Category Archives: Wine

The Complete Wine Book by Frank Schoonmaker & Tom Marvel (1935)

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I have not yet read this book but the foreword by P. Morton Shand says:

“Being as complete for ordinary purposes as can be reasonably required this book does not belie its title. An abundance of accurate, up-to-date information and sound practical guidance is packed between its boards ; for, as the joint authors very properly insist, “wine is made, not to be ‘tasted’ by professionals, but to be drunk by amateurs”.”

Very well put.

 

Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London

Edition: 1935

My Rating: ★★★★★

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Licensed Houses and Their Management, Editor W. Bently Capper (1949)

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Published in 1949 in three volumes, this is basically an instruction manual for those charged with managing licensed premises such as pubs and hotels and sets out everything you need to know about the care and maintenance of drinks and how to run the establishment.

 

Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Co Ltd.

Edition: 1949

My Rating: ★★★★★

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Wines for Everyman by Ellert Forbes (1937)

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An extract from the introduction of this interesting little book reads:

“My object in writing this small book on wines … is to help ‘the man in the street’ and to give him a certain amount of practical information which will enable him to buy and drink wine with more discrimination. May he no longer be deceived by gilded corks and thick dust and cobwebs on a bottle.”

 

 

Publisher: Herbert Joseph, London

Edition: 1937

My Rating: ★★★★★

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