Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours by Jancis Robinson (Author), Julia Harding (Author), Jose Vouillamoz (Author). Wine fans everywhere rejoice! Wine Grapes provides absolutely all the pieces the connoisseur desires to know about the succulent, outstanding fruit that care, love, ability, and time transform into humankind’s most beloved beverage-and presents it all in a stunningly lovely, gorgeously illustrated package. The dazzling co-creation of Jancis Robinson, one of the world’s greatest known wine authorities, Julia Harding, who passed the Master of Wine exams at the prime of her class, and internationally famend botanist José Vouillamoz, Wine Grapes is the first complete compendium in more than a century to all grape varieties relevant to the wine lover. An exquisite gift ebook-and a must-own for anyone in the meals and wine trade-Wine Grapes charts the relationships of the grapes (with some astounding family trees), discusses in fascinating detail the place and the way they are grown, and, most importantly, what the wines constituted of them will ultimately style like.
For years I've beloved Jancis Robinson's pocket-sized Information to Wine Grapes, turning to it each time I encounter a new wine grape. Alas, it is lengthy out of print, and a bit dated by way of the relationships between grapes.
