Includes chapters on all of the major wine-producing countries, including Portugal and Port.
Publisher: Edward Arnold, London
Edition: 1971
Pages: 337
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The Great Book of Wine by Edita Lausanne (1970)
Not yet read.
Publisher: Edita Lausanne
Edition: 1970
Pages: 459
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Notes on a Cellar-Book by George Saintsbury (1920)
A note on the dust jacket of the 2008 re-print of this book describes it as “one of the greatest tributes to drink and drinking in the literature of wine.” It isn’t wrong. The 1st edition from 1920 is nice to own but the 2008 version is perhaps better value in terms of the volume of information and commentary from Thomas Pinney.
Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Limited, London
Edition: 1920
Pages: 227
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Wine and the Wine Lands of the World by Frank Hedges Butler (1926)
A great book written by a very colourful character from the turn of the century. Although only 10 pages are dedicated to Port this is definitely worth having in a collection.
The author was at one time a partner in the family firm Hedges & Butler, Wine Merchants of Regent Street, London.
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London
Edition: 1926
Pages: 271
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Wayward Tendrils of the Vine by Ian Maxwell Campbell (1947)
This is the memoirs of the author, a London wine merchant in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and contemporary of André L. Simon and Charles Walter Berry.
This is a fascinating book, which contains a chapter on the time the author spent with the great and the good of the Port trade during his time in Oporto.
Published as a limited edition of 750 copies in 1947.
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London
Edition: 1947
Pages: 210
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A Handbook of Wine by William J. Todd (1922)
This is an enjoyable little book that fills a couple of hours on a train or sipping a nice glass of something by the pool on holiday.
The same author produced a similar book about Port in 1926.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Edition: 1922
Pages: 103
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What the Vintners Sell by Len Chaloner (1926)
An interesting little book that gives advice of the choice of everyday wines.
Publisher: Heath Cranton Ltd, London
Edition: 1926
Pages: 160
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Wine and Spirits: The Connoisseur’s Textbook by André L. Simon (1919)
This is quite an easy read covering wines from the principle wine producing regions of the world.
The appendix contains a good list of the vintage ports produced in the 50 years prior to publication.
Publisher: Duckworth & Co., London
Edition: 1919
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Wine and the Wine Trade by André L. Simon (1921)
One of 64 volumes of Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries Series.
Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London
Edition: 1934
Pages: 129
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Drink by André L. Simon (1948)
A guide to various drinks throughout history, with a particular focus on wine.
Publisher: Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., London
Edition: 1948
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