Hugh Johnson's Story Of Wine

This enthralling book traces the story of wine from the dawn of civilisation through the bacchanalian splendour of the ancient world to the present day. Hugh Johnson lightens the learning with wit, insight and anecdote. We learn about classical drinking parties and Islamic Prohibition, the voyages of 14th-century wine ships and the invention of the wine bottle, and how Champagne survived the bombardments of World War I.

This is a landmark in wine literature, a book of enormous richness, beautifully illustrated and as illuminating to our understanding of civlisation as it is to our appreciation of wine.

Winner Decanter Magazine Book of the Year; Glenfiddich Drink Book of the Year; Veuve Cliquot Wine Book of the Year; Wine Guide Premier Award; Andrew Simon Drink Book of the Year; and Wine Guild Book of the Year.