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Default books on Burgundy and Bordeaux


"Making Sense Of Burgundy" by Matt Kramer. Like all of his writings easy to
read and lots of good information.


"Timothy Hartley" > wrote in message
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> "cwdjrxyz" > wrote:
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>> Jim Mehl wrote:
>>> Many years ago my favorite books on Burgundy and Bordeaux were
>>> The Wines of Burgundy by H.W. Yoxall and The Wines of Bordeaux
>>> by Edmund Penning-Rowsell. These books are out of print and way
>>> out of date. Does anyone have any current favorites?

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>> I like COTE D'OR by Clive Coates M.W. which has a copyright of 1997. It
>> is about 1000 pages long, but easy to read and navigate.
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>> I also like THE WINES OF BORDEAUX also by Clive Coates with a copyright
>> of 2004. It is over 700 pages long and well organized. The Parkerites
>> likely will want one of Parker's books.
>>

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> I would add Anthony Hanson's Burgundy which, although again somewhat
> out of date, is great for finding good value. The Bordeaux Atlas by
> Duijker & Broadbent is in the same league in my view. There is
> really no substitute for Cocks & Feret for the basic facts rather than
> opinion.
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> Tim