![Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/013/270/9780140270013.RH.0.l.jpg)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover Paperback - 1999
by Jancis Robinson
- Used
Description
NZ$4.28
NZ$7.08
Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 4 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Standard delivery: 4 to 14 days
Ships from BookHolders (Virginia, United States)
Details
- Title Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover
- Author Jancis Robinson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st PAPERBACK
- Condition Used - Excellent
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York
- Date 1999-05-01
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6848526
- ISBN 9780140270013 / 0140270019
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.27 x 0.77 in (20.32 x 13.39 x 1.96 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97017451
- Dewey Decimal Code 641.22
About BookHolders Virginia, United States
Biblio member since 2004
Cheap Books.
bookholders.com30 Day Return Policy.
Summary
Even the French admit that Jancis Robinson is the "undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine" (Le Figaro). Internationally renowned for her work in both television and print, she is the editor of the bestselling Oxford Companion to Wine and has won more than two dozen major awards around the world. Tasting Pleasure is her compelling account of a passion that began while studying at Oxford University. Writing with Julia Child's authority, Elizabeth David's intelligence, and M.F.K. Fisher's verve, Robinson takes us on a journey through the world's finest cellars, most beautiful vineyards, and best restaurants. As she explores the universe of the grape--from Bordeaux to Australia and South Africa to California--we meet scores of colorful, wine-loving characters, including Philippe de Rothschild, Julian Barnes, Francis Ford Coppola, and Julio Gallo. There are many books about producing and rating wine; this one is about enjoying it. Witty, revealing, and knowledgeable, in Tasting Pleasure Jancis Robinson has distilled twenty years in the wine world into a hugely entertaining read.
From the publisher
First line
Francois Mitjavile was born in 1948 into a family synonymous in France with road transport.