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World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

“Wine is nothing if not geography in a bottle.”

Jancis Robinson, Cook & Food Writer

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Two leading oenophiles choose their best wine books. Gin connoisseur Olivier Ward chooses his best books on that drink and Bianca Bosker, author of Cork Dork, talks about wine and drink in her best choices on the senses.

Jancis Robinson, wine journalist and connoisseur, and Randall Grahm, the Californian winemaker and founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard, both choose World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson. Both extoll the book’s maps of the world’s vineyards as uniquely useful aids for wine lovers.  Bianca Bosker talks us through her story from olfactory ignoramus to wine connoisseur and cultural historian of taste and smell.

Olivier Ward discusses the history of gin, from its origins in the low countries, to the epidemic of gin-induced social deprivation in the London of the 18th century, to the origin of the gin and tonic in the need for British troops to find a drink with which to wash down their daily dose of quinine.

    The best books on Wine, recommended by Jancis Robinson

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    The best books on Wine - World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

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    World Atlas of Wine
    by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

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    The best books on Wine - Pocket Wine Book by Hugh Johnson

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    Pocket Wine Book
    by Hugh Johnson

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    The best books on Wine - The Complete Bordeaux by Stephen Brook

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    The Complete Bordeaux
    by Stephen Brook

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    The best books on Wine - Thirsty Dragon: China's Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World's Best Wines by Suzanne Mustacich

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    Thirsty Dragon: China's Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World's Best Wines
    by Suzanne Mustacich

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    The best books on Wine - The Juice: Vinous Veritas by Jay McInerney

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    The Juice: Vinous Veritas
    by Jay McInerney

The best books on Wine, recommended by Jancis Robinson

Reading about wine may not be quite as fun as drinking it, but can help open up a world of history, geography, science and culture. The Financial Times’s wine critic and daily writer on JancisRobinson.com, Jancis Robinson, picks the best books on wine.

    The best books on Gin, recommended by Olivier Ward

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    The best books on Gin - Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason by Jennifer Warner

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    Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason
    by Jennifer Warner

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    The best books on Gin - The Book of Gin: A Spirited World History from Alchemists' Stills and Colonial Outposts to Gin Palaces, Bathtub Gin, and Artisanal Cocktails by Richard Barnett

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    The Book of Gin: A Spirited World History from Alchemists' Stills and Colonial Outposts to Gin Palaces, Bathtub Gin, and Artisanal Cocktails
    by Richard Barnett

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    The best books on Gin - The Curious Bartender's Gin Palace by Tristan Stephenson

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    The Curious Bartender's Gin Palace
    by Tristan Stephenson

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    The best books on Gin - Gin: The Manual by Dave Broom

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    Gin: The Manual
    by Dave Broom

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    The best books on Gin - Gin & Tonic: The Complete Guide for the Perfect Mix by Frédéric Du Bois and Isabel Boons

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    Gin & Tonic: The Complete Guide for the Perfect Mix
    by Frédéric Du Bois and Isabel Boons

The best books on Gin, recommended by Olivier Ward

Olivier Ward, editor and co-founder of gin appreciation website, Gin Foundry, recommends the best books on Gin — the medicinal drink that came to define the British Empire.

    The best books on The Senses, recommended by Bianca Bosker

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    The best books on The Senses - The Foul and the Fragrant: Odour and the Social Imagination by Alain Corbin

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    The Foul and the Fragrant: Odour and the Social Imagination
    by Alain Corbin

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    The best books on The Senses - Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell by Anthony Synnott, Constance Classen & David Howes

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    Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell
    by Anthony Synnott, Constance Classen & David Howes

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    The best books on The Senses - A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

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    A Natural History of the Senses
    by Diane Ackerman

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    The best books on The Senses - Taste What You're Missing by Barb Stuckey

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    Taste What You're Missing
    by Barb Stuckey

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    The best books on The Senses - Making Sense of Taste, Food and Philosophy by Carolyn Korsmeyer

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    Making Sense of Taste, Food and Philosophy
    by Carolyn Korsmeyer

The best books on The Senses, recommended by Bianca Bosker

Is it possible that a flavour or smell could be as refined and elevating an experience as seeing a painting or listening to a piece of music? Journalist and expert sommelier, Bianca Bosker, describes how the process of training her own senses has transformed her experience of the world.

    The best books on Wine, recommended by Randall Grahm

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    The best books on Wine - World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

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    World Atlas of Wine
    by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

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    The best books on Wine - The Accidental Connoisseur by Lawrence Osborne

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    The Accidental Connoisseur
    by Lawrence Osborne

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    The best books on Wine - Taste by Roald Dahl

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    Taste
    by Roald Dahl

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    The best books on Wine - Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch

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    Adventures on the Wine Route
    by Kermit Lynch

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    The best books on Wine - The Art and Science of Wine by James Halliday and Hugh Johnson

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    The Art and Science of Wine
    by James Halliday and Hugh Johnson

The best books on Wine, recommended by Randall Grahm

The Californian winemaker gives us a fabulously eclectic reading list for understanding and enjoying the world of wine.

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