- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: Cassell Illustrated; 2nd Revised edition edition (9 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0304354414
- ISBN-13: 978-0304354412
- Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,675,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This guide to French wine covers the best growers in every appellation. This edition includes specially commissioned detailed maps and vintage charts to indicate drinking and cellaring times for all of the wines.
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Clive Coates, M.W., was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite by the French government, the Ruffino/Cyril Ray Memorial Prize for his work on Italian wine, and the title of Wine Writer of the Year for 1998/1999 in the Champagne Lanson awards. He has published The Vine, his independent fine wine magazine, since 1985. His books include Claret (1982), Wines of France (1990), Grands Vins: The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and their Wines (California, 1995), and Cote D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy (California, 1997), which won the Champagne Veuve Clicquot Prize, the Andre Simon Award, and the James Beard Award.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Mr Coates is a great wine writer,with an accessible and interesting writing style. It is a shame he got tempted into the mass market book which doesn't really contribute much.
I purchased the book blind because his great books have not been updated since 1995. I thought his book would help with more recent wines. What a waste, there was no Vintage information that I could find. A real pity.
Hopefully the writter will update his classics rather than this stuff
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a relative amateur in the world of French wine I found this book absolutely invaluable. It starts with a useful history and background of wine in the region - giving interesting information without getting weighed down with technicalities - before tackling the range of French wine region by region. In reading it I've felt that I've learned a huge amount, without ever becoming bored.
It's value is much more than theoretical - on a recent trip around Burgundy and the Jura this book was our bible, enabling us to find the sometimes well-hidden treasures amongst the mass of producers and giving enough information for us to have an informed discussion while tasting. The only downside was it's size - it really doesn't fit in a glove compartment.
No doubt his more focussed works give more detail for the connoisseur (and his book on Burgundy is on my shopping list) but I would recommend this to anyone who, like me, loves French wine but is somewhat overawed by the apparent complexity of it all.
It's value is much more than theoretical - on a recent trip around Burgundy and the Jura this book was our bible, enabling us to find the sometimes well-hidden treasures amongst the mass of producers and giving enough information for us to have an informed discussion while tasting. The only downside was it's size - it really doesn't fit in a glove compartment.
No doubt his more focussed works give more detail for the connoisseur (and his book on Burgundy is on my shopping list) but I would recommend this to anyone who, like me, loves French wine but is somewhat overawed by the apparent complexity of it all.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
French and wine lover I have read the pleasant and well documented "Cote d'Or a celebration of the great wines of burgundy" . When I saw that Clive Coates was " presently at work on his most ambitious project to date, a definitive Encyclopaedia of the Wines of France" I waited for the release of the book and immediately ordered it .
My expectations were (too) high , I was heavily disappointed.
As the name states , the book intend to be an encyclopaedia and this ambition to cover a lot of domains result in a very much telegraphic comment on each domains and a laconic description of the wines.
The maps which where very detailed in "Cote d'Or" are now in very nice colors but with a single map by region . Some maps are ok but maps as the one of "Northern Cotes de Nuits" are impossible to read. A good point is the precise description of the vintages, from 1988 to 1998 for each region.
May be my expectations were too high . This book remains a good introduction to the wines of France
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