A Traveller's Wine Guide to Italy [Paperback]

Stephen Hobley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001 | Series: Traveller's Wine Guide to Italy

Italy has probably the richest variety of wines of any country in the world. Every one of the country's twenty regions produces a unique selection of wines, often made with grapes used nowhere else for wine-making. Stephen Hobley describes Italy's most important wine-producing areas, gives the background to the wines, and provides a guide to visiting the best producers. Hundreds of wineries that welcome visitors are listed, together with their addresses, telephone and fax numbers, Web sites, and opening times.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group; 3 Rev Upd edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566564093
• ISBN-13: 978-1566564090
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,205,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enhanced with "user friendly" maps, November 10, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Traveller's Wine Guide to Italy (Paperback)

Now in an updated, revised and expanded third edition, Stephen Hobley's A Traveller's Wine Guide To Italy is an indispensable guide for the wine loving tourist to the sunny climes of Italy. Enhanced with "user friendly" maps, the text is informative, definitive, reliable, and ideal for anyone wanting to visit wineries, wine fairs, and take tours of the wine growing vineyards of the Italian countryside. Hundreds of wineries that welcome visitors are listed, along with essential contact information such as addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address and websites, opening times, and more. If you enjoy the diversity and splendor of Italian wines and are planning a trip to Italy, take along your own personal copy of Stephen Hobley's A Traveller's Wine Guide To Italy to help you plan and achieve a truly memorable itinerary.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A brief overview of a subject that needs more detailed information, November 30, 2005

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suetonius "seutonius" (Phoenix) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Traveller's Wine Guide to Italy (Paperback)

There is a much better book that has much more information about this subject: The Italian Wine Guide by the Touring Guide of Italy.

This book is too short to give the kind of information you will need to actually visit some Italian wine regions and the wineries themselves. There are only a few pages devoted to each region with very little specifics given about visiting individual wineries. There are some nice pictures included. Think of this book as a useful overview for someone who knows nothing about the subject but don't rely on it as your sole source of information.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dissapointing., March 8, 2010

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Peter Van de Veire "Winelover" (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Traveller's Wine Guide to Italy (Paperback)

Certainly not enough for a visit to the region. Very little on wineries to visit, very little on the wines, poor maps,... I was very dissapointed. I just didn't help me plan my wine vacation at all.