14.- BEST WINE EDUCATION BOOK

There are more and more new wine consumers who need wine education. Demand is high.

2000 US – Kevin Zraly (Sterling)

2001 UK – Stephen Brooks, Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher (Carroll and Brown)

2002 Sweden – Hakan Larsson (Albert Bonnier)

2003 Spain – Mikel Garaizabal (Gobierno Vasco)

2004 Norway - Christer Berens

2005 US – Mahesh Kumar (Wine Appreciation Guild)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

1.- CHINA

Falling Love With Wine

 Lin Ying – Mao Yong Nian

 (Central Compilation and Translation Press)

 This Beijing couple will make other Chinese fall in love with wine. Their passion is contagious!

2.- CUBA

Cono100do El Vino

 Yamir Pelegrino Rodriguez

 (YPR – Cuba)

Nobody in Cuba has written better about wine. The author has dedicated his life to his passion, wine and food.

3.- FRANCE

Comment Goûter un Vin

 Philippe Faure-Brac,

 Meilleur Sommelier du Monde

 Avec Anne Vantal

 Photographies de Jean Charles Vaillant

 (EPA)

 Philippe Faure-Brac won Best Sommelier in the World in 1992.

Since then, he has become a talented wine writer, winning many awards, including Best in the World in 1999. His Bistrot du Sommelier in Paris is a must for all wine connoisseurs.

 Learn to taste from the master!

4.- GERMANY

BONNEFOIT DEUTSCHLAND

Guy Bonnefoit: Faszination Wein & Aromen

 (Gebr. Kornmayer-Germany)

Guy Bonnefoit has lived for many decades in Germany, and really knows and understands German wines.

 Congratulations!

5.- INDIA

Wine Wisdom: Buying and Drinking Wine in India

 Magandeep Singh

 (Penguin BooksIndia)

A rare insight in the current wine culture in India, written with talent, knowledge and wine expertize, as well as with a very independent and personal point of view. A gem, a very wise wine book, to be read to understand wine in India and Asia.

6.- JAPAN

The Best Sommeliers Choice at Home

 Tada Yuki Yanagi

 (Asahi Shimbum Publications Division)

This is a new and original concept, finding the wines the best Sommelier drink for personal pleasure at home. There is much to learn.

7.- SPAIN

La Cata de Vinos

 Una Guia para disfrutar, degustar y conocer

 Mauricio Wiesenthal

 Francesc Navarro

 (Alba)

 The experienced authors teach how to taste wines, and enjoy it.

8.- SWEDEN

Kombinera mat & vin

Jens Dolk, Liselotte Forslin

Illustrations: Martin Bogren, Helena Åkesson Liedberg

(Kakao)

This book will teach you to combine easy, and nice food recipes with wines they go along with them.

9.- UK

How to Choose Wine

 Vincent Gasnier

 (Dorling Kindersley)

Vincent Gasnier has written several good wine books. This one is clear, easy to follow and understand, and entertaining in its presentation.

10.- USA

Windows on the World – Complete Wine Course – 2007 Edition

 Kevin Zraly

 (Sterling)

This yearly wine course is obviously written for the US, but it is international in its approach and comments. Any exporter who wants to sell in the US should read it, as well as Sommeliers worldwide. Windows on the World was the restaurant at the top of the twin towers destroyed on 9-11. The book had received our Best in the World in 2000.

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