"Steve Slatcher" > skrev i meddelandet
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> On 18 May 2007 13:27:04 -0700, joe beppe > wrote:
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>>> UC, I am wanting to chose between 3 books, Sotheby's, the new Hugh
>>> Johnson coming out in September, or Oxford. Which one do YOU like the
>>> best and/or would recommend for a novice.
>
> I assume you mean Hugh Johnson's Pocket Book? If you live in the UK,
> get it anyway as it is not expensive. If you live outside the UK I am
> not really sure how relevant it would be. Some of the content
> obviously is, but I doubt all the wines he mentions wodl be readily
> available.


Steve, as a person most decidedly living outside the UK, I would say that
the Hugh Johnson pocket books are excellent QPR. We have bought them, mostly
in translation (to Danish, or French!) for years.

Cheers

Nils
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