It all starts here. Fragrant Pinot Noir from Thick as Thieves in the Yarra Valley begins its long journey to the bottle as a crimson mush.
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Stephen Brook The Wines of California (Faber & Faber, London, 1999)
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Anthony Hanson MW Burgundy (Faber & Faber, London, 1995)
Ian Hutton The Zinfandel Trail (IGH Publications, Esher, Surrey, England, 1998)
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Richard Mayson Portugal’s Wines and Wine Makers, 2nd edition (The Wine Appreciation Guild, San Francisco, 1998)
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The authors and publishers would like to thank the countless wineries and individuals all over the world who have given invaluable help and advice with this book, in particular the following:
ARGENTINA Susanna Balbo, Vintage S.A.; Pedro Marchevsky, Nicolas Catena
AUSTRALIA Cape Mentelle; Louise Helmsley-Smith, D’Arenberg; Robert O’Callaghan, Rockford Wines; Louisa Rose, Yalumba; Adam Wynn, Mountadam
AUSTRIA Austrian Wine Marketing Board
BULGARIA Domaine Boyar UK
CANADA British Columbia Wine Institute; Vintners Quality Alliance, Ontario; Wines of Canada
CHILE Wines of Chile
CZECH REPUBLIC CMVVU
CYPRUS Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism – Cyprus
FRANCE Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB); Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d’Alsace (CIVA); Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC), Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins du Jura; Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins Doux Naturels à Appellations Contrôlées; Comité Intersyndical des Vins de Corse; Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB); Conseil Interprofessionel des Vins du Roussillon à Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée; Olivier Humbrecht MW; Interprofession des Vins du Val de Loire; Inter Rhône; Maison de la Vigne et du Vin – Gaillac; ONIVINS; Christian Seely, AXA Millésimes; Syndicat des Côtes de Provence; Syndicat Régional des Vins de Savoie; Union Interprofessionnelle des Vins de Beaujolais (UIVB)
GERMANY Dr Bernhard Abend; Geheimer Rat Dr von Basserman-Jordan; Jochen Becker-Köhn, Weingut Robert Weil; Weingut Josef Biffar; Reichsrat von Buhl; Ferdinand Erbgraf zu Castell-Castell, Fürstlich Castell’sches Domänenamt; Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken; Horst Kolesch, Juliusspital; Franz Künstler; Ernst Loosen, Weingut Dr Loosen; Bernd Philippi, Koehler-Ruprecht; Annegret Reh-Gartner, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt; Stefan Ress, Balthasar Ress; Dr Joachim Schmid, Geisenheim Viticultural Research Institute; Johannes Selbach, Selbach-Oster; Dr Heinrich Wirsching, Hans Wirsching
GREECE Boutari
HUNGARY Dominique Arangoits, then of Disznókö; Crown Estates (Tokaj Trading House); The Hungarian Food & Wine Bureau; Royal Tokaji Wine Company
ISRAEL Golan Heights Winery
ITALY Dr Alberto Antononi; ARSSA (Abruzzo); Mario Consorte, Sella & Mosca; Consorzio di Tutela Vini DOC Valtellina; Enoteca Italiana, Siena; Enoteca Regionale Emilia-Romagna; Dott. Giancarlo Montaldo; Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta; Regione Campania; Regione Marche; Regione Siciliana (Instituto Regionale della Vite e del Vino); Regione Toscana; Trentino Vini japan Miyoko Stevenson
LEBANON Chateau Musar
MEXICO Mexican Association of Grape Growers
MOLDOVA Premium Brand Corporation
NEW ZEALAND Cloudy Bay; Alan Limmer, Stonecroft; Philip Manson, Winegrowers of New Zealand; Dr Neil McCallum, Dry River; The Wine Institute of New Zealand
PORTUGAL Jacques A Faro da Silva, Madeira Wine Company; Francisco Manuel Machado Albuquerque, Madeira Wine Company; ICEP – Portuguese Trade & Tourism Office – Wines of Portugal; Vasco Magalhaes, Sogrape
