Oz Clarke's pocket-sized wine guide has been updated once again and this edition for 2001 features more than 1500 entries, including sections on champagne and sparkling wines, Oz's all-time favourites and his predictions for the decade. There are in-depth wine profiles of classic wine and grape varieties, vintage information, recommended producers, clear symbols, helpful cross-referencing and extensive world-wide coverage. Information that is of interest to the expert is presented here in an alphabetical form accessible to the novice.
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One of the most useful portable all-round guides to wines, vintages, producers, grapes and wine regions, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Book has always been a fount of down-to-earth wisdom and good sense. The 2001 edition comes along and is no exception. Seasoned punters who have gone the course with Oz will know what to expect--trenchant views, clearly expressed; encyclopaedic knowledge lightly worn; and second-hand access to what is said to be one of the finest noses in Europe. For an expert of his standing, Oz Clarke can be very refreshing at times. (On fizz: "I sometimes think it doesn't matter what it tastes like as long as it's cold enough and there's enough of it".) Ease of use is among the great virtues of this little book: there's no point flicking back and forth among the cross references when you're standing in a crowded supermarket wine department. It's simple to find what you want among the 1,600 entries once the single page of How To Use rules has been absorbed. New sections added for 2001 include a fascinating and highly eclectic selection of personal favourites, and a series of Wines of the Year categories--in effect, Top Tips, such as "World Class Wines that Won't Cost the Earth", "Regions to Watch" and so on. Self-recommending, therefore, as always. --Robin Davidson
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'A terrific A-Z of wines, winemakers, shippers and grape varieties.' -- The Sunday Times, 16 November 1997
'For an omnibus guide to wine, the competition in the portable reference category comes down to Clarke and Hugh Johnson. Clarke wins on style and ease of use.' -- Harvey Steinman, Wine Spectator, 15 March 1994
'For an omnibus guide to wine, the competition in the portable reference category comes down to Clarke and Hugh Johnson. Clarke wins on style and ease of use.' -- Harvey Steinman, Wine Spectator, 15 March 1994
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Format:Hardcover
Here's a pocket guide made for me. Down to earth, concise and all A-Z, which is important to me. It doesn't matter if I forget where a wine comes from - I'm still able to find out all about it. It really is small enough to carry around with me, too, for wine shopping or going out.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
If you want the best pocket guide to buying and enjoying wine, then look no further. This HAS to be it. Packed with information, and bubbling with Oz Clarke's enthusiasm, humour and awesome knowledge, it's a pleasure to read as well as being a beautifully produced little reference book. The text is comprehensible without being patronizing, while the layout and organization are crystal clear within a convenient format. The net result is that you can quickly find out everything you need to know about the bottle(s) you're thinking of buying or drinking -- plus recommendations for matching food and wine. This book is a cracker: buy it yourself or hope that someone puts it in your Christmas stocking.
By cyberdoctor
Format:Hardcover
This book is written in an useful no nonsense A to Z style. If you know the name of a wine, but don't where it's from; you can quickly locate it and find more information on the wine quality and vintages. It is an useful adjunct to Hugh Johnson's pocket guide, which sets out wines in regions. The accompanying "Wine Buying Guide" unfortunately is full of adverts and seems suspiciously commercially driven. But overall - not bad at all.
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