Book description
Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the bestselling wine guide on the
market! Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the ultimate compact guide.
Now in its 35th edition, it is the UK's number one wine book appealing
to wine-lovers and professionals alike. It is the key reference for
enthusiasts, investors and collectors and this year's edition boasts
up-to-date news on more than 6,000 wines, growers, and regions, plus
invaluable vintage information from experts around the world. A new
colour supplement focuses on the array of wines from the South of
France, while a new section offers the reader alternative wines to try
based on those they already drink. More than 200 of Johnson's favourites
for 2012 are also included. Hugh Johnson's winning formula of insight,
critical appraisal of the world of wine, plus vintage news has never
been bettered. Hugh Johnson is the world's pre-eminent writer on wine.
First published in 1977, his Pocket Wine Book sells hundreds of
thousands of copies a year. His winning formula of insight, critical
appraisal of the world of wine, plus valuable vintage news and wine
recommendations has been often-imitated but never bettered. With the
publication of his first book, Wine, Johnson established himself at the
age of twenty-seven as the most refreshing and authoritative voice on
the subject. During the past four decades he has written books that have
become landmarks on the subject, including his classic The World Atlas
of Wine, co-authored with Jancis Robinson, his Wine Companion, first
published in 2003, and The Story of Wine. In his spare time he writes
about gardening from his home in Essex.
