A wine fairy tale - you have a seat at the table of some legendary meals with some of the greatest Bordeaux vintages ever tasted1865, 1929, 1945, 1961, 1985, 1990... the highlights of these six famous Bordeaux vintages are revealedForewords by Hugh Johnson and Andrew Roberts, giving both the context of the wines and of the social history captured by the clubFor all lovers of fine wine, this is a wine book classic"Associations and societies such as the Bordeaux Club are the very acme of civilization. Botticelli and Bach were engaged in the eternal quest for truth and beauty in painting and music, and the Bordeaux Club did the same for viniculture." - Andrew Roberts The story of 12 friends who gathered to share and celebrate the extraordinary wines of Bordeaux. Like-minded in their love of wine, they differed wildly (often alarmingly!) in their personal wealth, life and circumstances - their opinions, always voiced, had the power to ignite anger and divide friendships just as easily as they bound them together. Neil McKendrick, member and minute-taker for 57 of the Club's 70 extraordinary years, weaves the tale of this convivial group with the rigour of a Cambridge academic (he is ex-Master of Gonville and Caius) and the humor of a born raconteur. Alongside the likes of Hugh Johnson, Steven Spurrier and Michael Broadbent, he celebrates the beauty of top-class Bordeaux and the splendour of each setting - from glorious country park to rickety Dickensian boardroom - in which these men were lucky enough to dine, serving up memories of vintages the like of which we will never see again.
A multi-layered look at this essential wine, beautifully designed to bring the region to life on the pageContributions from top champagne writers: Tom Stevenson, Essi Avelan MW, Serena Sutcliffe MW, Peter Liem, Tyson Stelzer and Robert Walters, and champagne's modern era is welcomed in by Evelyn WaughThe fascinating history and Champagne's place in the world today, and its aspirations for the futureFull of stories about the innovators and charactersNext in the series after On California, one of 2022's wine books of the year in Sunday Telegraph, Washington Post and New York TimesChampagne is never a simple glass of fizz... As soon as the cork flies, the first sip reveals a wine of fascinating complexity. For even the most modest non-vintage cuvée, a bevy of blending decisions, multi layers of history and the incalculable climate of this northern corner of France all come into play. In On Champagne the thoughts, opinions and conclusions of the world's finest champagne writers gather to reveal this wine's action-packed trajectory from the myth of its accidental discovery - not in France, we find, but in the cider cellars of England - to the development of a high-tech champagne fit for space travel. It's a journey that starts and ends with capturing that sparkle in a bottle and along the way beguiles us with the nuances of its chalky terrain, the determination of rebels from Ambonnay to Avize, and the mystery of a champagne cellar under the sea. We meet the pioneers who created the great champagnes of the past and the personalities who are 'greening' this landscape, nurturing it through climate change to shape the exquisite champagnes of the future.
Everything you need to know about sherry, a varied and complex wine as fine as any other. Its history, how it is made and how you can enjoy it best.
In this unique study of wine through the ages, journalist and World War I frontline reporter, H Warner Allen casts an observant eye over the way wine appears in literature.
Maurice Healy, Irish barrister practising at the English Bar and well-known wine connoisseur, takes a wide-ranging tour of European wine regions, and recounts historic vintages he had the good fortune to drink.
On California explores this world-class wine region with some of the most respected writers to have written about it. A beautiful volume for all wine lovers.
Ian Maxwell Campbell, first class cricketer and leading London wine merchant, looks back in 1945 on an idyllic career in wine, particularly the wines of Bordeaux, and the historic wines he shared with friends and colleagues during that career.
"A book about the wine culture around Bordeaux, as seen through the fresh and often mischievous eyes of Somerville and Ross... a travelogue, a social commentary and... a historical record." - Victoria Moore
"If you want to know why Bordeaux is so much talked about, read this book from the most knowledgeable insiders and most entertaining outsiders." -Steven Spurrier
One of the world's cult wines, made in one of the most difficult regions for wine, Lebanon, by real wine visionaries. A truly great story.
A beautifully compiled collection of some of the finest writing on wine, both past and present, with chapters of large subjects like wine and art, vintages, and Bordeaux v Burgundy, and some smaller ones like tea and wine
The Commemorative Edition of Michael Broadbent's classic work with additional contributions from Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson, Gerard Basset, Steven Spurrier, and friends and family.
An up-close and personal insight into 10 of Europe's most celebrated winemaking families that chronicles their triumphs, trials and tribulations through successive generations.
The definitive portrait of wine, a cultural bedrock of Western civilisation for millenia, by the undisputed master of the subject.
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