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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 641.22 EAN: 9781840009729 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 1840009721 Label: Mitchell Beazley Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: November 01, 2004 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Studio: Mitchell Beazley Related Items:
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 Rating: - great!a comprehensive guide to the history of wine. grape wine that is, they don't go much into sake or wines made from other products, though some are mentioned. it goes through many countries and time periods and was overall very readable for a history text. Rating:  - The most delicious wine bookHugh Johnson's marvelous book in a partial answer to a question that few of us have had the sense to ask. While many of us will spend valuable hours wondering: `which wine?' we rarely ask `why wine?' What's the big deal? Why so many books, why such intense feeling? Wine is just the fermented juice of grapes. Yes, and music is just organized noise and sex is merely one of the ways in which organisms ensure perpetuation of their type. The reason for the passion isn't to ... Read More Rating: - Vintage WritingThis is one of the most comprehensive and certainly one of the most enjoyable books on wine in any language. Combining excellent prose with impressive scholarship, Mr. Johnson offers a scintillating and often enlightening history of the world's best beverage. Strongly recommended for the historian or wine enthusiast. Rating: - Normally I dislike Hugh Johnson's workHowever, I must say that I did enjoy this book. While one reviewer here didn't seem to be too interested in the history of wine, I found it very interesting, so interesting in fact that I am giving my paperback version to a friend and purchasing the hardback version for myself. What I enjoy about the historical approach is that it helps me understand just how modern wine styles evolved. For example, seeing the influence of the Napoleanic wars on British purchasing and subsequent development ... Read More Rating:  - Lots of historic information, tedious presentationIt's a history book! If you love Hugh Johnson and love history, you'll love this. Well I love WINE and really like Hugh Johnson and I can't seem to finish this book! 
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