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Wine links, books and associations

Essential reading

The World Atlas of Wine  
Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson's Wine-tasting Workbook
The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the Wines of the World ~  Tom Stevenson The Oxford Companion to Wine  
Jancis Robinson (Editor)
Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine: 50 Years of Tasting the World's Finest Wines The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine Andrew Jefford, Jason Lowe (Photographer)

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Wine Links

American Sommelier Association The Virtual Vineyard
Becky Wasserman Wine & Spirit Education Trust
Berry Bros & Rudd Historical Vintage Chart Wine Anorak
Grape Pictures The Wine Lover's Companion
International Wine Cellar Wine Lovers Page
Professional Friends of Wine Wine Pages
Robert Parker Wine Spectator
Sommelier Society of the America World Wine List
The Super Gigantic Y2K Winegrape Glossary  

English Wine

Adgestone Godstone Vineyards
Avalon Vineyard Harbourne Vineyard
Barkham Manor Vineyard Hendred Vineyard
Barnsole Vineyard Hidden Spring Vineyard
Battle Wine Estate Horton Estate Vineyard
Bearsted Vineyard Leeds Castle Vineyard
Bookers Vineyard Llanerch
Bow-in-the-Cloud Vineyard Lurgashall Winery
Boze Down Vineyard Mersea Island Vineyard
Breaky Bottom winery Mount Ephraim Gardens
Buckfast Tonic Wine New Hall Vineyards
Camel Valley Penshurst Vineyards
Carr Taylor Purbeck
Carters vineyards Ridgeview Estate Winery
Chapel Down Wines, Tenterden Vineyard Park Rosemary Vineyard
Chevelswarde Sedlescombe Organic
Chilford Hall Vineyard Shakespeare Wines
Chiltern Valley Vineyard Sharpham Estate
Clawford Vineyard Shawsgate Vineyard
Cwm Deri Spring Barn Vineyard
Danebury Vineyards Three Choirs Vineyards
Davenport Vineyards Tiltridge Vineyard
Denbies Wine Estate Warden Abbey Vineyard
Down St Mary Wickham Vineyards
Embley Wine Wooldings Vineyard
Frome Valley Vineyard Worthenbury
Giffords Hall Vineyard Wroxeter Roman Vineyard
   
Wines of Britain and Ireland Stephen Skelton Growing Grapes in Britain, a handbook for winemakers by Gillian Pearkes. Paperback, The Amateur Winemaker 6th edition 1978. Good condition, £4.99 inclusive of P&P, available from vickysweeting@aol.com

Australian Wine

Chapel Hill Penfolds
Lindemans St Hallett

Bordeaux

Champagne

Bollinger Perrier-Jouët
Charles LAFITTE Piper-Heidsieck
Mumm Pommery

Languedoc

Madiran

US & Canada Wine

Black Diamond Winery Silver Lake Winery
Greenbank Cellars Thomas Family Winery
Hoodsport Winery Whidbey Island Vineyards & Winery

Education

Australian Wine Research Institute UBC Wine Research Center
Plumpton College UC Davis
Society of Wine Educators Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET)

 Essential reading (continued)

The Global Encyclopedia of Wine: Hardcover + CD-ROM  
Peter Forrestal
Sniffing the Cork: And Other Wine Myths Demystified  
Judy Beardsall, Constance DeSwaan
Wine Buying Companion For Dummies
McCarthy
Exploring Wine: The Culinary Institute of America's Guide to Wines of the World
Steven Kolpan, et al
Hugh Johnson's How to Enjoy Your Wine  
Hugh Johnson
Behind the Label  
WSET
Exploring Wines and Spirits  
Christopher Fielden
Wine: a Primer  
Thomas Conklin
Discovering Wine  
Joanna Simon
The Complete Encyclopedia of Wines, Spirits and Beer  
Robert Joseph
The Bluffer's Guide to Wine Harry Eyres Wine into Words: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language James M. Gabler

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