The Oxford Companion to Wine by Robinson, Jancis (editor) - 1991

Oxford University Press, 1991. Reprinted with corrections, 1997. Illustrated, large thick octavo, pp xvi, 1088, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. Very heavy - extra postage will be needed is sending oveseas. [Edited by award-winning wine writer Jancis Robinson, and featuring over 3000 alphabetically-listed entries, this reference covers all aspects of wine: historical, geographical, social, scientific, and cultural. As well as authoritative entries on wine-making, wine appreciation and the wine trade, the book offers both amateur and professional wine enthusiasts an enormous body of background information - from Dionysian revels in ancient Greece to Prohibition in 1920s America; from decanters, corkscrews and glasses to soil types, pruning and labelling.]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.