The Oxford Companion to Wine
Curious, Useful, Edifying, Inspiring:
The Reference Books of McCabe Library
Staff Pick for the Week of May 5, 2008
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Call Number: REF TP548 .O76 1999
Recommended by: Ed Fuller, Reference Librarian
If your idea of wine tasting is passing around a bottle in a paper bag with friends, perhaps The Oxford Companion to Wine will raise your oenological consciousness. In an alphabetical arrangement, this large, well-illustrated volume defines and explains almost everything about wine and wine making (how about a brief history of the corkscrew). The editor, Jancis Robinson, has been on television with her own wine course, and this is an award-winning writer about the grape. After reading this book, you won't whine about the food in the dining hall, but about the vulgar vintages served with dinner.
