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“Oz Clarke’s Wine Atlas” shows where, why and how vines are grown and wines are produced around the world. It illustrates and explains the vital connection between the land, the winemaker and his wine and shows how the landscape, as well as the skills of the winemaker, contribute to the extraordinary range of flavours found. Originally published in 1995, this new edition has been completely revised and updated with Oz Clarke’s latest opinions about the world of wine. New and updated maps and completely new colour photography detail the development of countries such as Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, for example, which have shot to prominence since the first edition. The 3-D maps of the world’s most important and up-and-coming vineyard areas are accompanied by detailed key maps giving information on wine areas, classification systems, leading wine villages and top chateaux.

“Oz Clarke’s Wine Atlas” is a unique approach to the world of wine. The aim of this Atlas is simply to transport you right into the heart of the world’s great vineyard areas – something that no wine book has ever attempted before. We have achieved this by providing a grand aerial tour using breathtaking panoramic landscape maps. Here, uniquely, the reader has a bird’s eye view of the world’s top wine villages and vineyards and their surroundings as they really are. There are no symbols or contour lines to interpret: the vineyards are simply laid out in all their three-dimensional glory. And to top it all there’s Oz Clarke’s award-winning prose.

Now fully revised and updated, expanded to 336 pages, with all maps adjusted to show the very latest vineyard plantings, this new edition of “Oz Clarke’s Wine Atlas” takes the reader on an unparalleled tour of the great wine regions of the world. Six completely new panoramic maps offer unrivalled coverage of up-and-coming new wine regions (in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, California, Australia and elsewhere).

Review: Great way to get a better understanding of the topography of different wine regions. Really helps if you haven’t been fortunate enough to visit these places.