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Tom Stevenson
Tom Stevenson (born 1951) is a British wine writer and critic. Stevenson is regarded as an expert on Champagne and Alsace wine. He has written 23 books. Career Stevenson began writing for Decanter magazine in 1981, and during the mid-1980s he started ''The Sunday Telegraph Good Wine Guide''. By 1991 was also writing for Wine & Spirit. Stevenson's 1986 book ''Champagne'' and 1993 book '' The Wines of Alsace'' were very positively received. The former exposed the practice of In 1998, he wrote '' Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine.'' This book published a 17th-century document for the first time proving the English used the secondary fermentation process before the French were claimed to have invented champagne, although describing this as the British invented champagne has been criticised as unscholarly. Stevenson's '' The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia,'' first published in 1988, had sold 750,000 copies in more than a dozen languages as of 2011. Despite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia
''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'' is a reference work on wine written by Tom Stevenson and published since 1988 by Dorling Kindersley, selling over 600,000 copies in 14 languages.''The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia'', 2007 edition ''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'' has a stated aim to map and describe "every appellation, official and unofficial",''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'', 2005 edition of which there were more than 4,000 in total by 1997,''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'', 1997 edition making it an industry standard wine reference and required reading for the Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and Cape Wine Master examinations. The contents include hard data, technical information, tables and ancillary explanations are compartmentalized from the flow of mainstream text, with profiles of nearly 2,000 wineries, and recommendation of more than 6,000 producers. Frequently compared to ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'', ''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'' along with ''The Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Patrick Comiskey
Patrick Comiskey is an American wine critic and a senior correspondent for ''Wine & Spirits'', chief critic for non-California domestic wines, and writes about wines of California, Oregon and Washington.zesterdaily.coPatrick Comiskey Comiskey contributes regularly to ''Los Angeles Times'' and '' Zester Daily'', and has been published in various periodicals such as ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''Food & Wine''Comiskey, Patrick, ''Food & Wine'' (October 2007)Sommeliers: The New Party Essentials/ref> and ''Bon Appétit''.wineandspiritsmagazine.coOur critics Comiskey has bachelor's degrees in English and psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a master's degree from Brown University. He is a former sommelier. In June 2010 it was reported he is writing a book about the American Rhône-movement.Asimov, Eric, ''The New York Times'' (June 1, 2010)Is There Still Hope for Syrah?/ref> Comiskey's book, '' American Rhone: How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drink,' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Christie's
Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shanghai, and Dubai. It is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François Pinault. In 2022 Christie's sold US$8.4 billion in art and luxury goods, an all-time high for any auction house. On 15 November 2017, the ''Salvator Mundi (Leonardo), Salvator Mundi'' was sold at Christie's in New York for $450 million to Saudi Prince Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud, List of most expensive paintings, the highest price ever paid for a painting. History Founding The official company literature states that founder James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie (1730–1803) conducted the first sale in London on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766. However, other sources note that James Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Essi Avellan
Essi Avellan (born 1975) is a Finnish sparkling wine expert, wine writer and wine competition judge. In 2006, she became the first Finn to be awarded the qualification Master of Wine. Biography Avellan was born in 1975. She holds a Master of Science degree in Business Administration. While studying for the degree, she became interested in wine working at a Finnish owned château in Bordeaux. She was the editor of FINE Champagne magazine 2007-2019, releasing the first edition in March 2007. Since 2013, she has updated the ''Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine'' with Tom Stevenson. In his review of the 2019 edition, author Jamie Goode described Avellan's palate as "acclaimed," having a preference for purity and wine produced in an anaerobic environment. He notes she penalises wines with signs of Wine fault#Oxidation, oxidisation or "quirks." Stevenson has described her as "the most naturally gifted Champagne taster I have seen." As of 2015 she had taugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tony Jordan (winemaker)
Anthony Douglas Jordan (28 May 1944 – 27 August 2019) was an Australian winemaker and Oenology, oenologist. In the 1970s, Jordan, along with winemaker Brian Croser developed the oenology program at what is now Charles Sturt University. He later founded the wine consultancy Oenotec with Croser. For most of his career, Jordan worked for LVMH, Moët-Hennessy, establishing and managing wineries around the world, including Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley. In his retirement, he scouted the location for the Ao Yun winery. Throughout his life, Jordan was deeply involved in the Australian wine industry and judged numerous wine competitions both nationally and internationally. Jordan was very influential on the Australian wine industry. Early life and education Jordan was born in Perth, Australia on 28 March 1944, as the first of three children to Doug and Mary Jordan. He had two younger sisters, Maria and Frances. His father, Doug, was one of Australia's leading bookmakers. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke is an Australian wine writer and critic. Hooke is the Chair of the Vin de Champagne Awards and judge of the Australian Winemaker of the Year. He tastes wines blind and writes for ''The Real Review'', ''Decanter'' and ''Gourmet Traveller Wine'', ''Sydney Morning Herald''. Hooke judges about ten wine competitions a year in Australia, New Zealand, Italy and other countries. Life and career Hooke's career in wine started in 1983. Today he is known for his reviews in the ''Gourmet Traveller Wine'' magazine and his weekly wine section in the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' Good Living section. In 2011 Hooke started his own website and mobile app, which contain all of his tasting notes. In 2016 he and Bob Campbell MW became the Principal Wine Writers for ''The Real Review'', a wine review website focussing on Australian and New Zealand wines. Hooke chairs Australia’s Wine List of The Year, is the founding chairman of the Boutique Wine Awards and judges about 10 competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Financial Times
The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei, Inc., Nikkei, with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, Pearson plc, Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for Pound sterling, £844 million (US$1.32 billion) after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions. In 2023, it was reported to have 1.3 million subscribers of which 1.2 million were digital. The newspaper has a prominent focus on Business journalism, financial journalism and economic analysis rather than News media, generalist reporting, drawing both criticism and acclaim. It sponsors an Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, annual book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in Compact (newspaper), compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, ''The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an Website, online site and Mobile app, app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
