Oz Clarke

Traces the history of winemaking through the stories of 100 bottles that have had the biggest impact on the evolution of wine, discussing such topics as the introduction of the cylindrical bottle and the most expensive bottle sold at auction.

From Bacchus to Bordeaux and Beyond

The History of Wine in 100 Bottles

Oz Clarke brings a fresh, no-nonsense, and often controversial approach to wine, and adds a special sparkle to this encyclopedic reference with his humor, enthusiasm and erudition. Over 700 illustrations and maps in full color.

An Indispensable Guide to Wines of the World

Oz Clarke's New Essential Wine Book

You don’t need to know all about wine regions or how wine is made to choose wine with confidence. If you like the sound of intense, blackcurranty reds or aromatic whites, this book will tell you how to find these flavours in the wines you buy, regardless of whether the wine is labelled by grape variety or by country. Drinking wine is all about enjoyment. Oz explains how to get maximum enjoyment out of every bottle you buy, from dealing with broken corks, to learning basic tasting techniques, spotting faulty wine, and matching food and wine, whether at home or in a restaurant. In Oz’s down-to-earth guide to all the world’s major wine regions you’ll find everything you need to know to navigate your way round a wine shop or wine website. Oz explores grape varieties, flavours and styles, giving equal consideration to classic wine regions – such as Bordeaux and Chianti – and the newer wine-producing countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Chile and Argentina. Do vintages matter? Are the wines good value for money? Oz tells you everything you really need to know. Gradually building your knowledge with expert tips, information boxes and wines to try, this is a complete guide for the beginner wine enthusiast. Word Count: 55,000

A Beginner's Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Wine

Let Me Tell You About Wine

The Oz Clarke Wine Atlas takes the reader on a 'grand tour' of the great wine regions of the world. With more than 75 hand-painted panoramic maps accompanied by opinionated prose, this atlas illustrates and explains the vital connections between the landcape and the wine. Fundamental to the understanding of wine is a sense of place. Knowing which country, which region, which hillside and which vineyard a wine comes from adds enormously to the pleasure of drinking it. ‘There’s no livelier, more knowledgeable wine writer than Oz Clarke. His opinionated prose resounds through every chapter.’ The Washington Post ‘best of all, Mr Clarke’s sharp-edged, spicy commentary makes this atlas a joy to read, not just a useful reference too.’ Wall Street Journal Europe ‘Clarke spins word pictures on what makes wine what it is with authority, color and clarity. To read his explanation of what makes each region special is to find yourself smelling the air and feeling the rocks under your feet. It’s the next best thing to being there.’ Wine Spectator ‘Clarke is one of the most out-spoken and entertaining wine writers. His prose is sharp-edged, informative, wonderfully readable and, best of all, completely unpretentious.’ Anthony Dias Blue, Mercury News

Wines and Wine Regions of the World

Oz Clarke Wine Atlas

A resource to informed wine consumption ties vintages to the regions where they were created, in an updated and expanded edition that includes hand-painted panoramic maps and includes additional information on Napa, Sonoma, Chile, Argentina, and other locations. 20,000 first printing.

Oz Clarke's New Wine Atlas

James May

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.

Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure

Margaret Rand

Plus de 300 variétés de cépages du monde entier, présentées de A à Z. Des monographies détaillées pour les cépages les plus prestigieux. Leur répartition géographique, leur histoire, leur culture, leur vinification. Les meilleurs producteurs de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Monde, les bonnes bouteilles de tous les pays. Les principales appellations européennes et les cépages correspondants, autorisés pour leur élaboration. Un glossaire technique pour comprendre tous les mots du vin. Un index des noms de cépages et de leurs synonymes. Plus de 550 documents photographies de vignobles, de raisins, de vignerons et d'œnologues, peintures, cartes, graphiques, étiquettes. " Pour permettre au lecteur de faire le choix éclairé de ce qu'il aime et de ce qu'il n'aime pas. " Oz Clarke.

Guide des cépages

You cant hold all the wine information you need in your head, but with this handy guide you can be sure it is available whenever you want it. Indispensable as ever, Oz Clarkes now classicPocket Wine Bookis meticulously updated each year. This is the 21st edition and the book has more information, more recommendations, more facts, passion and opinion than any other comparable guide to wine. Organised in an easy-to-use A;Z format, the entries cover wines, producers, grapes and wine regions from all over the world.

7500 Wines, 4000 Producers, Vintage Charts, Wine and Food

Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book 2013

A definitive companion to the wines of Australia furnishes a detailed overview of the country's wine-making industry, with a discussion of key Australian grapes and wine regions, profiles of more than 160 of the country's leading producers, and tasting notes on more than one hundred wines and labels. Original.

