Without having his travelling buddy, James May, in tow, Oz Clarke has been able to focus and create a seminal work on Bordeaux, making what is a tough area to get to grips with a far more accessible place.

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How I Saved the World from Parkerization (by Alice Feiring) is a well thought out, clearly presented book about how wines are being made to suit one particular person’s palate.

The background
To gain the recognition and high scores from one of the world’s most influential wine writers, Robert Parker, winemakers will adopt certain winemaking techniques.
The result? High scores, [...]

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Don’t want to commit to a wine course? Get this book instead and “learn” from home.

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Whether you’ve been smitten or bitten by wines from Burgundy, this wine book is for you.

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If you only ever buy one wine book, then this probably should be it.

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It’s 1976. Relatively unknown wines from California head over to Paris, give some of the best French wines one hell of a beating and in doing so, revolutionise the global wine industry. And there’s a genuinely interesting book about all this.

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More fine wine tastings from the Irish Wine Board.

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Quick review of a book I’m reading on the science behind wine growing, wine making and wine tasting. (Spoiler: it’s worth reading)

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