Review
"The World Atlas of Wine has always had extraordinary scope and the seventh edition is no different...Beautifully done." (
TIME MagazineBill Saporito 2013-01-00)
"The most authoritative wine reference book available ... with words and graphics that set a new publishing standard on the subject."
(
Oregon Magazine
Fred Malkin)
"
The World Atlas of Wine is the single most important reference book on the shelf of any wine student." (
The New York TimesEric Asimov 2013-01-00)
"It's difficult to review 'The World Atlas of Wine' without gushing ... the 7th edition raises the bar again, primarily by maintaining its already high standard and expanding its maps and coverage of growing wine regions in China, Australia and North America."
(
WineDude.comJoe Roberts)
"If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one. And this edition, please." (
DecanterAndrew Jefford 2013-01-00)
"The essential rootstock of any true wine lover's library. A multi-layered snapshot of wine and how it has evolved." (
Washington PostDave McIntyre 2013-01-00)
"Every wine lover's bible...pouring decades of wine knowledge into succinct paragraphs that place each country and region in context." (
LA Times 2013-01-00)
"It is a testament to Johnson and Robinson's heroic efforts to create a true reference volume that they have survey the world and attempted to include the major changes that have come to the different regions of the world over the past few years."
(
Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog
Tom Wark)
"Simply put, there is no better wine reference book on the planet than the new, seventh edition of The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson. It's an absolute must for wine enthusiasts: an essential, authoritative and beautifully produced wine companion." (
Salt Lake City WeeklyTed Scheffler 2013-01-00)
About the Author
Jancis Robinson's award-winning books
Vines, Grapes and Wine (1986) and the hugely successful
Oxford Companion to Wine (1994, 1999, 2006), are landmarks in wine literature. Jancis is the Financial Times' wine correspondent and is critically acclaimed as the "woman who makes the wine world gulp when she speaks" (USA Today) and "our favorite wine writer" (Playboy). Jancis was the first person outside the wine trade to qualify as a Master of Wine, in 1984. She was awarded an OBE in 2003 and the Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole in 2010 by the French Minister of Agriculture.
Hugh Johnson has led the world of wine writing in many new directions over the 40 years since his first book,
Wine, was published.
The World Atlas of Wine, his
Wine Companion (now in its sixth edition), the annual
Pocket Wine Book (since 1977), The Story ofWine, and his memoir,
A Life Uncorked, have all been best-sellers. Indeed, his
Pocket Wine is the
world's best-selling annual wine book. His unique approach, serious and informed, yet entertaining and unpretentious, has earned him the admiration of wine lovers all over the world. In 2007, Hugh was awarded an OBE for services to winemaking.