The Global Encyclopedia of Wine

By Charles Carleton Coffin

Book Overview

The Global Encyclopedia of Wine is a comprehensive guide to the world's wines, wine regions and producers, making it essential reading for anyone wanting to learn more about today's wine industry and the secrets of what makes a good wine. With its easy-to-read text, superb photographs, detailed maps and useful tables. The Global Encyclopedia of Wine is guaranteed to maximize your enjoyment of wine. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 124156020X
• ISBN13: 9781241560201
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

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Everything you want to know about wines

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