Jul 03 2009
The Wine Atlas of France (The Wine Atlas Of…)
This indispensable atlas is packed with details on the world's best loved wine country. The wines and traditions of every region are covered, complete with listings of recommended producers, hotels, restaurants, and places of interest. The text is illustrated with detailed specially commissioned maps of each region.
Customer Review: Excellent guide to wineries in France
My husband and I wanted to do some time in "wine country" during our 1 year stay in France. We picked up this book at a local "english language library" and it was great! It really gives a lot of good information about the regions, the wineries, and the traveller's perspective on wine country in general. We've also used it extensively to document our pictures after the fact -- you know how you can forget the names of the 20 chateaux and 12 towns you visited! Well, this book provides enough information to put it back together when you are looking at a picture of a very pretty building which you cannot remember the name of. It doesn't cover particular wines in detail (mentioning only a few), but for wineries, its a great guide.
Customer Review: very useful in locating wines and their vineyards
The Wine Atlas of France by Hubrecht Duijker (with support from Hugh Johnson) is the best way to start exploring the various famous French wine regions by car. After presentation of the history and a description of a particular wine region, the book lists the address and describes the important wine estates of the region. Suggested routes for driving as well as listings of the top regional restaurants and hotels, in order to recover from the wine tasting. Besides excellent maps of different scales to find your way round the book has superb pictures so that you know what to expect. Alternatively, you may first want to use the book to browse through the various wine regions. Even without using the book as a travel guide it is very useful in locating wines and their vineyards.
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