descripción

The first complete atlas of the wines an spirits of the world, prepared with the co-operation of the Office International de la Vigne et du Vin in Paris and with a Preface by M. Jean Perrachon, Director of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine des Vins et Eaut-de Vie

1 ,500 illustrations : 150 completely new and original maps in colour. Nearly 1,000 reproductions of labels of specially selected wines throughout the world.

Wine lovers-amateurs and professionals-have for decades longed for a comprehensive atlas of wine. The publication of this atlas, at once a vital reference work for the wine trade and a beautiful book for amateurs to treasure and consult, is an important landmark in the literature of wine.

There is much more to learn from maps than merely where a vineyard is. Why is it there? What is singular about the site? How big is it? How does it relate to its famous neighbours and rivals? What is its soil? Its rainfall? How much of the sun does it see?

The mapmaker can show you all the myriad little features of a landscape—the streams, the woodlands, the contou rs of the countryside—which conspire to make the difference between a Grand Cru and a humble vin du pays.

The beautiful maps in this atlas were not born overnight, They are the result of years of design experimentation by Mr Harold Fullard, Cartographic Director of George Philip, the Bri&sh map printing and publishing company.

The World Atlas of Wine includes, among other features, a full introductory guide to the growing and making of wine, together with advice on when and how to drink different wines from all over the world. It is the ultimate cellarman's bible.

'I have tried', writes the author 'to take the reader up into a mountain and show him all the vineyards of the earth'