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The books of 2012 – a guide

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We've just made all eight collections of book reviews by Paul O'Doherty published over the last two weeks free for all to read. Here's a guide to them, listed in the order published, together with a list of our considerable coverage of our own 2012 book, Wine Grapes – a complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties including their origins and flavours (which is partly why we asked an outsider, Irish writer and broadcaster Paul, to write these book reviews). On the left is the US edition of Wine Grapes which differs from the edition for the rest of the world only in the colour and design of its cover and slipcase.

BOOK REVIEWS

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

WINE GRAPES
For more information, see Wine Grapes.

Where to find Wine Grapes

On the airwaves

The inside story of Wine Grapes

A sneak preview of Wine Grapes

The swing from global to heritage

In the beginning was the grape

The founder vine varieties
 

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