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Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover

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by Jancis Robinson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jancis RobinsonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1999-05-01Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140270013ISBN-10:140270019UPC:9780140270013Book Category:Cooking, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Beverages, Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Essays & NarrativesBook Topic:Alcoholic- GeneralSize:8.00 x 5.27 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCP58XAW7H
A classic book about the pleasures of wine by the editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine

Even the French admit that Jancis Robinson is the undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine (Le Figaro) and her is vintage memoir of a life in wine. Internationally renowned for her work in both television and print, she is the editor of the bestselling Oxford Companion to Wine and has won more than two dozen major awards around the world. Tasting Pleasure is her compelling account of a passion that began while studying at Oxford University.Writing with Julia Child's authority, Elizabeth David's intelligence, and M.F.K. Fisher's verve, Robinson takes us on a journey through the world's finest cellars, most beautiful vineyards, and best restaurants. As she explores the universe of the grape--from Bordeaux to Australia and South Africa to California--we meet scores of colorful, wine-loving characters, including Philippe de Rothschild, Julian Barnes, Francis Ford Coppola, and Julio Gallo.There are many books about producing and rating wine; this one is about enjoying it. Witty, revealing, and knowledgeable, in Tasting Pleasure Jancis Robinson has distilled twenty years in the wine world into a hugely entertaining read.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140270013ISBN-10:140270019UPC:9780140270013Book Category:Cooking, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Beverages, Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Essays & NarrativesBook Topic:Alcoholic- GeneralSize:8.00 x 5.27 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCP58XAW7H
Jancis Robinson, OBE and Master of Wine is one of the world's leading authorities on wine, voted the Wine Writers' Writer by her peers in The Observer. The first person outside the wine trade to have passed the notoriously tough Master of Wine exams, she is now the wine columnist for the Financial Times and writes a regular column for publications in ten countries on five continents. She is known to millions as a television presenter on wine and food, and wrote and presented the award-winning 10-part Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, shown around the world in the late 1990s. Shecurrently spends the majority of her time writing for her website www.jancisrobinson.com, which has subscribers from over 70 countries. Among her nine wine books are the bestselling Oxford Companion to Wine (editor) and Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, the basis of a five-hour PBS-TV series. She lives in London.
Publisher: Penguin Books

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