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Charming, a splendid book, highly instructive, informative, and deliciously amusing... I laughed aloud. --Henry Blofeld. Graham Mitchell has been buying and selling wine for twenty years as a professional wine merchant. Known as the Wine Explorer, he noses his way around vineyards off the beaten track. He travels the world searching for the best wines, those with attitude and soul. Graham is the fourth generation in his family to toil in wine, so you could say that wine is in his blood! A Director of El Vino Company for six years, Graham subsequently followed his great grandfather s example and set up his own wine business. His passion for wine and wit led to a wine slot on BBC radio for eight years and much lecturing and writing about wine in the press. He also has a reputation as one of the better after dinner speakers in the UK, blending information with humour and thus leading his audience on an entertaining journey through the vineyards of the world. Graham lives with his wife Nicola, four children Ned, Harry, Ella and Bea and Clemmie the dog in, er, tranquil Warwickshire.
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Charming, a splendid book, highly instructive, informative, and deliciously amusing... I laughed aloud. --Henry Blofeld
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Graham Mitchell has been buying and selling wine for twenty years as a professional wine merchant. Known as the Wine Explorer , he noses his way around vineyards off the beaten track. He travels the world searching for the best wines, those with attitude and soul. Graham is the fourth generation in his family to toil in wine, so you could say that wine is in his blood! A Director of El Vino Company for six years, Graham subsequently followed his great grandfather s example and set up his own wine business. His passion for wine and wit led to a wine slot on BBC radio for eight years and much lecturing and writing about wine in the press. He also has a reputation as one of the better after dinner speakers in the UK, blending information with humour and thus leading his audience on an entertaining journey through the vineyards of the world. Graham lives with his wife Nicola, four children Ned, Harry, Ella and Bea and Clemmie the dog in, er, tranquil Warwickshire.
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- PublisherUniversity of Buckingham Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1908684429
- ISBN 13 9781908684424
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages150
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University of Buckingham Press, Buckingham
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ISBN 10: 1908684429
ISBN 13: 9781908684424
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK BIRO, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Helen, With very best wishes Graham'. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, small split to bottom front corner, not price clipped (£18.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 185pp. A book that explains the appreciation of wine, and how to discern its quality. The author, a true oenologist, leads us on a light hearted journey through the vineyards of the world, discovering and revealing the mysteries of wine. He also takes us behind the labels to explain the essential ingredients that make a good vintage as well as the main constituents of its character, concentration, intensity, balance, complexity and length. Henry Blofeld calls Mitchell "Indiana Jones with a corkscrew".in a glass of his own! Quite scarce signed. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 006486
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