The Essential Guide to South African Wines is a new book that addresses two important aspects of our wine industry: that of terroir, and of wine-tourism. For the first time in South Africa , a team of highly qualified subject experts have collaborated to write a publication simultaneously addressing the most influential factors facing the [...]

Wines of the Paci?c Northwest explores the history, wine laws, terroir, viticulture, vini?cation, and producers of Washington and Oregon. It identifies and describes the main wine regions within each state, and features profiles of the main wine producers. There are detailed maps of all the wine-producing areas and wineries, and an in-depth exploration of key [...]

This is the third edition of this popular guidebook to the Napa Valley. First published in 2003, this latest version by local author Mick Winter includes 252 pages of detailed information on restaurants, wineries, lodging, spas, parks and camping, sightseeing, shopping, events, arts and entertainment. Additional sections cover historic attractions, a list of Napa Valley [...]

Customer Review: A review of Wagners “Grapes into Wine” A great compliment to Wagner’s “A wine Growers Guide”. These two books are virtually bibles to the grape grower and amateur winemaker. If you have one, you will no doubt enjoy and use the other as well. “A wine growers guide” has helped me immensely in [...]

Nicolas Belfrage concludes his two-volume tour of Italian wine with a look at the outstanding varieties from Tuscany to the south.In Barolo to Valpolicella, Belfrage demystified northern Italian viticulture, discussing dozens of wines ranging from the highest-quality vintages to affordable selections that can be enjoyed every day. Now, with Brunello to Zibibbo, he considers the [...]

“One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written.”–Frank Prial, The New York Times. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD! Celebrating 20 years of wine mastery… The world’s finest wine book gets a complete redesign for its 20th birthday. Thirty-two pages of brand new material, enhanced color, and even more cartoons grace this Anniversary Edition, which [...]

There is a Dominican spirituality which is entirely distinctive and is inspired by the great Saint St Dominic himself. The Dominican Order of Friars was founded specifically to engage with the world-not to live in contemplative seclusion. There has always been a strong intellectual strain in the Dominican tradition. Like St Thomas Aquinas and Edward [...]

Michelin The Green Guide Wine Regions of France Customer Review: Very Helpful Wine Region Guide of France This guide book covers various regions of France including less known regions and contains from basic wine information to beginners to more advanced information for well-experienced travelers. I have traveled to certian wine regions in France a number [...]

Here is a quick, fun and easy guide to the world of Spanish Wine. Written by an author who has immersed himself in Spanish culture and its wine over the past fifteen years, this book will give anyone interested in the subject an enjoyable introduction to this fascinating member of the wine world. Important features [...]

While interrogating a penniless delinquent about a sordid crime, Maigret is called to the scene of an utterly different murder, one of the richest wine merchants in Paris is dead. “Georges Simenon’s Chief Inspector Maigret belongs to the Paris of today as surely as Holmes did to gaslit London.” (The New York Times) Customer Review: [...]