Academie du Vin Library

When things turn out right for Bordeaux, as they frequently do, its wines are sublime. They inspire many thousands of tributes, from Samuel Pepys’ succinct reviews to the the most rhapsodic of Michael Broadbent’s tasting notes – in short, o

Widely acclaimed as Hugh Johnson’s longest, most ambitious and enthralling book, The Story of Wine is a book of enormous richness, a biography of wine. Winner of every wine award in the UK and USA, writing it, according to Hugh, was like tr

“Serge was so much more than a winemaker and the driving force behind Lebanon’s best-known winery.” Jancis Robinson MW • The fifth title from the Académie du Vin Library • Story of a world wine treasure: Chateau Musar’s red and white wines