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Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure [Hardcover]

Oz Clarke (Author), James May (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 19 Oct 2006

An inspiring introduction to French wine with a unique travel angle, tied in to a primetime 6-part BBC2 series, Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure brings us French wine made simple.

Oz Clarke - award-winning writer, critic and committed Francophile - is one of the world's leading authorities on French wine. James May - overgrown boy racer , Top Gear presenter and journalist - knows nothing about wine and loathes what he calls 'wine ponces'. In Sideways style, they travel through the regions of France for 6 weeks. Oz teaches James about wine with the aim of turning him into a top sommelier, while the pair eat together, get drunk together and sometimes have to sleep together for a few nights under canvas.

Divided by region, Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure cuts through the fear and snobbery that surround French wine, providing an informative, entertaining and accessible guide to the French regions and their wines.

Beautifully illustrated with over 80 landscape photographs and location shots, it is full of useful information on wine-making, wine culture, regions and tips on how to seek out the best the French vineyards have to offer.

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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (19 Oct 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0563539003
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563539001
  • Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 2 x 25.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Take a sideways look at wine with Oz Clarke and James May.

About the Author

Oz Clarke achieved notoriety on BBC TV's Food and Drink and has presented and featured on countless other radio and television programmes. His many books include his annual Wine Guide, Oz Clarke's Wine Atlas and Oz's Pocket Wine Guide. He has won Glenfiddich, Andre Simon and Wine Guild awards and was given the Special Millennium Award by Le Prix du Champagne Lanson for his outstanding contribution to wine education.

James May is a motor journalist and one of the main presenters of BBC2's Top Gear. He currently writes a column for Top Gear Magazine and the Daily Telegraph.

Julie Arkell began her writing career after 11 years in the wine industry. This is her fifth book on wine and spirits.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining 11 May 2008
By T. Hansen
Format:Hardcover
A very funny and highly entertaining program of well known wine expert
OZ Clarke and Jmaes May known form Top Gear, who together travels on a
wine adventure. James knows nothing about wine, but have chosen the car
for the adventure (of course an English jaguar) and is like a rebel
boarder school boy taught by the slightly older and more distinguished
Oz Clarke, who continuously tries to learn James about the different
wines and the impressions they make. It all turns into a lot of very
entertaining and very funny situations, filled with humour, and there
is a lot to learn and view, both from the more experienced and newcomer
to wine tasting, on this fantastic wine adventure filled taste -and
sense impressions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure 13 Jan 2007
By Neil B. Latham
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I watched the series and was amazed about how much I didn't know about wine - Red wine is given its colour by the grape skin's and Shiraz is Syrah etc. I thought I knew knew a little bit but clearly I knew not a lot ! I have found this book very useful and have added the Eyewitness Guide to French wine to it. I will be using these to assist in several purchases in the South of France this summer.
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3.0 out of 5 stars not what i thought 1 Dec 2010
By Mr. Mark Croasdale
Format:Hardcover
Thought this was going to be more on the programe but quiet a lot of info on all the wines but a good read
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