An Essential Guide for All Lovers of Australian Wine

Oz Clarke's Australian Wine Companion

Steven Spurrier

Completely revised and updated, a stunning guide to the best wines in the world covers every aspect of fine wine--for buying, collecting, investing, and restaurant selection--and provides an alphabetical listing of wine names and leading producers in every wine-producing country. 15,000 first printing.

Clarke and Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide

More than 1600 entries organised in an easy to use A-Z format and featuring over 4000 of the world's top producers and 7000 wines Packed with Oz's encyclopaedic knowledge and always honest opinion You can't hold all the wine information you need in your head, but with this handy guide you can be sure it is available whenever you want it. Indispensable as ever, Oz Clarke's now classic Pocket Wine Book is meticulously updated each year. This is the 23rd edition and the book has more information, more recommendations, more facts, passion and opinion than any other comparable guide to wine. Organised in an easy-to-use A-Z format, the entries cover wines, producers, grapes and wine regions from all over the world. Indispensable as ever and now with a new look for 2015, Oz Clarke's now classic Pocket Wine Book is in its 23rd edition and is meticulously updated each year. Britain's best- loved wine writer brings you more information, more recommendations, more facts, passion and opinion than in any other comparable guide to wine. Organised in an easy-to-use A-Z format, the entries cover wines, producers, grapes and wine regions from all over the world. For optimum browsing, the guide includes a handy country by country index as well as a full producer index to help you find over 4000 of the world's top wine producers and their wines. Detailed vintage charts, with information on which of the world's top wines are ready for drinking in 2015, can be found on the inside front and back covers.

Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book 2015

"An exhilarating wine book... No serious wine lover's library is complete without it" Wine Spectator Grapes & Wines is the key to enjoying modern wine. Approaching wine through grapes is in tune with the way consumers now think and learn about wine. Most wines, especially those from the Americas, Australasia and South Africa, are now sold under the name of the grape variety used rather than under the old European system of chateau and appellation name. You're standing in a wine shop and see bottles labeled Aglianico or Tannat. Do you know what they are? Garnatxa sounds familiar and it is, as it is the Basque name of the popular Grenache grape, but how do you know this? You've heard of Carmenere from Chile, and probably bought the wine, but did you know it is an old historic Bordeaux variety? This is the perfect book to help you find out more about the world's top classic grapes, from Cabernet Sauvignon to Zinfandel - the history, the places, the people, the wine styles and the flavours are covered in detail. It is also just the book for dipping into as you come across an unfamiliar grape variety. Grapes & Wines has been thoroughly revised and updated.

A comprehensive guide to varieties and flavours

Grapes & Wines

An updated edition of the classic wine resource includes facts, figures, recommendations and opinions on a variety of wines from 4,000 or the world's top producers, in a book that also features illustrations of maps, labels and bottles; a country-by country index; and an index by producer.

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2010

Red and Whiteis a very personal account of Oz Clarke's interaction with the whole world of wine throughout his adult life - a period when that world has changed beyond all recognition - which takes it well beyond the usual run of authoritative wine reference tomes, and, by dint of the author's wit & personality beyond any wine autobiography, and makes it a crossover read for anyone vaguely interested in wine; and a unique treasure trove - based on peerless qualifications - of observations, explanations, suggestions and evaluations of wine regions, wine styles and individual wines and wine producers, which will be gold dust to wine lovers everywhere. This is not a reference book, but its readers will refer to it endlessly for insight and information. The fact that it is littered with amusing stories and anecdotes makes it as readable as a celebrity autobiography, which it isn't - except incidentally. Over the last forty years there have only been a tiny handful of wine writers of global renown: Hugh Johnson, Robert Parker, Michael Broadbent, Jancis Robinson and Oz Clarke; and of these Oz has by far the broadest reach across the board - millions of readers, TV viewers, wine producers, wine merchants & sommeliers. He is loved by wine folk and the general public alike. Whether it's a table of thirty-somethings in a trendy restaurant in London, a gang of Japanese sommeliers at Bordeaux's famous wine show Vinexpo, hard-bitten judges at wine shows in Australia, wine educators from wine schools across the USA, or winemakers in every wine growing region of the world, Oz is lionised, his views canvassed, his advice sought, his palate trusted and respected. If you are only going to read one wine book in your life, this is the one you must read - and you will never regret it.

