Tom Stevenson — The New Sotheby&Apos;S Wine Encyclopedia, a Comprehensive Reference Guide to the Wines of the World

London, New York, Munich, etc. Dorling Kindersley, 2001. Hardback. This handsome revised and updated edition of one of the most notable books on wine to date, Sotheby's wine encyclopedia, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The third edition, third impression of the work, revised and updated.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with an abundance of colour photographs, including of vineyards, and maps of important wine producing regions, appearing as vignettes in the text. The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia is an industry standard reference work on wine by Tom Stevenson, a British wine writer and critic with particular expertise on Champagne. It is an invaluable work on the topic which contains detailed information on everything from winery ratings, lists of appellations and wine producers, pairing recommendations, an extensive glossary, and tables of the author's choice wines from different regions with short descriptions of each. Full bound in the original publisher's glossy paper wraps, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very excellent with just a touch of bumping to the extremities. Wrapper is likewise attractive with slight fading to the spine and rear and a fractional chip to the rear bottom edge. Internally, firmly bound with lovely, bright, clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine/Near Fine.