3.- BEST BOOK ON FRENCH WINE

Books about French wine come from the major markets for French wines. Wine books are very important to build long-term consumer support and culture.

1997 France – Le Savour Club (Larousse)

1998 France – Michel Dovaz (Assouline)

1999 The Netherlands – Hubrecht Duijker (Het Spectrum)

2000 France – Philippe Couderc (Editions La Presquile)

2001 Sweden – Richard Juhlin (Methusalem)

2002 UK – Nicholas Faith (Duncan Baird)

2003 Sweden –Richard Juhlin (Wahlstrom-Widstrand)

2004 US – William Echikson (WW Norton)

2005 France – Gerard Liger-Belair (Perrin)

 

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

1.- CANADA

Couleur Champagne

Gwenael Revel

Christine Brouillet

(Flammarion Québec)

This is an excellent book by two wine experts.

2.-CHINA

The French Wine Glossary

 Sopexa

 Chinese and French

 (Shanghai Culture Press)

This wine glossary is extremelly useful. There has been quite inventive vocabulary for wine in China, and the French and Chinese need a glossary to talk the same language and understand the same concepts.

3.- FRENCH – FRANCE

Le Terroir et le Vigneron

 Jacky Rigaux

 (Terre en Vues)

 One of the best wine books of the year in France, with deep knowledge, from a small publisher with great merit.

4.- GERMANY

Die Weinjahrgänge Bordeaux

 Thomas Hesele

 (Books on Demand GmbH)

 Thomas Hesele publishes every year most interesting wine books.

This year again, Mr Hasele has continued his formula of a book reviewing the wine years. It starts with the year 1970, but it corresponds to the wines which are now to be found on the shelves of wine stores and therefore the book is kept small enough to be slipped in a pocket and is at hand while shopping.

5.- THE NETHERLANDS

De Wijnen van Frankrijk

 Erik Spaans

 (Inmerc)

This is part of a boxed series of 2 books on French food, and French wines. The wine book is here the focus, because of its quality.

6.- UK

OZ Clarkes Bordeaux

 The Wines – The Vineyards – The Winemakers

 (Time Warner Books Little Brown)

OZ Clarks is a star on television, and also a wine expert with profound experience and understanding of wines, its techniques and people. He also understands wine drinkers, and can help equally at all price levels, which is not easy at all, and unusual.

7.- USA

Extremely Pale Rosé

 A Very French Adventure

 Jamie Ivey

 (St. Martins Press)

 This very personal wine travel story is the first book of a young lawyer. He is now part of the Fraternity of Lawyers who are food and wine writers, such as Jeffrey Steingarten, the man who ate everything or Dun Gifford, of Oldways.