Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2008

Simply the best concise wine reference and a model of how to marshal quantities of fact and evaluation into a compact volume. Every interested wine-drinker needs the latest edition every year.

Synopsis from Foyles.co.uk

This year's edition boasts up-to-date news on more than 6,000 wines, growers, and regions from world experts, with invaluable vintage information, peerless food and wine matching tips, as well as a personal review of the last three decades from the world's best-known wine writer. Maintaining the same authoritative tone and clarity of presentation that has come to characterise this classic, it also includes a special new full-colour feature on Italian wine. Hugh Johnson and his galaxy of expert contributors have refreshed the text more than ever to ensure that this book remains "the definitive annual guide to wine", offering the "most accessible and valuable advice available".