A Travellers Wine Guide to France

by Christopher Fielden, Christopher Fielden, Jim Budd

Book Overview

Illustrated with specially commissioned photos (wine usually seems to be made in attractive surroundings) and maps, this books describes the wine-producing regions of France with itineraries, list wineries, the local cuisines, suggested wine bars and restaurants, and a mass of other practical information.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566563526
• ISBN13: 9781566563529
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Informative, fascinating, imminently practical

Informative, fascinating, imminently practical, Christopher Fielden's A Traveller's Wine Guide To France is the ideal guide for touring the French countryside and enjoy the immense variety of vintages and vineyards of the world's greatest wines. All the wine growing regions of France are covered with excellent background histories and descriptions, along with a wine tasting classification system, travel tips, advise for visiting a winery, tasting basics, buying wine in France, the top grape varieties, even eating cheese along with the wines and dining tips while in France. A Traveller's Wine Guide To France is the ideal guidebook for all dedicated wine connoisseurs vacationing or traveling among the French!

Better than Baedecker for the wine student

Learning about wine involves, tasting, reading and travelling. Since serious trips are more than a couple of days and usually on one's vacation time, it pays to have a tour guide. Christopher Fielden is an importer and polific author who has lived in France. Perhaps in the 21st century will have have a headset guide as about as museums have - only beamed down from a satellite. But in the mean time Fielden is the best there is. I have just successfully road tested this book for three weeks in France. Fielden is knowledgeable (he also wrote Exploring Wines & Spirits, the text for the Wines & Spirits Education Trust in London - probably the best wine education body in the world) and he is a good travelling companion. Happy wine trails!!