An updated edition of the guide tothe best wines in the world by two of the world's most knowledgeable and entertaining wine experts. This handsome, updated edition of Clarke &amp; Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide is the ultimate ready-reference to the world's best wine-for buying, for estimating the value of your collection, for restaurant selection, for investing. Organized by wine region with an alphabetical list of the top wine names and leading producers in every major wine-producing country, the guide is fully cross-referenced for ease of use. In this completely redesigned elegant and enduring format, these two expert authors survey the world of wine and bring you its best-not necessarily the famous Bordeaux growths, but the best wine from around the globe.

Clarke and Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide: A Connoisseur's Bible

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Steven Spurrier

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Wine lovers will start the new millennium off right with the handiest and most complete wine guide. The 2000 edition is updated and laced with Oz Clarke's famously witty and opinionated recommendations and warnings about the world's wines. With more than 1,300 entries about every aspect of the wine world, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide details wines, wine regions and wineries, grape varieties and classifications, and wine terms. The easy-to-use A-Z format ensures that you will find whatever you are looking for quickly. His clear and consistent rating system will guide you to the best wine and the best price. In addition, Clarke discusses how wine is made, modern wine styles, picks of the year, and the world of wine, including sections on France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, America, Australia, and New Zealand. Also included is a section on making the most of wine, from airing and decanting to keeping leftovers, as well as vintage charts and an index of main producers. The Pocket Wine Guide has been widely acclaimed as the best in its class, and this new edition is better than ever.

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2000

Beverages & Wine

Harcourt, Brace and Company

Revised and updated, with more lists of "bests" and a guide to the Internet, this is the pocket annual that wins "hands down" on "style and ease of use" (Wine Spectator). 
The 2001 edition of Oz Clarke's acclaimed guide is completely updated and laced with his famously witty and opinionated recommendations and warnings about the world's wines. This edition brings even more of Clarke's picks of the best wines in many categories and a look at the new opportunities provided by the Internet. 
Distinguished particularly by its ease of use, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide provides more than 1,600 entries covering every aspect of wine today. Clarke's intuitive A-to-Z format ensures that you will find the wine you are looking for, wherever it comes from. In addition, Clarke discusses how wine is made, modern wine styles, storing wines, vintages, and the world of winemaking from Germany to New Zealand. 
PRAISE FOR OZ CLARKE "Sharp without being sarcastic, witty without being flippant, he communicates well with novice and knowledgeable wine enthusiasts alike." - Wine Enthusiast 
"These lively, informative, well-written books from this multitalented wine writer offer candour and lively prose....The witty Oz Clarke is also a terrific taster." -Robert Parker

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2001

Harcourt, Brace & Co.

The first authoritative, illustrated reference book on the world's great wine grapes in nearly twenty years. Almost all wine lovers understand that the grape variety or blend in a wine is the most influential factor in a wine's taste. In Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes Clarke explains and illuminates these qualities with concise and vivid descriptions of the 350 major grape varieties of the world, in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format. Special features on the classic varieties are exquisitely illustrated with original paintings, and double-page spreads on other major grapes describe the varieties, their history, geography, character, and cultural context. The transformation of grapes into wine is fully detailed and illustrated with charts that provide essential information on which grapes are allowed in each wine. The book concludes with a glossary of technical terms, a comprehensive index of grape names and their synonyms, and a general index. With its luscious artwork, evocative text, and practical information, Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes makes a uniquely attractive and useful gift-a delight to browse and a mine of interesting information.

Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes

MARGARET RAND

Harcourt

Oz Clarke's Wine Advisor 1999

Oz Clarke's Bordeaux

Little, Brown Book Group

This handy take-along primer is a must for anyone who wants to select a good bottle of wine with a minimum of fuss. More than 1,300 alphabetical entries on wine regions, wineries, grape varieties and wine terms cut through wine-label confusion. Complete with illustrations, maps, vintage charts, and more, this book is an indispensable reference for wine lovers everywhere.

Oz Clarke's Wine Advisor 1997

Little Brown & Co (P)

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Book

Reference

Little,Brown

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Book 1999: The Essential New Wine Adviser

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Book: The World of Wine from A-Z

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