The Oxford Companion to Wine

The Oxford Companion to Wine

by JancisRobinson (Editor)

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 848
Edition: 2
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 14 Oct 1999

ISBN 10: 019866236X
ISBN 13: 9780198662365
Book Overview: The first edition of this book won the 1995 Glenfiddich Drink Book of the Year Award.

Media Reviews

This is an invaluable resource for serious wine drinkers who never quench their thirst for learning about varietals, appellations, wine history, and vineyards. --Business Week
The greatest wine book ever published.... A worthy purchase even for those who already own its predecessor. --Michael Franz, The Washington Post
An encyclopedic reference.... If it's not here, it has nothing to do with wine. --Wine and Spirits
A wine lover's best friend. --La Cucina Italiana
The preeminent basic resource for wine lovers.... It is hard to believe that editor Jancis Robinson could improve upon a work whose first edition was so universally lauded, but indeed she has. --Wine Enthusiast
Reviews of the first edition:
A required reference for anyone who is serious about wine. --Frank J. Prial, The New York Times
Jancis Robinson has become the Julia Child of wine. --Newsday
One of the definitive reference books on the subject. --Anthony Dias Blue
Easily the most complete compendium of wine knowledge assembled in modern times.... Essential to even the smallest library of wine books. --The New York Times
This may be the most important book on wine to appear in the past 20 years....The very existence of this book stands as evidence of the significance of wine in our culture.... This volume will enhance the usefulness of every other wine book by providing authoritative explanations of the nuts and
bolts that others treat only in passing. --The Washington Post


This is an invaluable resource for serious wine drinkers who never quench their thirst for learning about varietals, appellations, wine history, and vineyards. --Business Week
The greatest wine book ever published.... A worthy purchase even for those who already own its predecessor. --Michael Franz, The Washington Post
An encyclopedic reference.... If it's not here, it has nothing to do with wine. --Wine and Spirits
A wine lover's best friend. --La Cucina Italiana
The preeminent basic resource for wine lovers.... It is hard to believe that editor Jancis Robinson could improve upon a work whose first edition was so universally lauded, but indeed she has. --Wine Enthusiast
Reviews of the first edition:
A required reference for anyone who is serious about wine. --Frank J. Prial, The New York Times
Jancis Robinson has become the Julia Child of wine. --Newsday
One of the definitive reference books on the subject. --Anthony Dias Blue
Easily the most complete compendium of wine knowledge assembled in modern times.... Essential to even the smallest library of wine books. --The New York Times
This may be the most important book on wine to appear in the past 20 years....The very existence of this book stands as evidence of the significance of wine in our culture.... This volume will enhance the usefulness of every other wine book by providing authoritative explanations of the nuts and
bolts that others treat only in passing. --The Washington Post

This is an invaluable resource for serious wine drinkers who never quench their thirst for learning about varietals, appellations, wine history, and vineyards. --Business Week
The greatest wine book ever published.... A worthy purchase even for those who already own its predecessor. --Michael Franz, The Washington Post
An encyclopedic reference.... If it's not here, it has nothing to do with wine. --Wine and Spirits
A wine lover's best friend. --La Cucina Italiana
The preeminent basic resource for wine lovers.... It is hard to believe that editor Jancis Robinson could improve upon a work whose first edition was so universally lauded, but indeed she has. --Wine Enthusiast
Reviews of the first edition:
A required reference for anyone who is serious about wine. --Frank J. Prial, The New York Times
Jancis Robinson has become the Julia Child of wine. --Newsday
One of the definitive reference books on the subject. --Anthony Dias Blue
Easily the most complete compendium of wine knowledge assembled in modern times.... Essential to even the smallest library of wine books. --The New York Times
This may be the most important book on wine to appear in the past 20 years....The very existence of this book stands as evidence of the significance of wine in our culture.... This volume will enhance the usefulness of every other wine book by providing authoritative explanations of the nuts and bolts that others treat only in passing. --The Washington Post


This is an invaluable resource for serious wine drinkers who never quench their thirst for learning about varietals, appellations, wine history, and vineyards. --Business Week


The greatest wine book ever published.... A worthy purchase even for those who already own its predecessor. --Michael Franz, The Washington Post


An encyclopedic reference.... If it's not here, it has nothing to do with wine. --Wine and Spirits


A wine lover's best friend. --La Cucina Italiana


The preeminent basic resource for wine lovers.... It is hard to believe that editor Jancis Robinson could improve upon a work whose first edition was so universally lauded, but indeed she has. --Wine Enthusiast


Reviews of the first edition:


A required reference for anyone who is serious about wine. --Frank J. Prial, The New York Times


Jancis Robinson has become the Julia Child of wine. --Newsday


One of the definitive reference books on the subject. --Anthony Dias Blue


Easily the most complete compendium of wine knowledge assembled in modern times.... Essential to even the smallest library of wine books. --The New York Times


This may be the most important book on wine to appear in the past 20 years....The very existence of this book stands as evidence of the significance of wine in our culture.... This volume will enhance the usefulness of every other wine book by providing authoritative explanations of the nuts and bolts that others treat only in passing. --The Washington Post


Author Bio

Jancis Robinson is one of the world's leading authorities on wine, voted the Wine Writer's Wine Writer by her peers and dubbed the undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wines by Frances Madame Figaro. In 1995, she won the Wine Literary Award of the Wine Appreciation Guild, in part for her work on The Oxford Companion to Wine. She lives in the United Kingdom.