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The Story of Wine

From Noah to Now

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The Story of Wine

By: Hugh Johnson
Narrated by: Simon De Deney
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When first published in 1989, The Story of Wine won every wine award in the UK, and the USA. It is widely regarded as Hugh Johnson’s most ambitious and enthralling book. Writing it, according to Hugh, was like trying to get "a quart into a liqueur glass". It is not just one story but a collection of many, scanning the wine world from Noah to Napa, from Pompeii to Pomerol, as illuminating to our understanding of civilization as it is to our appreciation of wine.

Chronicling the making, merchandising, and drinking of wine through millennia, this new edition is fully updated to include Johnson’s view of the evolution of wine over the past 30 years. As historian Andrew Roberts says in his foreword: “The genius of The Story of Wine derives from the fact that it is an adventure story, full of mysteries, art, and culture."

©1989 Hugh Johnson (P)2022 Hugh Johnson Food & Wine Gastronomy Middle Ages Imperialism Africa United Kingdom Latin America Ancient History Middle East
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History and well explained story of wine !! Have also the print version !!😄Loved it .. excellent narration too !🙏

Amazing

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It is very good if you are interested in the history of wine. It does come across as a lecture throughout due to the sheer amount of information. The author occasionally skips around in time which makes it difficult to know where we are sometimes. Overall I did enjoy the book.

An Interesting Story

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It is a must for anyone interested in the timeline of wine. Incredibly detailed to the point that there might be a need to brush up on european history of european monarchies, wars and power struggles.

Fascinating and in depth

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by hugh johnson's world of trees it is the best simon please make it audible u did good.

i was drawn to this book

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The book promises to be good, however, the narration is terrible and makes it difficult to continue to listen. I had to stop after 15 to 20 minutes. The narrator seemed to be short of breath and him taking deep breaths between sentences was was not really a distraction, but also disrupted the continuity of the story.

The worst narration that I’ve ever heard

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Not what I expected at all. kept fast forwarding to the next chapter, but it was so had I had to stop.

BORING!!

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Monotonous title, more historical recital than wine focus. There is much to say about wine development for the last century instead of getting lost in history

Nothing to today wine world

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