Awards and citations:


1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Monday 14 May 2012

More books: Oz Clarke's Bordeaux plus some forthcoming titles




Oz Clarke: Bordeaux, Pavilion Books, £25, 320 pages, hbk, maps, col pics.
First published in 2006, this is a revised and updated edition of Oz’s Bordeaux book which won the 2009 Louis Roederer International Wine Book of the Year Award.
Photo credits include Stephen Browett, Mick Rock, Nigel Blythe, Clay McLachlan, Janet Price, Gavin Quinney, Marc de Tienda and Adrian Webster. 

Some forthcoming books from Mitchell Beazley:
September
Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2013, Mitchell Beazley, £11.99
The book is also available as an annually updated App available from the Apple App Store.

Stephen Beaumont and Tim Webb: The World Atlas of Beer: The Essential Guide to the Beers of the World, Mitchell Beazley, £25
This guide covers the beers of over 30 countries and includes full tasting notes for over 500 international brewers. Exploring the development of beer and the myriad brewing techniques in use across the world today, country by country, the book considers a vast range of beer styles and traditions, with full tasting notes for over 500 beers. Craft brewing continues to go from strength to strength across the world, and this book is intended to help explore the best beers the world has to offer.

Jancis Robinson MW and Linda Murphy: American Wine, Mitchell Beazley, £30 
American Wine is a reference book to the wine, wineries, and winemakers of the USA. It charts the history of wine in America, covering definitive information on grape varieties, regions and terroirs, producers and winemakers, vintages, laws and labelling. The book features 54 detailed colour maps and 200 colour photographs of the wine-producing areas. From the cachet of California to the underdog accomplishments of Michigan and Colorado, the story of American wine has only begun to be told.

October
Stephen Brook: The Complete Bordeaux by Stephen Brook, Mitchell Beazley, £45
Revised and updated edition covering 13,000 wineries across 54 appellations.

The Classic Cocktail Bible, Spruce, £7.99



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