13.- BEST WINE ATLAS/TOURISM BOOK

The wine atlas are tools for the professionals, and maps for the wine tourists.

1997 UK – Philip Clark (Philip Clark)

1998 UK – OZ Clarke (Webster)

1999 –

2000 Spain – Jose Peñin (Espasa)

2001 UK – Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson (Mitchell Beazley)

2002 France – Benoit France (Solar)

2003 New Zealand – Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett)

2004 Austria – Rudolf Lantschbauer (Vinothek)

2005 Spain – Ignacio Medina (Anaya)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

1.- AUSTRALIA

James Halliday’s Wine Atlas of Australia

 James Halliday

 (Hardie Grant – Australia)

James Halliday is the dean of Australian wine. Among his many contributors to the trade, wine tourism is now very developped in Australia.

2.- SPAIN – CASTELLANO

Hoteles con Viñedo 2006

Pedro Madera

(Tercer Nombre)

A strong concept that can fill up a guide for the wine tourist: hotels with vineyards.

3.- SPAIN – EUSKERA

Ardobidez – Arabako Erriokia

 Guia Práctica de Rutas, Enologia y Bodegas – Rioja Alavesa

 Mikel Garaizabal Pildain

 (Di-Da)

An excellent guide to the wine routes of the Rioja Alavesa, from where the best Rioja wines usually come.

4.- SWEDEN

Vinets magi : en kulinarisk resa runt jorden
Bengt-Göran Kronstam

Photo: Claes Löfgren

Food Photo: Björn Lindberg

Layout: Patric Leo, Jesper Årfors
(Max Ström)

To become Sweden’s most acknowledge wine writer Bengt-Göran has been travelling and tasting in some of the best wine destinations in the world.

5.- UK

Northern Spain

 How to find great wines of the beaten track

 Susie Barrie

 Series Editor: Patrick Matthens

 Photos: Tory McTernan

 (Mitchell Beazley Discovering Wine Country)

Mitchell Beazley is one of the top wine publsihers in the world, with a very large backlist. The Discovering Wine Country series is most useful for wine tourism.