The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition

While I have worked as a wine professional for years, I only recently purchased a copy of the most recent edition (8th) of The World Atlas of Wine. Frankly, I wished I had purchased a copy sooner. Over the years, I have mostly relied on The Oxford Companion to Wine, as well as my Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS) and Wine & Spirits Educational Trust (WSET) training materials. In addition to providing useful commentary on the world's major wine-producing regions and appellations, The World Atlas of Wine is built around highly detailed and multi-colored maps of the world's wine regions, not only including outline maps of appellations, but showing relevant geographic features as well the locations of notable vineyards and winemakers. For anyone seeking to understand the geographical relationships of mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans, national and regional boundaries, as well as notable vineyards and wineries, The World Atlas of Wine will be a worthy addition to your wine references library.

Comprehensive but easy to read

I belong to a wine tasting group. We’ve been meeting since 2011. I wanted to increase my overall knowledge of wines, especially appellations around the world.With a large trim size, these authors packed in a lifetime of knowledge. Lots of maps and pictures which appropriately situate regions geographically. I enjoy the soil science elements as they explain each terroir. I am using this to suggest themes for our monthly get togethers. As a writer, I much appreciate the immense work and passion for the topic that has gone into this work.

I use to have World Atlas of Wine before, but this new edition is absolutely a great update. Beautiful detailed map that are smartly organized, that for sure will help my visual memorization for my WSET Dip.

Love this book! Combines geography, history, and oenology. It also sprinkles in some geology, botany, and chemistry. So much good stuff in here it's hard to put down. Thank you, authors Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson. A book worth well beyond its price!

This book is full of useful, detailed information. It's also beautiful: it has thick pages, color maps, and ribbon bookmarks. At the current price it's a steal.

The book is not only informative but it's richly illustrated. It can be overwhelming for beginners, but if you've been bitten by the wine bug this is a mandatory book to know your wine because the wine is extremely linked to the place it was "born and raised". It even helps with your tasting when you know things like subregions, altitude, climate and soil.

It's huge, it's heavy, and it has all the info (and then some) you will ever need about wine. EVERY page is in full color -gorgeous printing! Book is divided by region -all countries. Attention to growing, how to read a label, all about the grapes. This is def not a beginners book. I debated returning it since I can barely lift it (HA) but once I opened it, decided it's a keeper.