Links & Books
Wine Education Links
International Sommelier Guildwww.internationalsommelier.com
Your one-stop spot for Vancouver area wine education and sommelier training.
www.finevintageltd.com
Wine and Spirit training for enthusiasts and industry professionals.
The world renowned WSET courses are now proudly offered at the UBC downtown campus by Fine Vintage Ltd in Vancouver. All courses are instructed by James Cluer MW and his expert team.
www.spainwines.es/en
Wine training with a focus on Spanish wines and Sherry. Classes are offered at locations worldwide.
Wine Critics, Writers & Magazine Links
Dr. Vinohttp://www.drvino.com/
An unbiased no BS reviews on wines and the wine business.
http://www.thewinedoctor.com/
Good bios on wineries, tasting notes and excellent producer profiles, worth
looking at.
http://www.sarahmarsh.com/
A good in depth look at Burgundy, producer profiles, primeur tastings, insight to the region, its people, politics and issues, subscription based.
www.jancisrobinson.com
Fine Writing on Fine Wine.
http://www.bourgogne-info.eu/
As of this writing, June1st, 2009, this is a new web site to me. From what I have seen a nicely laid out web site with good interviews with winemakers, restaurant recommendations, accommodations etc. This site is another layer of information you can add to your arsenal.
www.wineaccess.com/expert/tanzer
Allen Meadows, Burghoundwww.burghound.com
The definitive guide for Burgundy.
www.nataliemaclean.com
Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean, recently named the World's Best Drink Writer at theWorld Food Media Awards in Australia. There are no ads and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential. To sign up, visit their website.
www.decanter.com
A very well written, British-based wine magazine sold in over 92 countries, whose experts recommend over 4 000 wines a year to suit all budgets and tastes.
www.winespectator.com
An on-line magazine, but it offers on-line wine education as well.
Great Wine Books
There is rarely a week that passes that David Lancelot, 16 year member of the Marquis Wine Cellars' team, doesn't open one or two of the books listed below. If pressed to pick only two he would pick the World Atlas and the New France Book (the most informed opinionated and compelling wine book he has read).
- The Wines of Burgundy
(Clive Coates, 2008) - The Wine Bible
(Karen McNeil, 2004) - The Wild Bunch: Great Wines from Small Producers
(Patrick Matthews, 1997) - Virgile's Vineyard: A Year in the Languedoc Wine Country
(Patrick Moon, 2003) - A Wine and Food Guide to the Loire
(Jacqueline Friedrich, 1996) - Love by The Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage
(Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, 2002) - Wine & War: The French,The Nazis & The Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
(Don & Petie Kladstrup, 2001) - The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine
(Andrew Jefford, 2002)
"Perhaps my favourite book, it holds no bars and really explains what is going on in France", John Clerides - Adventures on The Wine Route: A Wine Buyers Tour of France
(Kermit Lynch, 1988) - The Wine Regions of Australia
(John Beeston, 2000)
Very serious with historical context. - American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine
(Paul Lukacs, 2000) - A Short History of Wine
(Rod Phillips, 2000) - Wine and The Vine: An Historical Geography of Viticulture and
the Wine Trade
(Tim Unwin, 1991 Scholarly) - Red Wine with Fish: The New Art of Matching Wine With Food
( David Rosengarten and Joshua Wesson, 1989) - The Taste of Wine: The Art and Science of Wine Appreciation
( Emile Peynaud, English Translation,1987) - A Century of Wine: The Story of a Wine Revolution
(General Editor Stephen Brook, 2000) - Vines Grapes and Wines
(Jancis Robinson, 1986) - Vintage The Story of Wine
(Hugh Johnson, 1989) - The World Atlas of Wine
(5th Edition - Hugh Johnson & Jancis Robinson, 2001)