I just bought the "The Wine Bible" by Karen MacNeil. I found it to be a very good book and well worth the delivered price of about $17 (Amazon).
It covers a lot of the world's wines and wine-growing regions, but I would like to find a similar book that covers only domestic wines.
Could anyone recommend such a book?
Bob, Domestic meaning US or North American? I like the older ones from Adams or Lichine or Schoonemaker but a lot has changed in the last 40 years. Most libraries have them.
Hugh Johhson, Oz Clark and Janice Robinson all are writing contemporary books that have some nice info. If you have a Half Price Books in your area they are usually swimming in books like this in the food section and you can check them out before you buy. (I have the one you mentioned too, it's a nice general overview.) I have at least
50, maybe closer to 100 wine related books. Tell me specifically what you want to get out of it and I may be able to recommend something; I travel a bit and check out used bookstores when I have extra time.Joe
These seem to be books written by professional tasters about commercial wines! As this is a winemaker's site, surely the wine bibles should be those that contain recipes to make wine. In this case, my wine bible must be CJJ Berry's First Steps in Winemaking - simple, to the point, unpretentious!!
enjoy!
Well, of course they are, so is the Wine Bible referred to in the original post. I have that book; I was just answering the question asked. If you want contemporary winemaking info I would get Lum's book off the Internet or refer to Ben Rotters site. Recipes galore can be found at Jack Keller's site and all are free.
Joe
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