ISBN10: 1909108286, ISBN13: 9781909108288, [publisher: Pavilion/JSNewMedia/Pol Roger Ltd] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 1909108286, ISBN13: 9781909108288, [publisher: Pavilion/JSNewMedia/Pol Roger Ltd] Hardcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
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2013 Pavilion Books / JS New Media / Pol Roger Ltd. 0 1st Edition Hardcover Near Fine. No Jacket Book. Signed by Author(s) Clean hardcover first edition, first printing, SIGNED by the Editor. Clean white paper-covered boards decorated with drippy lines, wine glass. No bumping or soiling, scratch to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Inscribed and signed by editor on fixed front endpaper: Dear Alan, Fair Wells with loyal heart thy daughters ever sing...Lovely to see you-best wishes for a healthy and happy 2014. -Jennifer Segal." No other names or marks. All pages and edges are clean. Wonderfully illustrated throughout with photographs. 256 pages with Index. A delightful history of the oldest contest of its kind, started in 1953 by the legendary Harry Waugh of John Harvey & Sons. It is a contest between Oxford and Cambridge varsity wine clubs which has fostered the careers of many leading members of the wine trade and press and cultivated fine wine enthusiasts internationally. To celebrate this iconic rivalry, its history over six decades is here documented through a lavishly illustrated collection of special contributions and vivid oral histories.

ISBN10: 1909108286, ISBN13: 9781909108288, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom] Softcover I trawled through the University Handbook trying to locate an activity that was a) cheap and b) would render me irresistible to women. And then I saw it. The Oxford University Wine Circle: GBP2 a term, four tastings. I would be a wine taster - suave, elegant, worldly . Nirvana beckoned. Oz Clarke, Pembroke College, Oxford University blind wine-tasting competitor 1970, 1971 2013 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Oxford & Cambridge Varsity Blind Wine-Tasting Competition. Started in 1953 by the legendary Harry Waugh of John Harvey & Sons, the competition has been sponsored by Champagne Pol Roger since 1992. The oldest contest of its kind, the tasting match has fostered the careers of many leading members of the wine trade and press, including a number of Masters of Wine, and has cultivated fine wine enthusiasts internationally and encouraged the discipline of blind wine tasting, a notoriously difficult feat. To celebrate this iconic rivalry - rife with politics, subterfuge, camaraderie and enduring friendships - its history over six decades has now been documented, through a lavishly illustrated collection of special contributions and vivid oral histories. With contributions from notable blind wine-tasting competitors and competition judges including: Robert M Parker Jr; Harry Waugh; Hugh Johnson OBE; Jancis Robinson OBE MW; David Peppercorn MW; Serena ...