I’ve enjoyed these wine books over the years, as well as some wonderful food books. Perhaps you have a wine book library, too, and can discover a new one here. Enjoy!
Wine Books & More I’ve enjoyed reading over the years
and I highly recommend every one of them
NOVELS
Brut Force ~ Peter Stafford-Bow
Corkscrew ~ Peter Stafford-Bow
Cucina Tipica ~ Andrew Cotto
Firing Blancs ~ Peter Stafford-Bow
Red Mountain ~ Boo Walker
Root Cause ~ Steven Laine
The Charlemagne Connection ~ R.M. Cartmel
The Richebourg Affair ~ R.M. Cartmel
Vertical ~ Rex Pickett
Vintage 1954 ~ Antoine Laurain
White With Fish, Red With Murder ~ Harley Mazuk
RESOURCES
A Companion to California Wine ~ Charles Sullivan
A Concise Guide to Wine Grape Clones for Professionals ~ John Caldwell
A Perfect Score ~ Craig and Katheryn Hall
A Zentrepreneur’s Guide ~ Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold
Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers ~ Joseph Mills ~ ©2008
Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers, Second Edition~ Joseph Mills ~ ©2015
Been Doon So Long ~ Randall Grahm
Bioscapes of Wine ~ Dr. Sondra Barrett
Blinders ~ Michael Amon
Bourbon Curious ~ Fred Minnick
Bourbon Curious, Second Edition ~ Fred Minnick
Buy the Right Wine Every Time ~ Tom Stevenson
Celebrity Vineyards ~ Nick Wise
Concannon: The First One Hundred and Twenty Five Years ~ Tim Patterson and Jim Concannon
Cork Dork ~ Bianca Bosker
Corked Wine: A father. A daughter. The wine trip to end all wine trips ~ Kathryn Borel
daring pairing ~ Evan Goldstein
Divine Vintage ~ Randall Heskett and Joel Butler MW
DRINK PINK: A Guide to the World’s Best Rosés ~ by Larry & Ann Walker
Drink This: Wine Made Simple ~ Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Drinking with the Democrats ~ Mark Will-Weber
Drinking with the Republicans ~ Mark Will-Weber
Evolution of a Wine Drinker ~ Alicia Bien
First Big Crush: It’s a dirty love affair ~ Eric Arnold
Food & Wine ~ Wine Guide 2010 ~ A Pocket Resource for the Person Who Loves Wine
Food & Wine Guide ~ Jamal A. Rayyis
Fruit Aging ~ Tom Pinkson
Georgian Wine Guide (2012) ~ Malkhaz Kharbedia
Good, Better, Best Wines ~ Carolyn Evans Hammond
good wine – the new basics ~ Richard Paul Hinkle
Gracianna ~ Trini Amador
Grape Pest Management ~ UC Davis, SRJC required required for course study, Viticulture 101
Grapes Grow Sweet ~ Tessa DeCarlo
Great Wines of America ~ Paul Lukacs
Have you ever thought about Making Your Own Wine at Home? ~ Lori Stahl
How to Import Wine, An Insider’s Guide ~ Second Edition ~ Deborah M. Gray
How to Import Wine, an Insiders Guide ~ Deborah M. Gray
In Search of Bacchus ~ Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism ~ George M. Tabor
In Vino Duplicitas – The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire ~ Peter Hellman
Into the Earth ~ A Wine Cave Renaissance ~ Daniel D’Agostini with Molly Chappellet
Kendall-Jackson’s “small plates perfect wines” is a perfect cookbook
Living in Portugal ~ Anne de Stoop
Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt ~ Mark Will-Weber
Napa at Last Light ~ James Conaway
New Classic Winemakers of California ~ Steve Heimoff
Oldman’s Brave New World of Wine ~ Mark Oldman
Oldman’s Guide to Outsmarting Wine ~ An intoxicating wine book to treasure ~ Mark Oldman
Old Napa Valley: The History to 1900 ~ Lin Weber
Opportunity of Circumstance ~ Dan Gustafson
Opus Vino ~ Jim Gordon
Passions – The Wines and The Travels of Thomas Jefferson ~ James M. Gabler
Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy ~ Sergio Esposito
