A concise guide to the wine producers of Rioja and other regions of northwest Spain.
The majority of this book focusses on the history of the various houses and their vineyards but doesn’t contain much information about the wines they produce.
Publisher: Aurum Press
Edition: 2011
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781845136932
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Edition: 2009
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781439101902
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A very interesting and informative little book setting out the properties and respective merits of the various types of closure in use today.
Publisher: Flavour Press
Edition: 2006
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9780955303500
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John “Mad Dog” Mytton (1796-1834) was an eccentric English Squire who served simultaneously as a Member of Parliament and an officer of the 7th Hussars. He had a reputation as a playboy and was reputed to drink eight bottles of Port per day. His death at the grand old age of 37 is not a good advert for excess.
Publisher: Methuen & Co Limited, London
Edition: 1903
Pages: 206
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This book was created from the household records of the first Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey.
The chapter on the wine cellar described the first arrival of Port wine to Woburn in March 1684.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Edition: 1937
Pages: 406
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This book was written in 1615 by a gentleman setting out the “virtues” that any good housewife should possess, including the care and maintenance of a husband’s wine cellar.
It’s a scream!
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Edition: 1986
Pages: 384
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“The Female Instructor; or, young woman’s friend and companion, being a guide to all the accomplishments which adorn the female character, either as a useful member of society, a pleasing companion, or, a respectable mother of the family. Containing many pleasing examples of illustrious females. To which is added, a select system of cookery, the art of preserving and pickling, brewing, making wines, family recipes, the management of poultry, dying, & c., and directions to servants of every description.”
Mrs Pankhurst would not approve.
Publisher: Henry Fisher
Edition: 1872
Pages: 560
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The author was Quartermaster of the Bucks Volunteers (85th Regiment of Foot) of the British Army. His recollections include an interesting story about vintage port.
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London
Edition: 1894
Pages: 235
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Includes an inventory and photographs of the wines and vintage ports stored within the cellar of the house as selected and supplied by Francis Berry of Berry Brothers and Rudd.
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
Edition: 1988
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9780370311630
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This is book contains an enormous amount of information about the places, trade routes and commerce of the world in the mid 19th century.
Originally published in 1832, the work was updated and re-published many times during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
There is a section in the book covering the Port trade.
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London
Edition: 1869
Pages: 1558
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