Bordeaux and its Wines - Softcover

Joseph, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844836053 ISBN 13: 9781844836055

Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

Travel with Robert Joseph, best-selling and award-winning wine author as he recounts the history and ambience of a place where wine has been produced for more than 1,000 years. This personal tour through varied regions of Bordeaux describes the individual characters of the wines and wine-making hotspots (such as Margaux and St. Émilion), as well as the role played by the region’s climate, soil, and landscape. More than 100 evocative, specially commissioned photographs convey the region’s flavor and diversity. Visit the châteaux, villages, and vineyards, and meet the men and women who, every year, turn baskets of grapes into the bottles of wine that are sought after and savored throughout the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Joseph is a Wine Guild award-winning writer and was wine correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph for 16 years. He is also chairman of the International Wine Challenge and author of more than 20 books, including the annually produced Good Wine Guide. He is the founder of Wine Magazine.

Review:

With sumptuous photographs and a fascinating label reference guide at the back, this is an appealing guide that one almost wants to open beneath one's nose and 'swill' around as if it were the very wine about which it enthuses. Part travel book, part eulogy to one of the world's most famous wines and wine-growing regions, it provides both an introduction for the new wine enthusiast, and a welcome addition to the library of any seasoned wine lover. The author is the founder of Wine Magazine and has written some 20 books on the subject, including the Good Wine Guide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1844836053
• ISBN 13: 9781844836055
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244