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The book has been nominated for the 2007 James Beard Award in the Wine & Spirits category.

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DISCOVERIES For the Wine Lover: Your very own personal shopper with inside information on hot new winemakers and up-and-coming wine regions.

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Published by Ten Speed Press in the fall of 2006. List Price: $19.95.

 

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Presenting The Wines of France at WH Smith. Vintner Alain Hasard (Domaine des Champs de L'Abbaye)is introducing me. Mike Spingler is translating his introduction. (I thought it would be unseemly for me to translate.) The photo was taken by Sarah Bastin for WH Smith.(By the way, WH Smith, at 248 rue de Rivoli, is a great place to buy the book if you're in Paris. And you can order on-line.)

The book won the following Best Wine & Spirits Book of the Year award: James Beard, IACP (Julia Child), Veuve Cliquot, Decanter magazine, Robert Parker (The Wine Advocate). Jancis Robinson has placed it on her list of favorite wine books.

I have just signed a contract with University of California Press for a completely revised and updated edition. In the meantime, I'll continue to post notes on the site.

Click on Title for recent Loire Tasting notes.

Some of the articles I wrote for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications, might still be useful. If I can retrieve them, I'll post them here.

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This annotated playbill is, by definition, a list in progress. I'll add and subtract as life goes on. Often the entry here will be the text written for the first appearance of the character in question.