Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Book 2000: Celebration Edition [Hardcover]

"I'm excited. I'm ready for the new century," Oz Clarke writes in theintroduction to his Pocket Wine Book 2000. "But I'm also grateful for the last one. After all, it taught me a lot about tradition, as well as a lot about the great new things to come. And as I'm sitting here, I'm looking at this wine list. There's no postal address, just a Web site! In ten years time we'll be buying half our wine off the Web. Am I really ready?" No matter where you're buying you're wine, Clarke's handy little guide will pick out the winners and help you avoid wine disasters. The expanded 2000 edition includes all Clarke's favourites from around the world as well as the top Champagnes to celebrate the millennium. The usual A-Z listings of wines, producers, grapes and wine regions are included, as are the detailed vintage charts with information on which of the world's top wines [all ready for drinking in 2000]. There's also a glossary of winemaking terms, up-to-date vintage information and advice on when to drink wines. --Susan Sheph

This text features more than 1500 entries arranged alphabetically, so you can find out about any wine even if you only know its name (for example, you don't have to know if Chateau St Jean is French to find it - actually it's Californian). In addition there are in-depth profiles of classic wines and grape varieties, vintage information, recommended producers, clear symbols, helpful cross-referencing and world-wide coverage. This "celebration" edition for 2000 includes special features on champagne and sparkling wines, Oz's "Pick of My Life" selection of all-time personal favourites and his hot tips, trends and market predictions for wine in the 21st century.

Oz Clarke is a well-known personality and highly respected authority on wine. He appears regularly on BBC TV's FOOD AND DRINK and writes on wine for the DAILY TELEGRAPH.