The Oxford Companion to Wine

by Jancis Robinson

Series: Oxford Companions

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Although being superseded by the Internet, still a very useful reference on wine. (

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Great way to spend an hour or two just chasing down cross-references between geography, history, names, botany, and just about everything to do with wine. (

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Glenfiddich Award (UK)

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Aglianico del Vulture

Ancient Greece and wine

Ancient Rome and wine

Annual growth cycle of grapevines

Bordeaux wine regions

Brunello di Montalcino

Central Valley (wine region)

Cereza

Cesanese Comune

Chablis wine

Chambertin-Clos de Bèze

Champagne

Champagne in popular culture

Château Mouton Rothschild

Château-Chalon AOC

Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC

Clarification and stabilization of wine

Classification of Champagne vineyards

Classification of wine

Climate categories in viticulture

Colli Orientali del Friuli

Collio Goriziano

Collioure AOC

Colorino

Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne

Costières de Nîmes AOC

Denominação de Origem Controlada

Dimiat

Diurnal temperature variation

Edmund Penning-Rowsell

European Union wine growing zones

Fondazione Edmund Mach

Fondillón

Fonseca Guimaraens

Fortified wine

Franc Noir de la Haute-Saône

Frank Schoonmaker

Frankish and Hunnic grape varieties

Frühroter Veltliner

Freisa

French wine

Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine

Glossary of wine terms

Glossary of winemaking terms

Godello

Gouais blanc

Governo

Grampians wine region

Grands Échezeaux

Granja-Amareleja wine

Graves

Great Southern Wine Region

Health effects of wine

History of French wine

History of Portuguese wine

History of Rioja wine

History of Sherry

History of South African wine

History of the wine press

International variety

Irrigation in viticulture

Klevener de Heiligenstein

Knipperlé

Kosher wine

Lambrusco

Languedoc-Roussillon wine

List of French inventions and discoveries

List of German wine regions

Mendocino County wine

Mittelrhein (wine region)

Montepulciano (grape)

Okanagan Valley (wine region)

Palatinate (wine region)

Phenolic content in wine

Precision viticulture

Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

Regent (grape)

Regional climates levels in viticulture

Ripeness in viticulture

Russian River Valley AVA

Santa Clara Valley AVA

Secondary fermentation (wine)

South Australian wine

Spanish wine

Sparkling wine

Sparkling wine production

The Oxford Companion to Wine

Vernaccia di San Gimignano

Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure

Vintners Quality Alliance

Württemberg (wine region)

West Australian wine

Wine

Wine & Spirit Education Trust

Wine and food matching

Wine fraud

Wine law

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Wine regions of South Africa

Wine tasting descriptors

Winemaking cooperative

Xarel·lo

Yakima County, Washington

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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0198609906, Hardcover)

With more than 3,000 entries on every aspect of wine from vine pests to specific grapes, this hefty tome has something for both the seasoned connoisseur and novice alike. Edited by one of today's premier wine columnists, the work covers all aspects of wine, travelling back in time to early Greece to examine wine's role in Dionysian revels, then returning to today's wine centers to explore all aspects of wine appreciation. A full third of the book is dedicated to specific wines and wine-producing regions. All those technical terms you've heard and puzzled over at tastings are clearly explained, making this the perfect reference for newcomers to the world of oenology.

For the true connoisseur, The Oxford Companion offers detailed information on the history of the vintner's art, as well as a plethora of details on everything from climate effects on vine disease to the function of the second malolactic fermentation. If you buy only one wine book, this should be it.

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Contains nearly four thousand alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on wines, wine regions, grape varieties, viticulture, oenology, wine history, and other related topics, and also includes maps, charts, diagrams, and color photos.