The World Atlas of Wine
5th Edition
If you want to see the wine regions of the world in a super-detailed mapped form, then this is the best 352-page book you can ever think of laying down in front of you. As you might have thought by the word Atlas in the title this powerhouse wine reference book is all about wine regions and detailed maps that cartographers will drool over. 178 maps to be exact, and they are detailed like no other.
This is the style of The World Atlas of Wine. 30 maps have been added to this edition and the 148 maps from the 4th edition of The World Atlas of Wine have been modernized and revised. If you think you know French wine regions then dive into the detailed 100 pages devoted to France and see how much you have forgotten, overlooked or just plain ignored.
After the first 50 pages that hold the intro and general wine info, 24 pages are dedicated to the region of Burgundy and these pages have you thinking of terroir, terroir, terroir. Photo’s, text, maps and wine label images give each two page spread an in-depth coverage of this region where geography plays such an important role. Then a couple pages for Champagne, 30 pages for Bordeaux, 3 pages for the Southwest of France with regions like Cahors and Buzet.
Dordogne gets 1 page before rolling into the Loire Valley for 8 pages. Alsace gets 5 pages and then onto the Rhone for 9 more pages. So you get the point, right? Lots of maps on every place that may grow a grapevine.
Since 1971 when the first edition was released, the Atlas has been a must have for wine freaks everywhere. It has sold millions of copies and this is the latest updated version since 1994. Hugh has been the man with solo credit for the first 4 edition, but now teams up with another world-renowned wine writer in Jancis Robinson. Between the two of them they almost have a corner on the market when it comes to wine books.
They both have numerous titles out on the shelves and make a great team when it comes to adding easy-to-read and informative text in with a wine book jammed with maps. It’s maps first and text second here, but you really don’t need more info than they already give you. They are both masters of wine text and cover lots of info on each region that wine pros and beginners can both sink their teeth into.
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