{"id":2497,"date":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanleon.com\/2018\/10\/23\/five-essential-books-about-wine\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:19:32","slug":"five-essential-books-about-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanleon.com\/en\/five-essential-books-about-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Essential Books About Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any wine lover should have four or five books about wine in their library<\/strong>. Coffee table manuals you can always turn to in order to find the answers to those stumpers that have a habit of cropping up from time to time. Straightforward, useful books,<\/strong> full of knowledge and interesting facts. It\u2019s not easy to choose just a few, since the range is very wide and there are endless examples, but we\u2019re going to give it a try:<\/p>\n

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\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 vino con este pato?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a book on wine<\/strong> by Ferran Centelles<\/a><\/strong>, formerly a sommelier at elBulli<\/strong> and a real expert on the art of pairing<\/strong>. Available in Spanish, it\u2019s full of personal stories from the more than eight years he spent at the world\u2019s best restaurant<\/strong>, interspersed with more classic theories on pairing and enology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Manuel de viticulture<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This book by<\/strong> Alain Reynier<\/a><\/strong>, an agricultural engineer, enologist, and lecturer in the Faculty of Enology at Bordeaux, is essential for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the world of wine growing and enology<\/strong>. Available in French or Spanish, it\u2019s a must-read for any enology and viticulture student wanting a comprehensive insight into the world of wine, from soils, to cultural practices, to vineyard treatments.<\/p>\n