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Wine into Words: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language by James M. Gabler (1985)

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This is a modern day and more comprehensive equivalent to André L. Simon’s Bibliotheca Vinaria and is a fantastic book to own if you are interested in building a collection of books about wine as it lists over 3,200 of them.

This is a very high quality publication by Bacchus Press.

A revised and enlarged edition was published in 2003 but I prefer this edition.

 

 

 

Publisher: Bacchus Press Ltd., Baltimore

Edition: 1985

Pages: 403

ISBN:  9780961352509

My Rating: ★★★★★

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Wine into Words: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language by James M. Gabler (2003)

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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

My Rating: ★★★★★

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Wine the Vine and the Cellar by Thomas George Shaw (1864)

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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

My Rating: ★★★★★

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History of Ancient and Modern Wines by Alexander Henderson (1824)

38D9DA92-1781-40D0-B049-83D511E15142-256Published in 1824, this is one of the earliest comprehensive books on wine written in the English language, and has invariably featured in the bibliography of any serious book about the history of wine and wine-making since it was written. There is a significant chapter on Port wine.

This volume is from a 500 copy limited edition re-print published by the Bacchus Press in 1979.

This is one of the very few ancient books on wine that has not yet been made available as a mass-market facsimile re-print.

 

Publisher: Bacchus Press Ltd

Edition: 1979

My Rating: ★★★★★

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