719 pages, well illustrated in color, maps, charts, tables, cloth, very good. 7-1/2 by 11 inches. Fifth printing, revised. From the publisher: An updated edition of the late Andre Simon's masterwork Wines of the World, a book that combines humor, wisdom, and knowledge. This authoritative compendium is divided into ten sections - some of book length - which cover the major wine-producing countries and region s of the world: France, North Africa, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Other Vinelands of the West (Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Yugloslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Bulgaria, U.S.S.R., Greece, Cyrpus, Turkey, Malta, Israel), Australia and New Zealand, South Africa and The Americas 9Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Canada, New York, Ohio, California). Andre Simon, author or co-author of half of the volume, is joined by other distinguished oenologists (Cyril Ray, S.F. Hallgarten, H. Arntz, H. Warner Allen, George Rainbird, Anthony Hogg, and John N. Hutchison). . . Wines of the World, writes The New York Times is 'surely the best volume on wines now available in the English language.'

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