The Complete Bordeaux Vintage Guide 1870-2020 breaks new ground in
wine publishing, being the first volume to cover in depth 150 years of
vintages and totally unique in its cultural scope. For wine lovers and
collectors this is the indispensable guide, not only for finding out
what happened in a particular season, but providing wider historical and
social context. Every single year is accompanied by one event or
milestone, one song or musical composition and one film that
encapsulates the spirit of the time as well as the world into which the
vintage was born. Wine writer Neal Martin offers a personal, witty take
on the traditional wine handbook, with notes on not just the growing
seasons, harvests and wines themselves, but cultural phenomena ranging
from Sherlock Holmes through Casablanca to Beyoncé. Innovative, inspired
and addictively dip-in-able, The Complete Bordeaux Vintage Guide is an
essential addition to your bookshelf as well as your cellar.