Books are an essential tool in appreciating wine in all of its dimensions: its physical pleasures, its rich history and its diversity.

While many wine books are simply “how-to's” and collections of tasting notes, the books we love are those that do so much more. Some give us a deep understanding of the people, traditions and terroirs that produce today's most individual wines. Others tell the store of notable wine pioneers: men and women who changed the course of wine history. Still others explore wine's place in civilization over time, bringing to life how wine was made and enjoyed in the past.

Every book on this site has been hand-selected out of the thousands of wine books that have been in print over the past half century-chosen for their beauty, rarity and their unique and invaluable perspectives.