This was the last of Shand’s major works on the subject of wine.
The book includes a chapter on Port.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Edition: 1929
Pages: 185
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Slow Food Guide to the Wines of the World (1994)
Includes a chapter on Portugal with tasting notes for a number of Ports.
Publisher: Slow Food Editore
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 9788886283007
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Wine Dynasties of Europe: Personal Portraits of Ten Leading Houses by Harry Eyres (1990)
A book about the prominent family-owned businesses of the wine regions of Europe, which includes a chapter on the Symington family of Oporto.
Publisher: Queen Anne’s Press
Edition: 1990
ISBN: 9781852910884
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Wines of the World by Serena Sutcliffe (1981)
Published in 1981, this is an updated version of André L. Simon’s book of the same name that was originally published in 1967.
This is a very large volume and a good reference for those interested in knowing the basics about each of the wine regions of the world.
Publisher: Macdonald
Edition: Second Edition, 1981
Pages: 640
ISBN: 9780354046312
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. by Nimrod (1837)
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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Life in a Noble Household, 1641-1700 by Gladys Scott Thomson (1937)
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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Recollections of Old Country Life by John Kersley Fowler (1894)
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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Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House by Mary Stewart-Wilson (1988)
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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M’Culloch’s Commercial Dictionary by J. R. M’Culloch & Hugh G. Reid (1869)
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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Port – From Grape to Glass by Richard Wyndham (1947)
I do not own a copy of this publication but have viewed it at The British Library in London. Its pages mostly contain contemporary advertisements for most of the major Port producers so appears to be a promotional item for the trade.
Publisher: Wine & Spirit Publications Ltd., London
Edition: 1947
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