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World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine, Revised and Updated Edition (Hardcover),$495 US Dollars, is it something wrong??
World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine, Revised and Updated Edition I have long regarded the writings of Tom Stevenson on Champagne as excellent but this publication takes an even bigger look at the wine style. I am most impressed with the world coverage of sparkling wine styles and Tom has cast an experienced palate without favour across a great range of wines. I am very happy to see him devote space to some aspects of Champagne marketing and trademark, the classical example as described under the heading of Stefano Lubiana on page 308.
Huge about of information, easy to read. One weakness is coverage of the sparkling wines from areas such as Australia / New Zealand / USA
This is a great book for anyone – from those who have the resources to buy some of the top names and remarkable vintages noted in this book to those simply in love with this beverage. I fall, sadly, under the latter category with the fervent hope that someday I will fall under both.
I derived hours of enjoyment from flipping through the different producers, although I found that after an hour I had a tremendous taste for anything Krug. Odd, that.
One of the “features” of this book that I appreciate the most is the “Why is [Krug/Salon/etc] so Special?” Books that extract essential information from the text and display them in sidebars usually help the reader gain a better understanding of the topic. It certainly does so in this case.
He has a thoroughly enjoyable writing style (especially the puns) with superb information. I use the book very frequently when purchasing. These errors are minor but the sheer quantity of them seems inexcusable, especially in an encyclopedia and in an edition that has been “fully revised and updated”.
*The book does not explain the difference between “organic” and “bio-diversity” and the glossary makes them seem to be the same.
*He uses the term “stone-fruit” to describe flavours and/or aromas but does not break this down. Stone fruit can include cherries, chokecherries, peaches, apricots, plums, dates, nectarines, etc. (each being prevalent in some wines) – what does he mean?
*He uses the term “foursquare” frequently in describing a wine but provides no definition. I realize it is probably a British phrase but the book is sold world-wide.
*He alludes to bottle shape possibly having some influence on the development of a wine’s character but does not develop this thought.
*There is superb, poor and inconsistent punctuation throughout the book. There are incorrect verb tenses. There are hundreds of places where commas would clarify meaning and ease the reader’s experience. There are many double spaces between words within a sentence. Any word processing program should have caught this, and most of the spelling and grammar ones.
*In a few instances, he disparages plastic corks. Yet, in other instances, he laments that bad corks ruined some wonderful Champagnes he was sampling. Readers would benefit from a more detailed explanation.
*Sometimes he harshly criticizes a label design but he doesn’t reproduce it to illustrate his point. Since labels are important to his rating system, this would be instructive. I realize space is at a premium, but it would be more beneficial than seeing another photo of another vineyard.
*It would help a great deal if he noted the date he tasted a wine. Readers could extrapolate from the copyright to the products they have available.