Published in 1956, this book provides an account of the authors’ various trips to Portugal, including Oporto and a number of well-known quintas in the Douro.
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Edition: 1956
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The Wine and Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal by Charles Metcalfe and Kathryn McWhirter (2008)
A very nice book that is packed with information that would be very useful to food and wine enthusiasts planning to travel in Portugal.
Publisher: Inn House Publishing, Haywards Heath
Edition: 2008
Pages: 446
ISBN: 0955706904
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Good Wine From Portugal by Herbert Warner Allen (1960)
This small book was published to commemorate the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Portugal in 1957.
Publisher: Sylvan Press, London
Edition: 1960
Pages: 73
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The Wines of Portugal by Herbert Warner Allen (1963)
This is a very interesting book. Most of the pages are dedicated to the history and production of Port with a few at the end covering the other major wines of Portugal, such as Madeira and Sebutal. Highly recommended.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York
Edition: 1963
Pages: 192
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Portuguese Wine by Raymond Postgate (1969)
Published 1969. Includes chapters about The Demarcated Regions and Port. I don’t particularly enjoy the author’s writing style but others might disagree.
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London
Edition: 1969
Pages: 102
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Landscapes of Bacchus: The Vine in Portugal by Dan Stanislawski (1970)
A nice little book with lots of old black and white photographs of vineyard construction, including the terraces of the Douro.
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin
Edition: 1970
Pages: 210
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Wines of Spain and Portugal by Jan Read (1973)
Published 1973, the bulk of this book is taken up by Spanish Wines and Port, with the other Portuguese regions very much taking a back seat. To be fair to the author, she consciously corrected that position in her later work, The Wines of Portugal, published in 1982.
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Edition: 1973
Pages: 280
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The Wines of Portugal by Jan Read (1987)
From the outset the author acknowledges that Portuguese wines have not had the same attention as Port, and this book attempts to correct that position. An interesting read but I prefer May’s books on the subject.
Published 1982, plus a revised edition in 1987.
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Edition: 1987
Pages: 224
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Portugal’s Wines and Wine-makers by Richard Mayson (1992)
A great read covering all of the principal wine regions of Portugal.
The chapter on Port obviously contains some overlap with Mayson’s later works but this is a nice book to own as most of its focus is on the other wines of Portugal and the people who make them.
Publisher: Ebury Press, London
Edition: 1992
Pages: 224
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The Wines and Vineyards of Portugal by Richard Mayson (2003)
Unusually for books of this genre, Port only takes up 14 of the 386 pages, so this is perhaps a good option for those more interested in the diversity of dry wines of Portugal. The book, which I have not yet read, won the André Simon Award for Drink Book of the Year in 2003, the year of publication.
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, London
Edition: 2003
Pages: 386
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