The main reference wine books are:
Robinson, Jancis (ed.) 2006. The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3. edition (Hardcover, 840 pages). Oxford, Oxford University Press, www.oup.com Price: £23.99 www.amazon.co.uk Price: EUR 34,95 www.amazon.de
Johnson, Hugh / Robinson, Jancis 2007. The World Atlas of Wine, 6. edition (Hardcover). London, Mitchell Beazley - www.octopusbooks.co.uk/books/wine Price: £22.75 www.amazon.co.uk EUR 34,95 www.amazon.de
Schuster, Michael 2009. Essential Winetasting. The Complete Practical Winetasting Course (Revised editon). London, Mitchell Beazley. www.octopusbooks.co.uk/books/wine Price: £11.06 www.amazon.co.uk EUR 19,99 www.amazon.de
More about books: www.decanter.com/books/title-index.php , www.octopusbooks.co.uk/books/wine
More about tasting: www.tastings.com
Please check also my wine country and region pages for more recommended books and information!
Organic Wine:
- Hubert, Wolfgang 2007. Bioweine. Methoden, Winzer und Bezugsquellen. Die besten Produzenten und ihre Weine. München, Hallwag – Gräfe und Unzer.
- Hubert, Wolfgang / Reith, Heike 1992. Das große Buch der Bio-Weine. Herford, Verlag Busse Seewald.
Further valuable sources are
- Eichelmann, Gerhard / Römmelt, Wolfram 2008. Die besten Bio-Weine. Heidelberg, Mondo Verlag. http://mondo-heidelberg.de/
- Waldin, Monty 1999. Organic Wine Guide. London, Thorsons