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Introduction to the Oxford Companion
10 Dec 2004 by JR
Welcome to The Oxford Companion to Wine on-line. I hope that you will find the ability to browse this publication on-line, and search for specific wine-related names and terms, of real benefit and a valuable addition to purple pages . Note to Reader Entries are arranged in letter-by-letter alphabetical order up to the first punctuation in the headword, except the names beginning with Mc are ordered as if they were spelt Mac, and St and Ste (French) are arranged as if they were spelt Saint and Sainte. Château and Châteaux appear in full as headwords, but are abbreviated to ch and chx elsewhere. Entries...

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