Co-edited by the UK’s most distinguished wine writers, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, it’s filled with great writing and gorgeous, fine-detailed maps. Smart people who just don’t know much about cheese yet.” The wine book that comes closest to that ideal, but which will also appeal to the most serious of wine experts, is The World Atlas of Wine (£50, Mitchell Beazley). As science editor-turned-wine writer Jamie Goode puts it in his fun polemical primer to wine appreciation, The Goode Guide to Wine (£15.99, UCP), “Rather than Cheese for Dummies I want to read Cheese for Smart People. Which book rather depends on your oenophile’s level of interest – although it’s worth remembering that no beginner in any subject ever enjoys being patronised. Luna Beberide Mencía, Bierzo, Spain 2019 (£9.50, ) At Christmas, a wine book is second only to a bottle of grand cru as a longed-for present for the wine lover in your life.
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