The Authors

Hugh Johnson

Hugh Johnson OBE[1] (born 1939) is a British author and expert on wine. He is considered the world's best-selling wine writer. He has been writing about wine since 1960 and is one of the wine world's most vocal opponents to awarding numerical scores to wine.

Jancis Robinson

Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW (born in Cumbria on April 22, 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website jancisrobinson.com. She also provides advice for Queen Elizabeth II's wine cellar.

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Flying winemakers are one expression of this local/global dichotomy. On one hand we are told wine is made in the vineyard on the other the world seems to moving towards standardised technology and methods.

New varieies seem to be flying around the world at a similar pace. As of November 2008 I reckon there are about 140-150 being used in Australia. Where do they all come from?

This is where you need some good maps, an atlas full of them in fact.

We know that Albarino is from Galicia, but where exactly is that?

And in just which part of Italy is Campania and Basilicata where the hot new variety Aglianico has spent the past couple of Millenia?

We will be hearing a lot about Tannat from Madiran in the next few years, but can you put your finger on Madiran on a map of France? Or is it in Spain?

The World Atlas of Wine is written by the world's most authoritative wine duo, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson MW. The clarity and detail of the maps remain core to the Atlas.

Each of the 200 maps has been thoroughly researched and updated, reflecting the happenings over the last six years in the world of wine, especially in the pages devoted to the New World.

New maps in this edition include

• Three new maps are being added to California (Rutherford, Oakville, Stags Leap)
• Three to Australia (Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Limestone Coast)
• Two to New Zealand (Central Otago, Martinborough)
• One for South Africa (Constantia)
• The South American section receives a complete revamp.

In Europe the dynamism of the new Old World is in evidence, with Sicily, the Douro, Greece and Germany all receiving extra pages.

In Spain, new kid on the block, Toro makes an appearance and Austria's vinous hotspots Wachau and Kremstel fall under the spotlight.

I refer to my Atlas on an almost daily basis. With new illustrations and photographs throughout, this will be the must-have book and reference work for all wine lovers and trade professionals.

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