Vintage: The Story of Wine.

JOHNSON, Hugh.

Item Number: 139886

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.

First edition of this classic work, limited edition from the Wine Literary Award, one of 250 examples. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with 200 color photographs, 20 four-color maps. Boldly signed by Hugh Johnson on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

From one of the preeminent writers on wine today, this lavishly illustrated volume contains a brilliantly told story of wine and civilization, from ancient Rome to the present. Combining extensive research and scholarship with wit and eloquence, Johnson traces the path of the grape from agricultural product to work of art.