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BEST BOOK ON WINE

Former press release and former Awards

WINE BOOKS

5 YEARS REPORT = 1996-2000

AWARDS

1.- BEST BOOK ON WINE

2000

BEST BOOK ON WINE

Surprisingly, this is one of the easiest categories to judge, and one of the most pleasant. The 1999 winner, "Terroirs", was an immediate unanimous choice. We hope to see the french translation soon.

BEST IN THE WORLD

  a.. Le Vin De La Rome Antique

FINALISTS

FRENCH

  a.. Le Vin De La Rome Antique, Tchernia and Brun (Glenat)

ENGLISH

a.. The Wine Experience,

by Gerard Basset (Kyle Cathie - UK)

 

ITALIAN

  a.. Barolo, Personaggi e Mito, Maurizio Rosso (Omega)

1999

BEST BOOK ON WINE WORLDWIDE

  a.. Terroirs, the role of Geology, climate, culture in the makings of French wine, by James Wilson, foreword by Hugh Johnson (Mitchell Beazley).

SPECIAL MILLENIUM AWARD

a.. Les Grands Vins du Siécle,

 by Philippe Faure-Brac (EPA)

 

FINALISTS

ENGLISH

 (Nº 2 after Terroirs)

  a.. Tasting Pleasures: Confessions of a Wine Lover, by Jancis Robinson (Penguin)

FRENCH

  a.. Les Vins, Dictionnaire de la Vigne et du Vin (Larousse)

SPANISH

a.. Entender de Vino, 

 by Carlos Falco, 

 Marqués de Griñon (Martinez Roca)

 

DUTCH

  a.. Heerlijk Frankrijk, by Hubrecht Duijker (Het Spectrum)

  a.. Fussen Fles Englas, by Lucette M.Faber (Van Dishoek)

1998

BEST BOOK ON WINE WORLDWIDE

a.. Christie's World 

 Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine,

 by Tom Stevenson

(Abolute Press

FINALISTS

ENGLISH

  a.. Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine, by Tom Stevenson (Absolute Press)

GERMAN

  a.. Wine: The Comprehensive New Compendium, by Jens Priewe (Zabert Sandmann)

FRENCH

  a.. Champagne, Le Guide, by Nicolas de Rabaudy (Hermé)

1997

BEST WINE BOOK WORLDWIDE

a.. Le Culte Du Vin, 

 by Baron Edmond de Rothschild 

 and Nicolas de Rabaudy (Gallimard)

 

1996

BEST WINE BOOK WORLDWIDE

  a.. Les Vignes de Sainte Colombe, by Christian Signol (Albin Michel)

 

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