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October 2022 MBR The Wine Shelf
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Midwest Book Review
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Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023
Margaret Rand, editor
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Books
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9781784728434, $17.99, HC, 336pp
https://www.amazon.com/Hugh-Johnsons-Pocket-Wine-Book/dp/1784728438
Synopsis: "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023" is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 46th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide for both amateur and professional wine connoisseurs.
It provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. It reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book" also gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both.
This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book for 2023 includes a color supplement: How Wine Ages (And Why), which covers questions such as whether aged wine is necessarily better wine and how to store wine to ensure it ages well.
Critique: Reliable, comprehensive, informative, and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023" is completely and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community Wine/Beer/Spirits collections. It should be noted that "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $5.99).
Editorial Note #1: Hugh Johnson is the world's pre-eminent writer on wine. First published in 1977, his Pocket Wine Book sells hundreds of thousands of copies a year. Its winning formula of insight, critical appraisal of the world of wine, plus valuable vintage news and wine recommendations has been often-imitated but never bettered. He has a Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Johnson_(wine_writer)
Editorial Note #2: Margaret Rand (https://www.decanter.com/author/MargaretRand/) has been general editor of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book for some 15 years and now, with Hugh's retirement, has taken over the hot seat. The book's mix of personal insight and informed recommendations have made it the world's best-selling annual wine book. Her books include Grapes & Wines and 101 Wines to Try Before You Die. She also writes regularly for The World of Fine Wine, timatkin.com and winesearcher.com
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023
Margaret Rand, editor
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Books
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9781784728434, $17.99, HC, 336pp
https://www.amazon.com/Hugh-Johnsons-Pocket-Wine-Book/dp/1784728438
Synopsis: "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023" is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 46th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide for both amateur and professional wine connoisseurs.
It provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. It reveals which vintages to buy, which to drink and which to cellar, which growers to look for and why. "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book" also gives clear information on grape varieties, local specialities and how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both.
This latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book for 2023 includes a color supplement: How Wine Ages (And Why), which covers questions such as whether aged wine is necessarily better wine and how to store wine to ensure it ages well.
Critique: Reliable, comprehensive, informative, and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023" is completely and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community Wine/Beer/Spirits collections. It should be noted that "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2023" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $5.99).
Editorial Note #1: Hugh Johnson is the world's pre-eminent writer on wine. First published in 1977, his Pocket Wine Book sells hundreds of thousands of copies a year. Its winning formula of insight, critical appraisal of the world of wine, plus valuable vintage news and wine recommendations has been often-imitated but never bettered. He has a Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Johnson_(wine_writer)
Editorial Note #2: Margaret Rand (https://www.decanter.com/author/MargaretRand/) has been general editor of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book for some 15 years and now, with Hugh's retirement, has taken over the hot seat. The book's mix of personal insight and informed recommendations have made it the world's best-selling annual wine book. Her books include Grapes & Wines and 101 Wines to Try Before You Die. She also writes regularly for The World of Fine Wine, timatkin.com and winesearcher.com
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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