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Oz Clarke's World of Wine, is an entertaining yet authoritative guide to the world of wine that has grown out of all recognition in the last 20 years. In his trademark lively and opinionated prose, Oz takes you on a grand tour of the great wine regions of the world, explaining the flavours behind different wines and how to find the wine you want.

It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh: start extolling the virtues of English wine. However, the view now is of a country blessed with tracts of soil suitable for viticulture and of a country taking full advantage of the vagaries of climate change to ripen grapes and England is now the newest of the New Wave wine countries.

"e;An exhilarating wine book... No serious wine lover's library is complete without it"e; Wine Spectator Grapes & Wines is the key to enjoying modern wine. Approaching wine through grapes is in tune with the way consumers now think and learn about wine. Most wines, especially those from the Americas, Australasia and South Africa, are now sold under the name of the grape variety used rather than under the old European system of chateau and appellation name. You're standing in a wine shop and see bottles labeled Aglianico or Tannat. Do you know what they are? Garnatxa sounds familiar and it is, as it is the Basque name of the popular Grenache grape, but how do you know this? You've heard of Carmenere from Chile, and probably bought the wine, but did you know it is an old historic Bordeaux variety? This is the perfect book to help you find out more about the world's top classic grapes, from Cabernet Sauvignon to Zinfandel - the history, the places, the people, the wine styles and the flavours are covered in detail. It is also just the book for dipping into as you come across an unfamiliar grape variety. Grapes & Wines has been thoroughly revised and updated.

Join Oz Clarke on a journey through the ages as he explores the places, the people and the bottles that have shaped the captivating history of wine.Starting from the probable birth of a wine culture in ancient Georgia, Oz travels from 6000 BC through the fact and fiction of Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, and then along the winding trail right up to the latest innovations in winemaking today. Oz shares more than a hundred fascinating tales and woven into these are probably a hundred more. From revered medieval monks to revolutionary discoveries, Oz paints a wonderfully vivid picture of the ever-evolving story of wine.

Oz's most authoritative and definitive, yet also his most personal wine book ever. This book, and Oz, really are your personal wine guides.

Oz uses his trademark wit and irreverent style to teach you the basics of wine appreciation and show you how to get more out of a bottle of wine, and find out what is really inside. Divided into short, easy to read topics, now is the moment to grab that glass, learn about what's inside that bottle and taste while you read...