Romancing the Grape – Relationship Selling for Hospitality Professionals ~ Lynda R. Paulson
Rosé Wine ~ Jennifer Ssimonetti Bryan MS
Spectacular Wineries of Napa Valley ~ Panache
Spinning the Bottle, Again ~ Paul Franson and Harvey Posert
Swallow This, Mark Phillips
Tangled Vines ~ Frances Dinkelspiel
Tasting The Past ~ Kevin Begos
The Booklovers’ Guide to Wine ~ Patrick Alexander
The Carmenere Wines of Chile from the Cachapoal Valley ~ Mariana Martinez and Rafael Guilisasti, Photography by Sara Mathews
The Curious World of Wine ~ Dr. Richard Vine
The Diabetic Wine Lovers Guide ~ by Theodore Berland
The Essence of Wine ~ Alder Yarrow
The Everything Guide to Wine ~ Peter Alig
The Finest Wines of California ~ Stephen Brook
The First Global Village ~ How Portugal Changed the World ~ Martin Page
The Guide to Wine Grape Clones ~ John Caldwell
The New York Times Book of Wine: More Than 30 Years of Vintage Writing ~ Howard G. Goldberg
The Ohio Wine Industry ~ Patricia Latimer
The Psychology of Wine ~ Evan Mitchell and Brain Mitchell
The Secret of Altamura ~ Dick Rosano
The Secrets of My Life: Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy ~ Peter M. F. Sichel
The Simple & Savvy Wine Guide ~ Leslie Sbrocco
The University Wine Course ~ Marian W. Baldy, PhD, required for course study at SRJC, Enology 101
The Wine & Beer Maker’s Year ~ Roy Ekins
The Wild Vine ~ Todd Kliman
Passions – The Wines and The Travels of Thomas Jefferson ~ James M. Gabler
To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle ~ George M. Taber
The Wines of Long Island ~ José Moreno-Lacalle
Using Wine to Make Sense of The World ~ Elliot Essman
Vertical ~ Rex Pickett
Vineyard – Sonoma County ~ George Rose
W(h)ine ~ Jennifer Todryk
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course’s Latest Edition ©2018 ~ Kevin Zraly
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course ©2011 ~ Kevin Zraly
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course ©2006 ~ Kevin Zraly
Wine Bible ~ Karen MacNeil
Wine Components ~ Alder Yarrow
Wine Folly: Magnum Edition of the Master Guide ~ Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack
Wine for dummies, 7th Edition ~ Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan
Wine in Words, Notes for Better Drinking ~ Lettie Teague
Wine Marketing Online ~ Bruce McGechan
Wine’s Hidden Beauty ~ Sondra Barrett PhD
Wines of South American ~ Evan Goldstein MS
Wines of the Southern Hemisphere ~ Mike Desimone & Jeff Jensesn
Food books I’ve had the joy of reading
Baked Doughnuts For Everyone ~ Ashley McLaughlin
Fialho ~ Alberto and Amor Fialho
Gluten-Free Entertaining ~ Olivia Dupin
Pairing Fusion Food in the Vegan Kitchen with delicious wines ~ Joni Marie Newman
The Kitchen Pantry Cookbook is essential for any wine and food lover ~ Erin Coopey
I am new to the wonderful world of wine. I recently became an Independent Wine Consultant with The Traveling Vineyard – could you recommend a good beginner read book about wine?
Thanks!
Andrea Jackson
Andrea, the best book to start with is Wine For Dummies.. My starter book 20 years ago. It’s would still be very relevant. It just lays it out so perfectly.
Jo
Did you ever get around to my book with Dr Randall Heskett- Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age [ISBN: 978-0230-11243-8]? It is a good read, and one of the only books that considers wines in the modern “ancient” world in conjunction with an historical consideration of ancient wine (styles) and attitudes, among other things. It is not a religious book, by any means!
joel
Joel, I’m sending you an email.