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Books 1 to 8 of 8 – Business & tourism

Michael Broadbent’s Pocket Vintage Wine Companion 
Recruited by Christie’s in 1966 to revive their wine auction business, he has, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘traded in and tasted a greater number of fine and rare wines than anyone else in the world.’ He has recorded his impressions of every wine he has ever tasted, now over 100,000 of them in 143 notebooks. His original Vintage Wine was published in 2002 and became a classic reference book for members of the wine trade and collectors worldwide. This pocket edition distils the best of Michael’s over fifty years’ knowledge of fine wine and covers wines that are being collected, consumed, traded and appreciated by wine enthusiasts in all corners of the globe. The tasting notes are written with Michael’s trademark wit and elegan

,  320 pp,  $38.99. Buy now

The Business of Spirits  by Noah Rothbaum
Walk into a liquor store today and you’ll be faced with an unprecedented variety of vodka, gin, whisky, cognac, rum and even tequila. In the past decade, the amount of spirits sold in bars, stores and restaurants has climbed nearly sixty percent. Celebrating the acumen of the businessmen and craftsmen responsible for this phenomenal sales growth, The Business of Spirits: How Savvy Marketers, Innovative Distillers, and Entrepreneurs Changed How We Drink, is a cocktail of history and insight into a rapidly growing industry. Journalist Noah Rothbaum takes readers from the cellars of Cognac, France, to the Scottish Highlands to the agave fields of Mexico to find out what’s now driving this age old industry. The book explores new production tech

,  208 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Wine and Society  by Steve Charters
Wine and Society: the cultural and social context of wine production and consumption looks at the relationship between wine production and marketing, focusing on consumer behaviour and cultural attitudes. Divided into four parts, it examines the context of wine production, the wine consumer and the social context of wine, discussing the following themes: That the core of wine production and consumption is shaped by historical, geographical and cultural factors. Wine production in European and new world are looking at the different kinds of producer and how the varying background of each shapes their perspective on what they produce. It includes the terroir and appellations: why demarcation and sense of place became important, how they are u

,  384 pp,  $130.95. Buy now

Wine Marketing  by C.Michael Hall
Looking at theory and research, this book focuses on the practicalities of wine marketing, and outlines the major issues involved in the production and marketing of wine. Each chapter includes the following features: ‘How to’ and ‘how not to’ case studies; a guide to further reading and websites; and ‘Issues to consider when marketing’ section.

Paperback,  256 pp,  $77.95. Buy now

Winery Technology and Operations: A Handbook for Small Wineries  by Yair Margalit
The original handbook for professional winemakers written by a professor of chemistry who is also a practicing winemaker. Everything you need to know from grape harvest to the bottling laboratory with practical charts and tables. Includes pre-harvest operations, sulfur-dioxide, skin contact, must corrections, yeast, cellar operations, fining, oak and aging, quality control, analysis of must and wine and specifics for setting up your wine lab. Ideal for students and cellar rats.

Hardback,  226 pp,  $41.95. Buy now

The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World  by Lawrence Osborne
Enchanting, delightful, entertaining, and, above all, down to earth, this wine book is like no other, as a journalist takes readers on a personal voyage through a little-known world

Paperback,  272 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

Wine: The 8,000-Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade  by Thomas Pellechia
The grape pre-dates humans, so it’s hard to know who discovered wine. However, archeological and other discoveries have made it easier to find this out since wine was used to meet spiritual needs. At least, this is the story that is usually told. But when civilization began about 8,000 years ago it didn’t take long for wine to move from an instrument of spirituality to a dominant economic power all it took was the development of trade. Thereafter, the life and death of certain cultures often depended upon the fortunes of wine trading. Wine may have even sparked the earliest wars. Presenting its history from a commercial perspective, Wine reveals how the historically powerful wine trade has been a catalyst in many important developments thro

,  248 pp,  $36.95. Buy now

Touring Texas Wineries: Scenic Drives Along Texas Wine Trails  by Thomas M. Ciesla, Stephen L. Moore and Regina M. Ciesla and others
This book combines a travel guide and reference work for the wine connoisseur who is interested in Texas’s 38 wineries, broken down into five separate, scenic drives

,  256 pp,  $27.95. Buy now