This book is an update on Simon’s first major work “The History of the Wine Trade in England” that was published in 1905. Essential reading for bubbly fans!
My copy is from the first edition, which is a large format and very well made book, which are not common features of many of this author’s works.
Publisher: Ebury Press, London
Edition: 1962
Pages: 192
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A series of questions and answers relating to the major wine-producing regions of the world. The book is written in the style of an interview and is very high level, but provides a useful set of answers to the basics of what the wines of each region are all about.
Published in 1966 and reprinted in 1970.
Publisher: David & Charles
Edition: 1970
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This book now looks very outdated but is still an interesting reference. Each wine region is covered by an expert of the day, Wyndham Fletcher providing the chapter on Portugal, including Port, with the entire work being edited by André L. Simon.
This large volume was subsequently revised and re-issued by Serena Suttcliffe in 1981.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 1967
ISBN: 0354046314
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The Foreword says:
“When André L. Simon died in 1970 he had written more than seventy books on wine and gastronomy. The Gazetteer of Wines was his last work. This book which describes in some detail the major wines, wine-producing countries and vineyards of the world, as well as the lesser-known ‘local’ growths, was the fruit of a lifetime’s study and research.
At the time of his death the Gazetteer was completed but needed revising. During the past two years friends of André Simon, both those who knew him personally and those who knew him by reputation only, have been working to update and verify the information contained in this monumental work.
This task is now complete, and the Gazetteer of Wines stands not only as a unique index of world viticulture, but as a final tribute to André L. Simon.
GEORGE RAINBIRD”
Publisher: David & Charles
Edition: 1972
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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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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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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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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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A short and quite basic guide to various types of wine written in a question and answer style.
Publisher: Wine & Food Society, London
Edition: 1934
Pages: 40
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A brief guide to the world of wine.
The author was a journalist, friend and contemporary of a number of wine gurus such as Herbert Warner Allen, André L. Simon and Charles Walter Berry.
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London
Edition: 1933
Pages: 160
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