The James Beard Awards are hugely influential in the US. Everyone in food and drink even nominated for ‘a Beard’ makes a big fuss about it. That’s why I’m so thrilled that...

Purple pagers can now browse the entire 3rd edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine , nearly a million words, by clicking here or clicking on Oxford Companion in the purple menu on the...

Below is a selection of quotes from some of the many reviews of the 3 rd edn of The Oxford Companion to Wine . You may also like to see a few early reactions from readers . ...

Editor:   Jancis Robinson OBE, MW, D Univ   Assistant Editor :   Julia Harding MW   Viticulture Editor:   Dr Richard E....

  The Oxford Companion to Wine aims to be the definitive single-volume wine reference. It is not a directory of producers or individual wines; many excellent guides provide...

  Some of you may have been disturbed by the sound of teeth grinding in north London in the second week of December when it became apparent that there was zero stock of the 3 rd edition...

I write in the middle of my book updating cycle, a period of about four years of intensive revision of The Oxford Companion to Wine and then The World Atlas of Wine that comes round...

“ This is a stupendous feat of organisation. More than that, it is throughout well written and lively, and in possession of a healthy quantity of attitude.” Robin Davidson,...

You may just have gathered that there is a brand new, much revised, third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine out. The new version of this classic, much-awarded reference book has a...

On Saturday I wrote about the mechanics of putting together the new, third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine  published in the UK on Thursday and in the US on Oct 1. (It will...

Nick is not best pleased. Having carried a box of six of the latest Oxford Companions to Wine weighing 3 kilos each – the equivalent of a sturdy four year-old - upstairs to our office a...

from: yilmaz atmaca of usa question: What are sulfites, contained in wine? All...

Neil Colman of UK question: Is it possible to get the online OCW [Oxford Companion to Wine] on a CD so I can put it on my laptop? It's a wonderful book, but as the main text for the [WSET]...