An Unquenchable Thirst for Wine

Red and White

It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh start extolling the virtues of English wine. Oh, how they would chortle! And they had a point. Until the 1990s hardly any English wine was more than a curiosity to be drunk if you had no other choice. The old-fashioned view of English wine is that of a cottage industry made up of amateurs struggling with the mud and the drizzle. The modern view is of a country amazingly blessed with vast tracts of soil suitable for viticulture, much of it almost indistinguishable from the chalky slopes of Champagne and Chablis, and of a country taking full advantage of the vagaries of climate change to ripen Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to levels perfect for sparkling wine, and increasingly excellent still wines. And it wouldn t be far off the mark to say that England is now the newest of the New World, New Wave wine countries. The 1990s brought several pioneering sparkling wine producers to the fore led by Nyetimber and Breaky Bottom and suddenly England has found its wine vocation. Oz has long been a champion of English wines and this book helps you find the best wines, from fizz, whites, some impressive reds and even dessert and orange

From still to sparkling: The NEWEST New World wine country

English Wine

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 ANDRE SIMON AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM AND MASON DRINK BOOK AWARD With Red & White, Oz Clarke has reinvented wine writing. This is a book to read for pleasure, rather than merely refer to. Combining fast-paced witty memoir with passionately opinionated guide, Oz pops the cork on his life-long love affair with wine. The best loved wine communicator of our time, Oz Clarke is the guest you want at your table, the person to select the wine, and the ideal drinking companion. He explains how, why & where he fell in love with wine; he explains the essentials of how wine is grown and made today; then takes you into the world's wine regions and introduces you to the wines he loves. Oz reveals how he tastes wine and how you can enjoy wine whatever the budget. He covers with equal care & attention all categories of wine, from the blue-chip to the most affordable. With Red & White, you are in the hands of the best-informed and the most inspirational guide, and you will pick up, without even trying, a wealth of knowledge that Oz is bursting to share with you. With climate change and the move to organic & sustainable practices, wine is evolving faster than ever before. And hundreds of local grape varieties, until recently facing extinction, are also being rediscovered. There have never been so many brilliant & original wines. To discover them, all you need is a glass in your hand, a sense of adventure, and Oz's Red & White as your companion & inspiration!

An unquenchable thirst for wine

Red & White

Lists essential information about wines, grapes, wineries, producers, and regions in an accessible resource that includes the author's lists of favorite wines, top values, new vintage reports, and producers and regions to watch. 25,000 first printing.

Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2005

Filled with lush artwork, a definitive resource, organized in a handy A-to-Z format, provides vibrant descriptions of 350 different varieties of grapes throughout the world, detailing their history, geography, character, and cultural context, and features a glossary of technical terms, an index of grape names and their synonyms, and a general index. Reprint.

The Definitive Guide to the World's Great Grapes and the Wines They Make

Oz Clarke's Grapes and Wines

It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh – start extolling the virtues of English wine. Oh, how they would chortle! And they had a point. Until the 1990s hardly any English wine was more than a curiosity to be drunk if you had no other choice. The old-fashioned view of English wine is that of a cottage industry made up of amateurs struggling with the mud and the drizzle. The modern view is of a country amazingly blessed with vast tracts of soil suitable for viticulture, much of it almost indistinguishable from the chalky slopes of Champagne and Chablis, and of a country taking full advantage of the vagaries of climate change to ripen Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to levels perfect for sparkling wine, and increasingly excellent still wines. And it wouldn’t be far off the mark to say that England is now the newest of the New World, New Wave wine countries. The 1990s brought several pioneering sparkling wine producers to the fore – led by Nyetimber and Breaky Bottom and suddenly England has found its wine vocation. Oz has long been a champion of English wines and this book helps you find the best wines, from fizz, whites, some impressive reds and even dessert and orange wines. One of the great pleasures of wine is to drink it where it is grown and made. Both wine handbook and armchair companion, English Wine is an essential book for all lovers of wine. The opportunity to meet growers, winemakers and winery owners is what draws people to visit wineries and ‘have an experience in the vineyard’. The book is split into sections: Exciting Times – How it used to be; The Nyetimber effect; Climate: is it almost perfect now?; Location is key; Planting like made; A question of style: sparkling or still; and Grape varieties: a race to the top. British Bubbles – What is needed to make good fizz; Champagne, the original fizz; Bubbles and how they’re created. A Tour Of the Regions – covers personal experiences and reflections from Oz's many years of visiting talented and passionate producers up and down the country. From Yorkshire to the far west of Cornwall and across to Wales, a small but dynamic part of the UK's wine movement, Oz recommends wines he has enjoyed and found interesting and encourages you to try for yourself.

Identifies wines, wine regions, and grape varieties, defines wine making terms, and recommends wines and vintages

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