SLOVAKIA Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
SLOVENIA Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Food – Slovenia
SOUTH AFRICA South African Wine Industry Information & Systems; Gyles Webb, Thelema
SPAIN Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion; Carlos Read, Moreno Wines; Rioja Wine Group; Bodegas Riojanas
SWITZERLAND Yvon Roduit, Caves Imesch
UNITED KINGDOM Argentine Trade Department, Wine Department; Australian Wine Bureau; Bordeaux Wine Information Service; Ben Campbell-Johnson, J E Fells; Tony Potter, Denbies Wine Estate; English Wine Producers; German Wine Information Service; David Gleave MW; Bill Gunn MW; Margaret Harvey MW; Italian Trade Centre, Wine Department; Geoffrey Kelly; Antony Lacey, Mistral Wines; Paul Lapsley, Southcorp; Della Madison, Madeira Wine Company; Angela Muir MW; Joanna Simon; Westbury Communications; Wines of Chile; Wines from Spain; Wines of South Africa
USA Dr Carole Meredith, University of California at Davis (UCD); New York Wine & Grape Federation; Oregon Wine Advisory Board; Lynn Penner-Ash, Rex Hill; Michael Silacci, Warren and Julia Winiarski, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars; Wine Institute of California; Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (ZAP)
ZIMBABWE Cairns Wineries
The Publishers and Oz Clarke would like to thank the following for their help with sourcing bottles for the photographs: AG Wines, Armit Wines, Berry Bros, Bethel Heights Vineyard, Bibendum Wine Ltd, Cadman Fine Wines Ltd, Concho Y Toro, Cornish Point Wines Ltd, Diamond Creek Vineyards, Ellis of Richmond, Enotria, Handford Wines, Hedonism Wines, John E Fells & Sons Ltd, Justerini & Brooks, Lay & Wheeler Ltd, Lea & Sandeman, Les Caves de Pyrène, Liberty Wines Ltd, Majestic Wines, Moët Hennessy, New Horizon Wines, Treasury Wine Estates, Tyrrell’s Wines, Raisin Social Ltd, Waddesdon Wine Ltd, Yapp Brothers. Photography by Martin Norris.
Andrew Will Winery 143; Barboursville/Luca Paschina 172; Bien Nacido 173; ‘Vintagers and rope makers at work, copy of a wall painting from the tomb of Kha’emwese at Thebes, c. 1450 by Mrs Nina Garis Davies (1881-1965)’, from British Museum, London, UK/Bridgeman Art Library; J Dusi Winery 303; California Wine Institute 306; Feiler-Artinger 177; Angelo Gaja 170; Ania Grom-Yoncali 336 (below); Jeff Grosset 212; Kevin Judd 236; Langmeil Winery 109; Ted Lemon/Littorai Wines 196; Dr Loosen 210; Masi 92; Pavilion/ Nigel James 336 (centre); le Pin 142; Pizzini Wines 229; Ridge Vineyards 304; Symington Family Estates 277; Tablas Creek Vineyards 219; Thick as Thieves 336 (above); Torres 105 (below right), 275; Josef Umathum 221; Warren Winiarski 10 (left); Doug Wregg 11 (right), 64; Jon Wyand 71 (below left), 72, 144, 191 (below left), 207 (below left), 227, 274; Yalumba Family Wines 13.
All other photographs supplied by Cephas Picture Library. All photographs by Mick Rock except: Jerry Alexander 29; Kevin Argue 209; Emma Borg 89; Karine Bossavy 249; Fernando Briones 43 (right); Hervé Champillion 163; Andy Christodolo 18, 25 (centre), 28, 30 (below), 56, 57, 80, 93, 131 (left), 153 (left), 160, 207 (below right), 292; David Copeman 133 (left), 254; David Edwardson 97; Bruce Fleming 22 (right), 59; Dario Fusaro 169 (below right); Kevin Judd 19 (top), 24 (above), 25 (left), 36 (right), 76, 115 (above), 116, 131 (right), 147, 185 (right), 187 (left), 201 (right), 215, 219 (right), 253, 297; Herbert Lehmann 67 (right), 99, 225 (below left and right), 299; Diana Mewes 3, 273 (below left), 291 (below left); Janis Miglavs 13 (below); Matt Molchen 169 (left); R & K Muschenetz 11 (right), 257 (left), 307; Jean-Bernard Nadeau 32, 141 (above), 250; 141 (below left); Alain Proust 12 (all), 13 (top), 87, 201 (left); Ted Stefanski 24 (below), 25 (right), 60, 305; Matt Wilson 20, 67 (left), 77, 146; Stephen Wolfenden 36 (left).