Wines of Italy (Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guides) [Hardcover]

Burton Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guides | Publication Date: April 2000

In this title, Anderson talks about wine, simplifying the array of grape varieties, wine zones and producer names, covering the country, region by region from North to South. The book includes a glossary of wine terms and advice on Italian labels.

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About the Author

Burton Anderson is an internationally acclaimed authority on Italian wines and ahs lived in the heart of Tuscany for over 25 years, writing about wine, food and travel. A former editor of the International Herald Tribune in Paris, Anderson also writes for many wine publication's in North America and Europe.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley; Revised edition (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840002514
• ISBN-13: 978-1840002515
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 3.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,926,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice information but could use some organizing, January 22, 2001

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This review is from: Wines of Italy (Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guides) (Hardcover)

I love Italian wines, so I grabbed this when I found it. It does have great information - a breakdown of wines by region, then for each region it gives the main types of wine and the vintages that are good for each type. A general star rating indicates how well this wine does in general. Next to each region is a list of the key producers of that wine, with a brief note about the producer.

I think, though, that this will be relatively difficult for a person new to wine to use. If you're looking at a Ruffino Chianti, you look up Ruffino. Its brief notes about Ruffino don't indicate if this is a good or bad winery. You then move to the Chianti section and find out what a Chianti is, but now you are given general notes about which years are good. The years are just listed - you can't tell which are better than others.

If the book had even a general rating for each winery, and more details about the vintages, I think this would be excellent. Maybe a future edition will include this information.