Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2019
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (Octopus Publishing Group)
General Editor: Margaret Rand
Description:
Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine – in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 42st year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide. Hugh Johnson provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. He reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both. This new edition also contains a colour supplement on Syrah and Garnacha grapes.
By Ian about Introduction to Italy:
“I have looked upon the Italy section in Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book as a magnificent opprotunity to paint a complete and accurate picture of Italy’s fascinating if very complex world of wine. And so I have given, with excellent help and valid insight from Michele Longo, my longtime associate and co-editor of this section, plenty of attention to the many unique territories, denominations, wines and grape varieties that make Italy such a fantastic wine place. And being independent allows me to give those Italian wine realities that are outstanding but often forgotten elsewhere the attention they deserve. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much I do writing it“.