2012 wine books – a guide
Wednesday 26 December 2012
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We have written a lot about wine books this year, not least about our own book Wine Grapes – a complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours (we self-servingly show the US version here). Below is a guide to the reviews of 35 other wine-related titles published in 2012 written by Irish broadcaster and writer Paul O'Doherty and published here at the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. They are listed in the order of publication.
2012 wine books – Bordeaux
2012 wine books – Italy
2012 wine books – philosophy
2012 wine books – regions, and a domaine
2012 wine books – America
2012 wine books – South America
2012 wine books – general
2012 wine books – manuals, annuals and a novel
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