Revised and updated by Oz, this new edition of The History of Wine in 100 Bottles includes five new entries and updates throughout, with a completely refreshed design this book is the perfect gift for any wine enthusiast. Winemaking is as old as civilization itself. For thousands of years, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its current status as a global industry, the history of wine has been directly related to major social, cultural, religious and economic changes. Oz Clarke takes a look at more than 100 bottles that mark an evolution in the story of wine, capturing the innovations and discoveries that have had the biggest impact along the way. Oz explores the flavours, the labels, the vineyards and the people who have influenced wine through the centuries from the medieval Cistercian monks of Burgundy, to scientists like Pasteur and Peynaud, who improved key technical aspects of winemaking and 20th-century giants like Robert Mondavi and Robert Parker Jr. Oz talks about famous vintages - from the 1727 Rüdesheimer Apostelwein to the first Montana Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc in 1979 and today's cult wines from Bordeaux and California - and discusses the impact of changing climate on winemaking around the world. These stories are told to make wine more alive, to bring wine's wonders closer to you, and also to make you think, to ask you to ponder wine's past - where it comes from; wine's present - where it is now; and wine's future - where it is going. Going from 6000BC and the probable birth of a wine culture in ancient Georgia, through the fact and fiction of Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome and then on along the fascinating cluttered trail right up to the trends and tribulations of now, Oz shares over a hundred stories, and woven into these tales are probably a hundred more about the rich history of 'bottled poetry'.

Gold title * More people than ever want to learn about different regions, tasting notes, and the origin of the wine they drink. An increasing number of people from all walks of life are now passionate about the story behind each bottle. (Club Vino) * Over a third of people (36%) are drinking more wine now than they were a year ago. Two out of three Generation Z and millennial consumers are drinking more wine now than this time last year, according to the new KAM wine consumer research study. (The Buyer, May 2022) * Barbara Drew MW of wine retailer Berry Bros. & Rudd has identified a shift in the profile of collecting customers in recent years, with a younger, more culturally diverse demographic of wine lovers taking 'an interest in investing in their future drinking and beginning to build their own cellar.' Competition: Wine Simple;Wine Folly;The Noble Rot Book;Wine Talk;Which Wine When;English Wine;The Wine Explorer;Pocket Wine;The Wine Bible;Wine Uncorked. Oz Clarke;Madeline Puckette;Lonely Planet;Hugh Johnson;Aldo Sohm;Graham Mitchell;Marnie Old;Karen MacNeil;Kenneth Frederickson;Justin Hammack;Noble Rot;Aldo Sohm.