In the original dust jacket. Maroon cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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For conditions, please view our photographs. An original book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. This is the authoritative post-war study of German viticulture. A true snapshot in time. 

Jack founded the Michelin Guide ‘Midsummer House’- Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. 

This edition was acquired by Jack’s distinguished parents, Ruth and Herbert Lang.

199 pages; 10 p. Index; Reference works, 4 pages; illustrated with 91 photos and 10 maps; map endpapers; introduction by T.A. Layton; this is a thorough popular treatise on the wine industry in Western Germany (circa 1950), from the north around Bonn to the Rhine’s north bank opposite Switzerland. Areas covered include: History of German Viticulture, how wine is made from grape harvest to blending; Nomenclature; Kinds of Vine & their diseases; How to judge wines, tasting; how to drink it, when (with what food, etc); a Wine Journey through thirteen districts along the Rhine (or in that river’s tributaries)–area wines, towns and countryside are described in some detail (in words, maps and photos); this is the core of the book, taking up about 70 pages; Vintages, Wine Festivals and German food have sections, and everything you may have dreamed of knowing about German wines can be found in the nine Appendices. Our author says he was born in one of the areas he describes, and I believe it, for this little book is one detailed, logical and precise Germanic wine book.