2.- BEST BOOK ON WINE HISTORY

Wine culture has an old history. There are magnificent books this year, on specific wines and regions, or more general. The most original is the book from Ireland, which traces all links between Ireland and wineries around the world, a unique concept.

1996 France – Christian Signol (Albin Michel)

1997 France – Baron Edmond de Rothschild and Nicolas de Rabaudy (Gallimard)

1998 US – Dewey Markham (John Wiley)

1999 UK – John Burnett (Routledge)

2000 UK – Stephen Brook (Mitchell Beazley)

2001 France – G.Lavignac (Le Rouergue)

2002 Argentina – Fernando Vidal Buzzi (El Ateneo)

2003 France – Julien Sereys de Rothschild, Sandrine Herman (Imprimerie Nationale)

2004 US – Roy Renfro, S.McLeroy (Eakin Press)

2005 US – Elin McCoy (Harper Collins)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

1.- CHILE

Por el Sendero de los Ángeles

 La Historia de Viña Montes

 Jamie Ross

 Prólogo por Hugh Johnson

 (Viña Montes – Chile)

Jamie Ross is a leading expert on wines from Chile, focusing on winery to show the history of Chilean wines. This is great writing.

2.- FRANCE

Le Voyage Insolite de lAmateur de Vin

 François Morel

 Direction dOuvrage: Thomas Brisebarre

 Edition: Laure Desforges

 (Kubaik Editions)

This history of wine around the world by a French author is the best surprise of the year. The illustrations, the text, the format joined together for a great book.

3.- IRELAND

A Kingdom of Wine

 A Celebration of Irelands Winegeese

 Ted Murphy

 (Onstream Publications – Ireland)

This is a unique book charting the connections between Ireland and the wines of the world.

4.- SPAIN-CASTELLANO

A la Sombra Ejemplar de los Parrales

 Cultura del Vino en Galicia y otros Espacios Peninsulares

 Xavier Castro

 (Trea)

Wines from Galicia are not as well known outside Spain because there is no big producer and exporter. The quality of the wines is high, and so is the quality of this book

5.- SWITZERLAND

Die Bilder vom Wein

 Johann Willsberger

 Text-Redaktion: Dr.Karin Krüger

 2 Volumes

 Printed by Mediahaus Biering – München

 (Edition Willsberger AG-Switherland)

After years of publishing his Gourmet masterpieces, Johann Willsberger has moved from Germany to Switzerland. He then devoted two years to these amazing two volumes of very personal photos of wine. Our favorite page shows wine fermentation at the best wineries in Bordeaux and a few foreign ones, with Vega Sicilia of Spain having the most beautiful and delicate pink.