ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
 | | 11/10/2004 10:12 PM |
| | Thanks, I'm getting quite a list together. | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2836
| | 11/12/2004 4:54 AM |
| Confessions of a Wine Lover - Jancis Robinson
not really reference but a good read | |
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Destemmer
Posts:74
| | 12/10/2004 4:44 PM |
| The Wine Regions of Australia.
by John Beeston
Gives a very comprehensive overview of all of the regions and sub-regions in Oz. A lot of climatic and harvesting info. Decent overview of the wineries as well. | | | |
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Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Fermenter
Posts:405
| | 12/16/2004 5:24 PM |
| | Think this may be out of print "The Illustrated Winespeak" by Ronald Searle. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:11872
| | 12/16/2004 5:25 PM |
| | Wilkommen zu VinoCellar Appreciative | |
Joe
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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KillerB
Barrel Racker
Posts:1533
| | 12/16/2004 7:16 PM |
| World Atlas of Wine - Huge One Son and Jancis Robinson
Pocket Wine Book 2004 - Huge again. It goes everywhere with me. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:886
| | 12/16/2004 7:32 PM |
| | I only have one wine book. Parker's Wines of the Rhone Valley. | | | |
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NobleRot
Grape Puncher
Posts:720
| | 12/16/2004 10:13 PM |
| i have 3:
parker's 6th edition buying guide,
andrea immer's wine made simple
and another just titled wine (from the KISS series) | | | |
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Stefania Wine
San Jose, CA
Grape Puncher
Posts:725
| | 12/21/2004 5:55 PM |
| | Mountain Vines, Mountain Wines by Casey Young and Ken Dawes. History and profiles of the Santa Cruz Mountains Wineries. Young and Dawes have read Norman, the book is done in the same style. | |
Paul Romero - Owner/Winemaker Stefania Wine
www.stefaniawine.com | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:33
| | 01/23/2005 6:23 PM |
| | I thought the Karen McNeil book was good at first, but one thing that really irritates me is her contention that vintage is irrelevant, and thus her refusal to talk about vintage at all. This is not helpful to a beginner, and I feel her book is directed at beginners. Then I picked up Oz Clarke's the Essential Wine Book (I got the 96 edition from the library; I hope there's a newer one) and realized that McNeil's book is way too long-winded for the amount of actual useful information it contains. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts:1475
| | 01/23/2005 10:57 PM |
| I think Karen MacNeil purposesly minimizes vintage information. That keeps her book from becoming severely dated like many other great wine books (eg Clive Coates' Côte D'Or). MacNeil specifically talks about the importance (or lack thereof) of vintage on pp. 78-79 of her book, and the message I took is that vintage charts are helpful, but that they can't tell you all that much about a given wine.
Still, I agree she is a little long-winded. And, without a doubt, one of the strangest wine descriptions I have ever read is when she descriped Hermitage as having "that kind of salty, almost sweaty allure of a man's body." That isdefinitely too long-winded a description for me  | | | |
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David Sullivan
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2276
| | 01/24/2005 2:26 PM |
| Quote:
"that kind of salty, almost sweaty allure of a man's body."
(For the men only) OK who here knows what that tastes like???
Not me. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:33
| | 01/24/2005 8:57 PM |
| | Wait, that description is very useful! How did I miss it? Where can I get that wine?... | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10373
| | 01/24/2005 10:33 PM |
| Hmm, now that might be interesting reading. | | | |
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Landshark
Barrel Racker
Posts:1894
| | 01/30/2005 12:53 AM |
| | I just started reading North American Pinot Noir, interesting | | | |
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Willard Brian
Grape Picker
Posts:7
| | 02/10/2005 12:47 AM |
| | I just started reading Wine Report 2005. Starts with the 2003 vintage for each major wine region in the world. A different angle ....very specific info. I did like the Wine Bible and Wine Lovers Companion. Seems like no one book is perfect. Its benefical to get multiple perspectives anyway. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:44
| | 02/18/2005 12:48 PM |
| 100 Legendary Wines
Sylvie Girard-Lagorce
Australian wine company
James Halliday
Wine Tasting: A Professional Handbook
Ronald S. Jackson
Yquem
Richard Olney
The Wines Of Germany
Stephen Brook
South African Wines 2004
John Platter
Italian wines 2003
Daniele Cernilli Gigi Piumati
A Companion to California Wine - An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present
Charles L. Sullivan
4000 Champagnes Â
Richard Juhlin, Alain De Polignac
Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine
Tom Stevenson
Brunello to Zibibbo - the Wines of Tuscany, Central and Southern Italy
Nicolas Belfrage
The Wine Buyer's Guide, 6th Edition
Robert Parker
I have not read them all, but they should fit. | | | |
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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1953
| | 03/08/2005 4:31 AM |
| | I just finished reading Kermit Lynch's compilation of old newsletters, "Inspiring Thirst". While it didn't make my top five wine books it did make a couple interesting points (a really good discussion of "typicity"). It's also interesting to see the prices of some of the great wines from the 80's... | |
Heater Allen Brewing
www.heaterallen.com | |
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garry clark
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:27
| | 05/28/2005 3:54 PM |
| For serious reference
Bordeaux and its wines - Cocks Ed Feret
Cote d'Or - Clive Coates
American Pinot Noir - Haeger
Wine - Chemistry of Flavour - Cant remember the Author (Seriously heavyweight book)
Michael Broadbents Vintage wine vols 1-3
James Hallidays Aussie Wine Guides (Annual)
James Platters South African Wine guides (Annual)
Langtons Classification of Austrailian Wines (Biannual)
The Wine Report - Editied by Tom Stephenson
Wine Behind the Label - Williamson and Moore
Harry Waughs Wine Diary's vol 1 - 9
German Wine Guide - Diel and Payne
Jancis Robinsons - Guide to Wine Grapes, Vines, Grapes and Vineyards
Guide Hachette - Annual
Gambero Rosso Italian Wine Guide (Annual)
Burton Andersons Best Italian Wines
Anything by Richard Olney
Robin Bradleys Australian GoldBook Vintage Guide
Jeremy Olivers Onwine Guide to Australian Wines
John Beestons Regions of Australia
Hubert Dujickers (sic) wine atlases
Burton Andersons Wine Atlas of Italy.
For shits and giggles
X-rated wines, wine guide by WineX magazine
anything from the Faber Wine library range
For interest
Wine and War by Donald and Petie Kladrup
thats about all that i can think of just now.
grazza | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10373
| | 05/30/2005 4:34 PM |
| | Graz - nice list. Welcome to VinoCellar! | | | |
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