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Poc edition (October 24, 1996) 7.5 x 0.6 x 3.7 inches Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking by Ingredient > Fruits in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening & Landscape Design > By Region in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Beverages & Wine > Wine & Spirits > Wine If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? 5 star82%4 star12%1 star6%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsGreat view of the grapesBrilliant, of course!How about a viognier? Great book for oenophiles.|Jancis Robinson Pocket Guide to Wine Grapesdissapointing|Guide to Wine Grapes becomes most go-to resource|tremendous resource| Most Recent Customer ReviewsSearch Customer ReviewsThe beautifully designed, 1,200-page, full-colour Wine Grapes was published by Allen Lane (Penguin) in the UK and Ecco (Harper Collins) in the US in October 2012.

It provides comprehensive details on all 1,368 vine varieties currently making wine in commercial circulation - including their origins, how they grow, where they are planted, how their wines taste and previously unpublished information on how they are related. best wine bars victoria londonIn September 2013, a much-needed ebook of Wine Grapes was released. best wine bar nyc midtownThis version has been optimised for e-readers, and while it isn't a perfect port (for example, the wine grape family trees were necessarily excluded), it is far more convenient for many people than the heavy print version.best wine bar st louis & FREE International Shipping to Singapore on orders over $125. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products.

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From the Back Cover An indispensable book for every wine lover, from some of the world's leading wine experts.Where do wine grapes come from and how are grape varieties related to one another? What is the historical background of each one? Where are they grown? What sort of wines do they make?Using cutting-edge DNA analysis and detailing almost 1,400 distinct grape varieties, as well as myriad correct (and incorrect) synonyms, this book examines grapes and wine as never before. Here is a complete, alphabetically presented profile of all grape varieties of relevance to the wine lover, charting the relationships between them and including unique and astounding family trees, their characteristics in the vineyard, and—most important—what the wines made from them taste like.Presented in a stunning design with eight-page gatefolds that reveal the family trees, and a rich variety of full-color illustrations from Viala and Vermorel's century-old classic ampelography, the text will deepen readers' understanding of grapes and wine with every page.

Combining Jancis Robinson's worldview and nose for good writing and good wines with Julia Harding's research, expertise, and attention to detail plus Dr. Vouillamoz's unique level of scholarship, Wine Grapes offers essential and original information in greater depth and breadth than has ever been available before. This is a book for wine students, wine experts, and wine lovers everywhere. See all Editorial ReviewsSlp edition (November 6, 2012) 3.2 x 7.5 x 11.5 inches Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) #91,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Beverages & Wine > Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making in Books > Science & Math > Agricultural Sciences > Food Science 5 star87%4 star8%3 star4%2 star1%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsA Great Work BUT!|For years I've loved Jancis Robinson's pocket-sized Guide to Wine Grapes, turning to it whenever I encounter a new wine grape.

Alas, it is long out of print, and a bit dated in terms of the relationships between grapes.Now comes this new volume, which is anything but pocket-sized. Massive and slip-cased, it has the gravitas of an aged Premier Cru. For each of nearly 1400 varieties there is an entry that gives you its color (from among five choices), common synonyms (for some widely grown grapes there are many), other varieties it is often mistaken for, and what is known of its origins and heritage (relying on recent, extensive, DNA testing of wine grapes). Then there is a brief summary of how it grows (vigor, resistance, when it ripens, and the like) and where it grows. As warranted, there is a discussion of what it tastes like and the quality of the wine it produces. Many of these grapes are actually very marginal from a wine making viewpoint, and are of interest for historical or relationship reasons. (I do miss the little sliding bar from the earlier book that suggested at a glance the likelihood of the grape producing a decent wine.)

The relationship information is fascinating. Selected grapes have a family tree associated with their entry. Looking at Cabernet Sauvignon we learn that Chenin Blanc is a sister of Sauvignon Blanc and, hence, an aunt of Cabernet Sauvignon. Freisa turns out to be a cross of Nebbiolo with an unknown grape. The foldout genealogy of Pinot Noir is remarkable. Who would have guessed that Lagrein is a granddaughter of Pinot, while Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are both great granddaughters? On a down side, the figure is sewn so deeply into the binding that part of the tree can't be read.I decided to check on a grape of local (but not wine drinking!) interest. In the earlier book there is an entry for the Mission grape, the first wine grape brought to California; there is was associated with the Monica grape. The current volume doesn't have an entry for Mission (it has entries pointing you to a main entry for some synonyms, but not for others). Checking the index it turns out that Mission is actually Listan Prieto.

(Which I'd certainly never heard of before.)There are also beautiful color plates, originally published in France over a century ago, of selected grapes. (Interestingly, one is labeled "Mission"!)But there are, alas, some imperfections. I've mentioned how the Pinot family tree is bound so that it is not all readable. While the paper in a volume this size is necessarily thin, the see-through on some pages is annoying; more opaque paper would have been nice. The label on the front of the slip case is somewhat crooked, and the one on the edge quite so. Production quality could have been better.Had this been a standard book at half or even two-thirds the price it would have been an easy five stars. But in a slip-cased book at this list price you expect a little better attention to detail than this book manages. So I reluctantly drop my rating to four stars. Still an excellent investment for or gift to a devoted oenophile, it is not quite the value it could have been with a little better physical execution.