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Larousse Wine

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Larousse Wine by David Cobbold and Sebastian Durand-Viel offers a comprehensive guide to the world of wine, exploring different wine regions, grape varieties, and wine-making techniques. It aims to enhance the reader's understanding of wine tasting, purchasing, and serving, providing insights into both well-known and lesser-known wines. Perfect for enthusiasts, the book balances technical expertise with accessibility.
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Larousse Wine

The definitive wine reference book, from one of the world's most prestigious wine brands.

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An expert guide to wine from the publishers of Larousse Gastronomique. This completely new and updated edition offers wide-ranging coverage of the key wine-producing regions of the world, with particular reference to French vineyards.

A short history and analysis of each region is followed by a survey of the types of wines produced, the specific properties that make the region unique, and the appellations of the area. New to this edition are more than 60 features on key wine producers around the world, affording a fascinating insight into what is involved in high-quality wine-making.

Boxes and features throughout also cover a vast range of subjects, such as how to read a wine label and whether to decant wine, through to organic wine-growing and bio-dynamics.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780600635093

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 October 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hamlyn

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 47.0mm

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 302.0mm

Weight: 3152g

Pages: 656

About the Author

David Cobbold and Sebastian Durand-Viel are the co-founders of the Paris Academy of Wine.

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