John Platter returns! With the same simple approach to wine which made him a household name in South Africa, he tells the stories of wines and winemakers; taste the wines himself; writes about them in language everyone can understand. • 261 wines, chosen, personally tasted and described by John Platter • Backstories, amusing anecdotes, profiles of the wines and winemakers • New areas, new stars, new wineries, new experiences for wine drinkers • The wine-wars – the revolutionaries, the young guns and the new-old guard • Introductions to varieties and blends • Easy explanations of wine terms which befuddle everyday drinkers • Wine-friendly recipes from winemakers and top wine country chefs

My Kind of Wine

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

PLATTER, JOHN

Beverages & Wine

Jacana Media

South African Wines

Platter, Erica (Editor)

John Platter

Travelling in Cape wine country

Injectrade 25

The John Platter South African Wine Guide packs everything you need to know about the SA wine scene into an informative, entertaining, illustrated pocket book focusing on more than 4 000 current releases and older vintages. It's the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative chronicle of who's who and what's what in the Cape winelands. The guide's annual editions introduce hundreds of new wines, new cellars and new directions.

John Platter South African Wines

John Platter's South African Wine Guide 2012 2012

The guide to cellars, vineyards, winemakers, restaurants and accommodation. Diner's Club International. Newsome McDowall Cape Town.

John Platters South African Wine Guide 2013 2013

Turning off the beaten track, and avoiding the usual African cliches, the Platters carve out their own quirky road, illuminating people and places along the way. spitting and swallowing their way through Africa from top to toe, they follow the wine trail from Ethiopia, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco through Kenya and Tanzania, right down to Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius.

Africa Uncorked

Travel

Platter, Erica

Africa

BPR Publishers

This is not just another wine book. It is the story of John and Erica's search for the courageous and passionate winemakers of the African continent. Sniffing, spitting and swallowing their way through 13 very different wine-growing countries.

Africa Uncorked: Travels in Extreme Wine Territory

Kyle Cathie

South African Wine Guide 1996

Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd

Best-selling wine journalists John and Erica Platter explore the wines of Africa, from Ethiopia to Zimbabwe, in this one-of-a-kind travel and tasting book. While most readers will not have the opportunity to taste the wines of Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Reunion, and Mauritius, these two peripatetic South African wine writers share their sniffing, spitting, and swallowing experiences, allowing all to experience the unique wines of Africa.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Wine Appreciation Guild

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