THE CLASSIC WINE LIBRARY
Editorial board: Sarah Jane Evans MW,
Richard Mayson and James Tidwell MS
There is something uniquely satisfying about a good wine book, preferably read with a glass of the said wine in hand. The Classic Wine Library is a series of wine books written by authors who are both knowledgeable and passionate about their subject. Each title in The Classic Wine Library covers a wine region, country or type and together the books are designed to form a comprehensive guide to the world of wine as well as an enjoyable read, appealing to wine professionals, wine lovers, tourists, armchair travellers and wine trade students alike.
Other titles in the series include:
Port and the Douro , Richard Mayson
Sherry , Julian Jeffs
Madeira: The islands and their wines , Richard Mayson
The wines of Austria , Stephen Brook
The story of champagne , Nicholas Faith
The wines of Faugres , Rosemary George MW
Cte dOr: The wines and winemakers of the heart of Burgundy , Raymond Blake
Ros: Understanding the pink wine revolution , Elizabeth Gabay MW
Amarone and the fine wines of Verona , Michael Garner
The wines of Greece , Konstantinos Lazarakis MW
Wines of the Languedoc , Rosemary George MW
The wines of northern Spain , Sarah Jane Evans MW
The wines of New Zealand , Rebecca Gibb MW
The wines of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova , Caroline Gilby MW
Sake and the wines of Japan , Anthony Rose
The wines of Great Britain , Stephen Skelton MW
The wines of Chablis and the Grand Auxerrois , Rosemary George MW
The wines of Germany , Anne Krebiehl MW
The wines of Georgia , Lisa Granik MW
The wines of South Africa , Jim Clarke
The wines of Portugal , Richard Mayson
Wines of the Rhne , Matt Walls
Rosemary George MW was lured into the wine trade by a glass of The Wine Societys Champagne at a job interview and subsequently became one of the first women to become a Master of Wine (1979). The author of thirteen books, she has been a freelance wine writer since 1981. Her very first book, Chablis and the Wines of the Yonne , published in 1984, won both the Andr Simon and the Glenfiddich awards; a second edition followed in 2007. For The Classic Wine Library she has written The wines of Chablis and the Grand Auxerrois , Wines of the Languedoc and The wines of Faugres . She contributes to various magazines, such as Decanter and Sommelier India , and writes a regular blog, www.tastelanguedoc.blogspot.com . She is the current President of the Circle of Wine Writers.
Copyright Rosemary George, 2021
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First published in 2021 by
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