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He has a kickstarter going now for a new product, “Wine Maps of the World.” This set of foldable maps blend cartographic precision with a good design aesthetic.

Steve DeLong has been making the latter for a decade now, blending his architect’s visual sensibility with his love and knowledge of wine. Many are available on the internet, but it is fun to really pore over a map in your hands, such as this World Atlas of Wine, or hang them on the wall.

There is really a ton of interest in wine maps. It’s useful to drill down from a country map, to a regional map and then even villages to let the staff and even some guests see where the wines come from. Ag and Natural Resources Extension Spotlight: Catherine DeLong. I use it all the time to show where wines hail from. Aude Watrelot, a wine specialist with ISUExtension, is interested in knowing more about. I consult to a restaurant where I put together the wine list and work with the staff. If you are trying to generally to learn more about wine and have a slightly more than casual interest, and are not looking for a edge-of-your-seat narrative, this is the one for you. Someone recently asked me what is the one wine book I would recommend: this is it. But, because of its breadth, it is often the first word for many readers, particularly on far-flung regions. Even with all this heft, it is admittedly not going to be the last word on any region. In all, it has 300,000 words, 230 maps, 400+ pages and weighs almost five pounds. The tome has added new areas of coverage such as the Savoie and the Judean Hills. Jancis and her team do the heavy lifting now and this eighth edition has been fully revised. The book gained a new lease on life when Jancis Robinson became a co-author in the fifth edition. Lifetime, he said, the volume has sold more than 5 million copies.

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Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The market shouted a reply: by 1973, the book had sold 500,000 copies. Buy Wine Maps of the World by Steve De Long (ISBN: 185) from Amazons Book Store. So he had to impress upon the publisher how wine and maps were a natural fit. He said that back in 1970, the publisher was unsure if a book of wine maps would really fly. He and Jancis Robinson were in town to promote the new edition of the World Atlas of Wine. “Wine is geography in a glass,” Hugh Johnson said recently.

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