This book is essential reading for all wine enthusiasts. It is also an unrivaled reference for dealers or collectors.
"Robin Butler’s new book is a wonderful guide and compendium to the fascinating physical evidence of all this that lies around us today, still as useful (much of it) and beautiful (some of it) as ever. The objects themselves are fascinating – and increasingly valuable. The explanations and anecdotes that surround them, and sometimes the identities of their makers and their original owners, all add up to a rich and vivid chapter of our social history."
Extract from foreword by Hugh Johnson
- 288 large format pages
- Full colour throughout
- Over 700 images
- Soft back cover with dust jacket
- Hardboard presentation slipcase
- Special ‘lay flat’ binding
- For both antiques beginner and connoisseur alike
- Emphasis on practicality for wine lovers
- 15 chapters including:
- Bottles
- Bin Labels
- Corkscrews
- Tasters
- Coolers
- Funnels
- Decanters
- Wine Jugs
- Labels
- Coasters
- Glasses
- Fakes & Forgeries
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“This book is recommended for the Christmas stocking of every wine lover in the country.”
John P Smith, Glass Circle Chairman
“Absolutely brilliant and fascinating.”
Michael Broadbent MW
“Butler’s impressive new publication contains sizeable, well-illustrated sections to interest furniture historians and collectors.”
Christopher Claxton Stevens, The Furniture History Society Journal