The Great Wines of France by Clive Coates
For any lover of French wine, this is a lavish guide to France's most respected estates and sought-after wines. Internationally recognized wine expert Clive Coates profiles each domaine - from Latour to Romanee Conti to Trimbach - and describes the illuminating stories behind some of France's most reputable chateaux and most famous wine families. There are extensive tasting notes for each of the domaines which are quoted from specific tasting events that the author has attended with details of dates and locations so that the reader gets a unique insight into the wines in context.
Clive Coates is a thinker as well as a writer and taster of dinstinctionFor me he is indispensible reading." Hugh Johnson; "...Highly recommended" Michael Broadbent; "...The only periodical devoted solely to wine that I look forward to getting and reading cover to cover." Robert Parker, Jr; The Wine Advocate; "...a considerable contribution to the knowledge and understanding of wine." Wine Guild of Great Britain
Clive Coates is a Master of Wine and is one of the world's leading wine authorities. He has published The Vine, his independent fine wine magazine, since 1985. It is read internationally and has received numerous awards. He is the author of Claret, Wines of France, Grand Vins: the Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and their Wines, An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France. Cote d'Or: a Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy won the Andre Simon, Champagne Veuve Clicquot, and James Beard Awards. He contributes regularly to various international publications and regularly gives talks to audiences throughout Europe and the USA. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840009927 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840009926 |
| Title | The Great Wines of France |
| Author | Clive Coates |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2005-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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