Few wine books can be called classics, but the first edition made publishing history when it appeared in 1971, and the work has since sold over five million copies. The ninth edition is the first since 2019 and includes eighteen brand new maps along with a thoroughly rewritten text that addresses the consequences of climate change, including the new wine growing regions appearing far up in northern Europe, and the sustainability initiatives being tried around the world. This time Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson are working together with map editor Julia Harding. If you're only going to own one heavyweight wine reference, this is it, and now it's relevant again too.
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
Language: English
First published: 1971, This ninth edition: 2026