent, Michael

Beverages & Wine

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Pocket Vintage Wine Companion is an updated, edited version of Michael Broadbent’s classic and award-winning Vintage Wine. It presents his most recent tasting notes—including hundreds of new notes on the best wines he has tasted since Vintage Wine was published—in a portable format that puts his unrivaled expertise at your fingertips.

Michael Broadbent's Pocket Vintage Wine Companion: Over Fifty Years of Tasting over Three Centuries of Wine

This Atlas is the ultimate guide to Bordeaux in which the world's two top Bordeaux experts profile thousands of wines and give fascinating background on the places where they are made. The Bordeaux Atlas has maps and data and expert, objective comment on more than 2,000 chateaux and over 4,000 wines. Hubrecht Duijker's pithy profiles of chateaux great and small take us behind the scenes and into the cellars and tasting rooms. Michael Broadbent's essays on the great appellations offer the insights of a lifetime of study. The geography, history and structure of the wine trade in Bordeaux are all covered: vital for understanding how the wines are made and why they vary.

The Bordeaux Atlas and Encyclopaedia of Chateaux

Duijker, Hubrecht

St.Martin's Press

A veteran wine connoisseur evaluates a wide range of classic wines--Bordeaux, Burgundy, hock, port, sherry, Madeira, and others--dating from 1734 to 1900 and includes information on tasting procedures and guidelines for purchasing good wines

The Great Vintage Wine Book

KNOPF

Explains the basic techniques of wine tasting with emphasis on color, bouquet, and flavor as well as criteria for evaluating different types of wines

Michael Broadbent's Pocket Guide to Wine Tasting

Simon&Schuster

Presents a glossary of tasting terms, hints on organizing tastings and recording tasting notes, and information on wine color, bouquet, flavor, regional characteristics and how they affect taste

The Complete Guide to Wine Tasting and Wine Cellars

Describes what a wine vintage is and evaluates every vintage wine region, including Burgundy, Rhone, Loire, Germany, and New Zealand

Michael Broadbent's Pocket Guide to Wine Vintages

Fireside

The head of Christie's wine department, Michael Broadbent has been sampling virtually every great vintage, new and old, for more than 40 years. This new, expanded, and fully updated edition of his classic wine guide is more than 90 percent new, and incorporates another 10 years of notes on tasting into its already comprehensive text.

The New Great Vintage Wine Book

Managing Financial Resources aims to explain the principles involved in the management of financial resources. It aims to provide practicing non-financial managers with an understanding of the terms and techniques of accountancy so they may communicate more easily with and understand financial reports issued by their more accounting-aware colleagues. The book concentrates on one type of financial information-management accountancy-but draws together concepts from systems analysis, organizational behavior, marketing, and other distinct disciplines to reflect the rich variety which is involved in the management of any limited resource within large organizations. Key topics discussed include published accounting statements; management decision-making, planning, and control; short- and long-term decision making in organizations; pricing decisions; and performance measurement and transfer pricing issues within divisionalized organizations. Each chapter includes problems and discussion topics ranging from open-ended case studies to problems with particular numerical answers. Suggested answers are offered at the back of the book.

Managing Financial Resources

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Butterworth-Heinemann

Fully updated and revised for the new millennium, Pocket Winetasting features all the latest information on how to taste wine. Michael Broadbent - one of the world's leading wine tasters - opens up the mystifying world of winetasting to inexperienced novices and experts alike. He explains the principles of how to taste and reveals what influences the flavour of wine, including terroir, viticulture and vinification. An illustrated section demonstrates the subtle colour variations found in both red and white wines. - A straightforward, accessible guide to how to taste and appreciate wine. - Explains why various wines look, smell and taste different. - Describes wines by country, grape variety and wine style. - Suggests how to organise a tasting and record notes. - Written by one of the world's most respected winetasters.

Wine Tasting

Cooking Education & Reference

Christie's Wine Department

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