Published to commemorate the Tercentenary of the House of Warre.
This is a light-weight attempt with most of the 22 pages taken up by photographs. Only buy one of these if you are unable to live without it!
Publisher: House of Warre
Edition: 1970
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Published in 1972, this is the third, revised and enlarged edition of the book published in 1955 with the title Port And Sherry: The Story Of Two Fine Wines.
The main revision in this edition is the addition of chapters on Madeira and Whisky following the acquisition of Sandeman and Sons of Edinburgh in 1963.
Publisher: George G. Sandeman & Sons, London
Edition: 1972
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Published in 1955 by the house of Sandeman, this is early version of the sort of book that Quinta do Vesuvio might put in their cases of vintage port today. A revised and enlarged addition was published in 1972 under the title The House of Sandeman: A Story of Fine Wines and Spirits.
Nice to have, but basic in terms of detail and more a promotional item than a serious publication.
Publisher: George G. Sandeman & Sons, London
Edition: 1955
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This book provides a brief description of various parts of Portugal, including Oporto and the Douro and contains lots of fantastic old black and white pictures of the places and the people of the region.
Publisher: Ouzel Press, London
Edition: 224
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This is a large-format promotional publication by the IVP that was produced as a limited edition with each copy numbered and inscribed to Prof. Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins.
The subject of the book is the evolution of colour in port wine and is illustrated throughout in colour with each image being protected by tissue and with the text in Spanish, English and French.
Very rare.
Publisher: Instituto Do Vinho Do Porto
Edition: 1950
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This is a history of the British people who have migrated to or worked in Portugal over eight centuries. The history of the British shippers is just one piece of what looks like a very interesting jigsaw.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Edition: 1946
Pages: 443
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Second edition of Gabler’s wine bibliography, originally published in 1985.
This edition is obviously more up to date but I prefer the production quality of the first edition.
Publisher: Bacchus Press
Edition: 2003
Pages: 503
ISBN: 9780961352554
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This volume superseded the author’s similar earlier works under the title The Great Vintage Wine Book.
A fantastic big book with thousands of tasting notes on almost every vintage wine you can think of. The vintage port tasting notes on pages 449 to 494 are amongst the most well read and frequently visited pages in my collection of books.
You’ve just got to have one of these!
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Edition: 2002
Pages: 560
ISBN: 9780151007042
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First published in 1863, this is a fascinating read with lots of general information about wine and the wine trade in the 1800s, including a whole chapter on the subject of Gout!
Seventy of the five hundred and forty pages form a chapter dedicated to Port, Oporto and the Douro.
This edition is limited to 500 copies produced by Bacchus Press in 1992 and is a re-typeset version of the 1864 second edition.
Publisher: Bacchus Press Ltd Baltimore
Edition: 1992
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This print-on-demand edition actually contains a number of contemporaneous books on the same subject bound together in one large volume. The core of the subject is taxation and its effect on the British wine trade with various producing nations across the world. An interesting insight into what appear to be troubled times.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Edition: 2012
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