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Jancis robinsons guide to wine grapes by jancis robinson. Wine grapes provides absolutely everything the connoisseur wants to know about the succulent, remarkable fruit that care, love, skill, and time transform into humankinds most beloved beverageand presents it all in a stunningly beautiful, gorgeously illustrated package. Jancis robinson has 49 books on goodreads with 8602 ratings. She started work in the uk wine trade in 2001, came top of the master of wine exams in 2004, and has been jancis robinsons fulltime assistant and associate palate since 2005. As a wine blogger, i was happy to receive my copy of jancis robinson s guide to wine grapes. She is the author of more than 10 books, including the oxford companion to wine. Maybe its only the 14thlargest wine producing country in the world and maybe it has only 103,000 ha 254,520 acres of vineyards, and maybe there are really just a handful of key grape varieties.
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