 | The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition by Tom Stevenson
Buy used from: $19.70 This is probably the most important wine book to have. If you know everything in here you are a long way down the path.
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 | World Atlas of Wine: The Greatest Courses and How They Are Played (World Atlas of Wine) by Hugh Johnson
Buy new: $32.85 / Used from: $36.58 A big part of understanding wine is knowing the geography and this is the best resource available.
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 | Wine Report 2007 (Wine Report) by Tom Stevenson
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $1.71 The best way for professionals to stay abreast of the important news from around the world. Not for the casual reader.
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 | What to Drink with What You Eat: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea - Even Water - Based on Expert Advice from America's Best Sommeliers by Andrew Dornenburg
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $19.56 This is an incredibly useful tool for matching food with wine. The theory is very good and the resources they consulted are outstanding. It's a fun read too.
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 | Sales and Service for the Wine Professional by Brian Julyan
Buy used from: $32.99 If you took the Court Intro course you should have this. It is the standard on service the Court way. Know it from cover to cover.
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 | Terroir: The Role of Geology, Climate, and Culture in the Making of French Wines (Wine Wheels) by James E. Wilson
Buy new: $40.18 / Used from: $44.99 Why the rocks make the wine.
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 | The World's Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective by Robert M. Parker
Buy new: $47.25 / Used from: $21.83 It's an attractive coffee table book but it also has excellent profiles of the top estates of the world that are very useful.
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 | Food Lover's Companion, The (Barron's Cooking Guide) 3rd Edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst
Buy used from: $2.14 Culinary school in pocket form. Great for deciphering chef terms for sauces and cooking techniques.
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 | The New Wine Lover's Companion by Ron Herbst
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.74 great portable resource for looking up useful facts on the fly. Use it until it falls apart then buy another one.
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 | Oz Clarke's New Wine Atlas: Wines and Wine Regions of the World by Oz Clarke
Buy new: $47.25 / Used from: $11.97 Another excellent atlas with really good maps that show the topography of the regions.
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 | World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine, Revised and Updated Edition by Tom Stevenson
Buy used from: $151.95 The definitive resource for sparkling wine.
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 | Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France by Kermit Lynch
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $4.08 inspiration for why we do this and love it.
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 | Wines of Italy: Il Gusto Italiano del Vino by Patricia Guy
Buy new: $26.60 / Used from: $13.00 very interesting book that goes into the many (hundreds) different grapes that make Italian wine. The grapes, where they grow, what they are called and what they taste like. It's not a travel book like Vino Italiano but it's very useful if you love Italian wine.
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 | Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy by Joseph Bastianich
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $13.75 The default book on Italian wine, mostly due to lack of competition. It's fun to read and if you know nothing about Italian wine you'll learn a lot. Not as useful for devoted Italophiles.
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