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  • Hardcover: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Mitchell Beazley; 25th Anniversary edition edition (13 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840004436
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840004434
  • Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 9.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 742,834 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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For everything there is a season, and in the world of wine the calendar is defined by bud break, fruit set, harvest and the arrival of the latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book. Celebrating the sale of more than seven million copies of editions spanning a quarter-century, the 2002 edition provides an updated addition to the prestigious and prolific wine writer's popular series of pocket-sized reference books. With delineated chapters--some merely a page long--Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book: 2002 follows a standard format: wine trend prognostication, a brief description of the current vintage (here the 2000 harvest), a re-examination of 1999, glossary of grape types and food-and-wine matches. The book's bulk is composed of an alphabetical listing of short entries--mostly wineries--subdivided within geographical chapters. Johnson can be stylish, even witty (a lively Vernaccia pairs well with a dish of grey mullet: not the one "on the heads of aging rock stars"), but aside from the opening few pages, there's a decidedly ghost-written feel to the proceedings. Indeed, the acknowledgments list over 40 "kind friends"--including several regionally based wine writers--for their "special knowledge", most notably of some smaller producers. But it's remarkable for someone of Hugh Johnson's stature to allow, once again in the 2002 edition, the Syrah grape to be identified as identical to Petite Sirah. Friends--"kind" or not--shouldn't let friends get away with that sort of thing. --Tony Mason

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The 25th birthday edition, with eight extra pages, is more extensively updated than ever before offering up-to-date news on over 6,000 wines, growers and regions. There's more comprehensive vintage details and more recommended wines for current drinking than ever before, plus all the information to help you select anything from a weekday wine for supper to a prestige vintage for investment. New features include extended vintage charts, new maps and unique insider tips on where to buy and consume wine when travelling. Expert tasting notes and hints on serving wine and matching wine with food complete the picture.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An essential wine lover's companion, 2 Nov 2004
This review is from: Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2005 (Mitchell Beazley Drink) (Hardcover)
The author's own preface to this pocket compendium sums it up perfectly. You will find in this book the vast majority of the basic information you need to choose wines in a shop, a restaurant, on holiday - even from your own cellar. It is an immensely valuable resource and as yet, I know of no other published book which can compete. It is well organised, well written, reassuringly comprehensive and excellent value.

Anyone looking for detailed profiles of particular producers or wines is barking up the wrong tree. You simply can not compare this book to, say, a Parker wine buyer's guide. Besides which, you would look and feel a bit silly wading through a huge reference book in a restaurant. But this little companion works well if mixed with intuition and some common sense.

I have bought nearly every annual edition of this book for the last 21 years. Out of my library of over 45 books on wine, this is still the one I would choose to save if faced with imminent shipwreck. The torture would be in not being able to save any bottles !

My only criticism comes from a suspicion that Hugh Johnson himself has less and less to do with the book with each new edition - hence four rather than five stars. But as one previous reviewer said, the book would make a great present for both amateur and serious wine lover alike.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A simple concise summary of wine buying!, 30 Nov 2001
I have the collection and the large Atlas of wine from Hugh Johnson. I think that if anyone is respected for his ability to review wine's it's Hugh. I know several of the best educational institutions in the tourism/food and drink industry use his books as a reference guide. His Annual Guides are a great way to keep up to date with the new developments and make a great gift for any wine enthusiast at a very resonable price.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Too brief to be any use, 29 Nov 2001
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If you are looking for ratings of specific wines or information on specific growers (like whether they are open for tastings) you will be dissappointed by this guide. The entries are just too brief to be useful.

For example the entry for Robert Mondavi is a short paragraph which starts with a rating of two to four stars (on a scale of one to four). It then goes on to list the names of some of the wines that Mondavi produces, both in the US and elsewhere. This gives no idea which of Robert Mondavi's wines are good (worth four stars) and which are okay (worth two).

Often an appelation only gets a one or two line entry, with perhaps the name of the most notable wine or grower getting a mention. Not really much help.

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