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Title: Wine by Andre Domine, Armin Faber, Thomas Pothmann ISBN: 3-8290-4856-4 Publisher: Konemann Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: great european wine text, great value
Comment: At 960 pages, this book is on par with the Oxford Companion to Wine in terms of the sheer volume of information presented. However, because it is structured like a textbook instead of an encyclopedic reference, it is better for people who want to spend some time reading and learning about wine, as opposed to quickly looking up the definition to any wine term imaginable.
Like most other Konemann books that I've seen, it's filled with 1000's of beautiful color photos, and is an amazing value.... It starts with 150 pages about the history of wine, viticulture and winemaking, then goes into detailed country-by-country analyses of wine regions, local histories, geography, geology, climate, grapes, regulations, wine styles and notable producers. It even goes so far as to show labels and give Robert Parker-style star ratings to producers. The maps are especially good.
I agree with other reviewers that it is very Euro-centric. There are as many pages devoted to German-speaking countries as there are to the Americas and Australia combined. There are even 44 pages on South Africa versus 24 on California. (Even so, it has much better maps of the California AVA's than the Oxford Companion.) It almost seems as if they tacked 100 extra pages onto an excellent book called "European Wine" and changed the title so it would sell better in the US. A supplementary book on new world wines would be useful.
As for being pretensious, well, I think the book is targeted at educated adults.... It starts with the basics and presents a huge amount of information in a clear, logical manner that is appropriate for an intelligent reader with little or no wine background. I also have the Oxford Companion to Wine, Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America, and the CIA's Exploring Wine, and I find myself reading Konemann's the most because of the well-organized format, the depth of information, and the excellent maps and photos.
Rating: 2
Summary: so much for its fancy look
Comment: i thought a lot of returning this book. partial at best and pretentious. look for better hoices out there--oxford companion to wine...
Rating: 5
Summary: Enormously Valuable for all Wine Drinkers
Comment: Talk about a TOME! Weighing in at almost 1000 massive pages, this isn't just a coffee table book, it's a dining room table book. Its large format and wealth of pages ensures that just about every topic you could be interested in will be well covered here. Not only are there articles and descriptions, but there are also full color photos, well done maps, diagrams, and graphs as well.
The first set of pages talk about wine in general - how it's made, its history, its colors and scents. Then the book dives head-first into the main wine regions. It begins with and dedicates hundreds of pages to France. Every area gets the royal treatment, from the Loire Valley to Champagne to the Rhone. Want to know what the Crus are, or what Chablis is all about? The pictures of the vineyards and maps of the climate help bring the explanations to life.
Soon we move on to other European regions - Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal. Eastern Europe, South Africa, and even Asia get their due. However, despite this English edition being released in 2001, there were hardly any pages at all on North America, South America, and Australia and New Zealand! These wine regions are very prolific, create many high quality wines, and yet are glossed over. Maybe they simply ran out of binding and couldn't fit in any more pages without going to a second volume. Hopefully this is something they can remedy in the near future.
Even so, this is incredibly fun reading for all levels of wine drinkers. The maps and graphics make it easy for newcomers to understand, while the in depth information ensures that even the most experienced of wine drinkers will find something new and fascinating within its pages.
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Title: Hungary (Culinaria) by Aniko Gergely, Christoph Buechel, Ruprecht Stempell ISBN: 3829026188 Publisher: Konemann Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Culinaria France (Culinaria Series) by Andre Domine, Gunter Beer, Martina Schlagenhaufer, Koenemann Inc ISBN: 3829020198 Publisher: Konemann Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Culinaria: European Specialties by Joachim Romer, Michael Ditter, Gunter Beer, Peter Feierabend, Christine Westphal, Andre Domine ISBN: 3895082341 Publisher: Konemann Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Sales and Service for the Wine Professional by Brian K. Julyan ISBN: 082646582X Publisher: Thomson Learning Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Culinaria the Caribbean: A Culinary Discovery (Culinaria Series) by Rosemary Parkinson, Clem Johnson, Ruprecht Stempell ISBN: 3895089028 Publisher: Konemann Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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