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Wine Snobbery – book review
A scathing take on the wine industry that reminds us to keep asking questions – about wine, and about everything else. Wine Snobbery An insider’s guide to the booze business...
Henry Jeffreys
Thursday 4 December 2025
• 4 min read
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A quirky, intimate tour of Montalcino, a pan-Italian history and a multifaceted immersion in Tuscany. The Magpie’s Guide to Montalcino...
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An essential guide to navigating the ever-expanding world of whisky, reviewed by cider and spirits expert Adam Wells. The World...
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Camilla Gjerde shows us how we can all lower our carbon footprints whether we're buying, selling or making wine. Natural...
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Natasha Hughes MW reviews Richard Hemming MW's candid guide to the complex maze of matching wine with a wide variety...
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Two essential guides to overlooked wine regions – the Jura and the Loire – and a third on Rioja, the...
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After London's Burgundy Week, this latest book from the more unrestrained, indulgent and coruscating half of the Keeling Andrew wine...
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Wine guides can make great gifts, and here they are in four flavours, from a classic pocketbook to the deeply...
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A guide to wine made without artifice, for the curious, the experienced and the doubters alike.
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Star sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier applies her philosophy studies, extraordinary wine knowledge and indefatigable curiosity in an exceptional, thought-provoking book.
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The science behind tasting 'one of the most complex solutions in the world' – wine. Behind the Glass The chemical...
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Hilarious, touching, mouth-watering and profound, Steve Hoffman's tale of six months in France is well worth reading.
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Essential – and enjoyable – reading for wine-loving visitors to this Balearic island.
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A vine-spotter's guide to the City of Light.
The Hidden Vineyards of Paris
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A compelling, courageous, captivating history of wine in Australia, from the 18th century to the present day. The Australian Ark...
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Abbie Moulton and Maria Bell comb the UK’s backroads for some of its most exciting, innovative wineries.
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Three essential additions to the literature on Australian wine. (Also see How to Drink Australian, reviewed in September).
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