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Oxford Companion to Wine | The Vine
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Oxford Companion to Wine | | 'The Oxford Companion to Wine' Second edition.
Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and woman of the year accolades for its editor on both sides of the Atlantic. Combining meticulously-researched fact with refreshing opinion and wit, The Oxford Companion to Wine Second Edition presents almost 4,000 entries on every wine-related topic imaginable, from regions and grape varieties to the owners, connoisseurs, growers, and tasters in wine through the ages; from viticulture and oenology to the history of wine, from its origins to the present day.
Excerpts from the second edition of this magnificent reference book, including individual entries, are viewable on Winepros at http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/oxford_index.jsp
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Members Vine Feature | | The Vine
CLIVE COATES MW (Master of Wine) is one of the world's leading wine authorities. Coates' lifetime of distinguished activity in the field has been recognised by the French government, which awarded him the Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole, and he's also been honoured with a 'Rame d'Honneur' by Le Verre et L'Assiette, the Ruffino/Cyril Ray Memorial Prize for his writings on Italian wine, and the title of 'Wine Writer of the Year' for 1998/1999 in the Champagne Lanson awards.
Coates published THE VINE, his independent fine wine magazine, for 241 issues from 1989 to 2005. Keenly read by oenophiles the world over, THE VINE received numerous awards, including a special commendation for its considerable contribution to the knowledge and understanding of wine from the Wine Guild of Great Britain. In addition to his work with THE VINE, Coates has written for nearly all the world's foremost wine publications, and enjoys a reputation as an accomplished and engaging speaker among audiences throughout Europe and the USA.
Coates' books are widely considered the classic works on their respective subjects. They include: CLARET (1982), WINES OF FRANCE (1990), GRANDS VINS, The Finest Châteaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines (1995), and CÔTE D'OR, A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy (1997), which won the André Simon Award (UK), the Champagne Veuve Clicquot prize (USA) and the James Beard Award (USA) for the best wine book of the year. CÔTE D'OR also won the annual Prix des Arts et des Lettres awarded by the Burgundian Confrérie du Tastevin, the first time a book on wine and a non-Burgundian has been so honoured for 30 years. Since then he has published AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA TOTHE WINES AND DOMAINES OF FRANCE (2000); THE WINES OF BORDEAUX (2004) and THE GREAT WINES OF FRANCE (2005).
The long-awaited sequel to Côte d'Or, to be entitled THE WINES OF BURGUNDY, will be published in March 2008. He is now semi-retired and lives on the south of France.
Clive Coates' website can be found at http://www.clive-coates.com/
We at Winepros are proud to have in our archives 'The Vine' issues 159 - 204 which cover the period of April, 1998 - January, 2002. These articles are available here - http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/reference/TheVine.jsp
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