The Wines of France

Language English
Hardback 416 pages
Release date December 2000
ISBN 1891267140
Author(s) Clive Coates
Topics and Technologies Wine Drinking

During 20 years of buying wine for some of Britain's most prestigeous wine firms, Clive Coates visited all of the wine producing areas of France, tasted every single appellation, and was instrumental in introducing many new wines to the British market. The invaluable exaperience he gained makes him the ideal person to write about the wines of France, and above all, to do justice to the many fine, well worth drinking wines from lesser vineyards that he feels have been unjustly neglected in previous surveys of French wines. His aim boldly stated in the introduction, was to cover all the wines of France, a country that produces an unrivalled amount of good wine, and - ambitiously - to draw attention to all the best growers and their wines in every appellation. The result is a tour de force, both in scope and in the quality of Clive Coates' scholarship. A Master of Wine, he brings to the task a reputation for well-researched, authoritative writing that has been praised for its intelligent, informative approach.

Clive Coates