Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes

by Jancis Robinson

Book Overview

Hailed by the Wine Advocate as "perhaps the most gifted of all wine writers writing today," Jancis Robinson has been voted the Wine Writer's Wine Writer by her peers, dubbed "the undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wines" by France's Madame Figaro, and won the 1995 Wine Literary Award of the Wine Appreciation Guild. Holding the prestigious rank of Master of Wine, Robinson lectures and judges all over the world, and recently hosted a ten-part PBS...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198600984
• ISBN13: 9780198600985
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 3.7"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful little book for wine lovers

It's a shame this book is out of print, because I use my copy all the time. Whenever I run across a wine based on a grape I don't recognize I turn to this book. Sometimes I learn about a new grape, and sometimes I learn a new name for a grape I already know. But I always find succinct information about the grape, where it is grown, and what qualities it imparts in a wine. If you have a chance, grab a copy!

If you don't know wine grapes, you will!

Everything you ever wanted to know, and everything you needed to know about grapes!

Brilliant, of course!

What can you say about the most comprehensive encyclopaedia of wine grapes written by the world's foremost expert on the subject, when that person also happens to be a clear and charming writer as well? If you want to know about grapes, find out from the woman who has offered her entire cellar to the person who can outstrip her knowledge on the subject. Wonderful!

Great view of the grapes

Successor to Robinson's large-format "Vines, Grapes and Wines," this delightful little book sorts out the world of wine not geographically, as encyclopedias usually do, but on the basis of grapes. Chock full of information about grapes from the commonplace (Chardonnay) to the bizarre (Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso), this pocket-size book is a must for the wine-trivia lover or the serious wine fancier