The Story of Wine

Mitchell Beazley International Limited, London, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Large Octavo. 480 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In this book, which has won every wine book award in Britain and the US and is a landmark in wine literature, Johnson, the world's best-selling wine author, traces the story of wine from the dawn of civilization through the bacchanalian splendour of the ancient world to the present day. Johnson answers the key question: why have some places, and some people made great wine and what in the history of the process explains the difference between the great and the merely good? Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 085533696x. ISBN/EAN: 9780855336967. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7318. . 9780855336967 This book weighs over one kilogram, and may involve extra shipping charges if posted to some countries..