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Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book 2009 (Pocket Companion) (Pocket Companion)

by: Oz Clarke

September 01, 2008

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OZ CLARKE 250 BEST WINES: Wine Buying Guide

by: OZ CLARKE

October 06, 2008

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OZ CLARKE BORDEAUX: The Wines, the Vineyards, the Winemakers

by: OZ CLARKE

September 15, 2008

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Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure

by: Oz Clarke, James May

October 19, 2006
A very funny and highly entertaining program of well known wine expert
OZ Clarke and Jmaes May known form Top Gear, who together travels on a
wine adventure. James knows nothing about wine, but have chosen the car
for the adventure (of course an English jaguar) and is like a rebel
boarder school boy taught by the slightly older and more distinguished
Oz Clarke, who continuously tries to learn James about the different
wines and the impressions they make. It all turns into a lot of very
entertaining and very funny situations, filled with humour, and there
is a lot to learn and view, both from the more experienced and newcomer
to wine tasting, on this fantastic wine adventure filled taste ... Read More:

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Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book 2008

by: Oz Clarke

September 06, 2007
Oz Clarke tells it like it is & thankfully seems to respect his reader regardless of whether they know their Pouilly Fume from Pouilly Fuisse.

If you're planning to stock up & take a foray into the wonderful world of (decent) wine, this is as good a starting point as any. However, if you're looking to do some research for wine exams or use as a reference book, then there are other, more weighty tomes out there which do a more exact job.

But, back to the book in hand. This books has interesting Food/Wine notes & also a decent synopsis of the various countries of origin. The A-Z of wines, grapes etc is pretty good & although there are perhaps a few missing (if you're feeling particularly pernickety)isn't ... Read More:

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GRAPES AND WINES: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours

by: OZ CLARKE AND MARGARET RAND

November 03, 2008
Over the years I have built up a sizeable collection of wine books, but these days most wine books more than a few years old are a waste of shelf space. 20 years, or even for some people, 5 years ago, there was no conception of the extent of the world's new wine areas and the new grapes or blends from which wine is being made today.
You're standing in Majestic or Tesco or whatever. What is Aglianico? Or Tannat? Garnatxa sounds familiar, and is, since it's the Grenache. Here's a wine made from a Malvasia Nera+Negro Amaro blend; come again? This book is clear, concise and brilliant for diving into - after half hour flipping through the pages you'll forget why you took it down from the shelf in the first place. Mind you, if, like me, you buy wine ... Read More:

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Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide (Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guides)

by: Oz Clarke

November 03, 2008
Over the years I have built up a sizeable collection of wine books, but these days most wine books more than a few years old are a waste of shelf space. 20 years, or even for some people, 5 years ago, there was no conception of the extent of the world's new wine areas and the new grapes or blends from which wine is being made today.
You're standing in Majestic or Tesco or whatever. What is Aglianico? Or Tannat? Garnatxa sounds familiar, and is, since it's the Grenache. Here's a wine made from a Malvasia Nera+Negro Amaro blend; come again? This book is clear, concise and brilliant for diving into - after half hour flipping through the pages you'll forget why you took it down from the shelf in the first place. Mind you, if, like me, you buy wine ... Read More:

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Oz Clarke 250 Best Wines: Wine Buying Guide 2008

by: Oz Clarke

October 04, 2007
This is not a bad guide, but nothing amazing. It is a little let down by a poor layout design, which makes it quite hard to read - it is disappointing that a book like this couldn't include more labels and images. Also, it is unexpected that there is no full colour printing!

There a few good finds in the book - the best thing is that it is quite easy to find majority of the wines in particular supermarkets and the average cost of the wines are definitely cheap. At a guess I would say about over half would be around the £4-7 mark. There aren't many 'fine wines' in the book, but it is definitely good for a few supermarket bargains.

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Oz and James Drink to Britain

by: Oz Clarke, James May

January 19, 2009
This is not a bad guide, but nothing amazing. It is a little let down by a poor layout design, which makes it quite hard to read - it is disappointing that a book like this couldn't include more labels and images. Also, it is unexpected that there is no full colour printing!

There a few good finds in the book - the best thing is that it is quite easy to find majority of the wines in particular supermarkets and the average cost of the wines are definitely cheap. At a guess I would say about over half would be around the £4-7 mark. There aren't many 'fine wines' in the book, but it is definitely good for a few supermarket bargains.

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Oz Clarke Wine Atlas: Wines and Wine Regions of the World

by: Oz Clarke

November 19, 2007
This is not a bad guide, but nothing amazing. It is a little let down by a poor layout design, which makes it quite hard to read - it is disappointing that a book like this couldn't include more labels and images. Also, it is unexpected that there is no full colour printing!

There a few good finds in the book - the best thing is that it is quite easy to find majority of the wines in particular supermarkets and the average cost of the wines are definitely cheap. At a guess I would say about over half would be around the £4-7 mark. There aren't many 'fine wines' in the book, but it is definitely good for a few supermarket bargains.