2011 wine books reviewed – part 3

For an introduction, read Paul O'Doherty's thoughts on The state of wine publishing. See also Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4 of his reviews.

Tokaji Wine
Fame, Fate, Tradition
Miles Lambert-Gócs
Ambell Press/Wine Appreciation Guide
£20/$31

After a brief 'personal note', preface and introduction, Lambert-Gócs begins his extensively researched study of Tokaji with an A to Z dictionary of the major historical Hungarian and Slovakian figures and their families of the last 1,000 years. Fifty pages of dictionary later, part one of his book begins with an essay on 'a history of the popularity and reputation of...