The Oxford Companion to Wine (2nd ed) James Halliday calls it "quite simply the best all-purpose work on wine that has ever been written, or is ever likely to be." Now in its second edition, The Oxford Companion to Wine is recognised as the authoritative guide to the world of wine. Substantially revised and expanded with more than 500 new entries, the new edition illuminates the dramatic growth of the wine industry, the impact of technology on wine-making and the influence of shifting consumer tastes on the marketplace. Every aspect of wine and wine-making is explored, including in-depth analysis of the vast range of wines currently available. With such breadth and depth of coverage, the Companion is the essential reference work on wine.

Extracts of the second edition of Jancis' Robinsons Oxford companion to Wine are available online here at Winepros http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_index.jsp.

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Le Figaro calls her "the undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine" - who else but Jancis Robinson MW OBE, wine critic, author, film script writer and yes, star? One of a handful of wine communicators with an international reputation, Jancis writes daily for her website JancisRobinson.com, weekly for The Financial Times, and bi-monthly for a column that is syndicated in every continent.

She is also editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, the 3rd edition of which is now online on her website, and is co-author with Hugh Johnson of The World Atlas of Wine. Each of these is books recognized as a standard reference worldwide. The 6th edition of the World Atlas was launched at a gathering of the elite of the wine world in the fabulous new wine and food hall of Fortnum and Mason's on 4th October 2007, and will be available for sale on 11th October.

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