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Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine

8000 Years, 100 Bottles

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Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine

By: Oz Clarke
Narrated by: Oz Clarke
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Uncork a whole new take on the fascinating story of wine, captivatingly told by everyone’s favourite wine expert Oz Clarke.

This fully updated edition takes us through the riveting twists and turns of the history of winemaking all the way to the very latest trials and innovations of the present day…

Join Oz Clarke on a journey through the ages as he explores the places, the people and the bottles that have shaped the captivating history of wine.

Starting from the probable birth of a wine culture in ancient Georgia, Oz travels from 6000 BC through the fact and fiction of Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, and then along the winding trail right up to the latest innovations in winemaking today.

Packed with sparkling wit and charismatic storytelling, Oz shares more than a hundred fascinating tales and woven into these are probably a hundred more. From revered medieval monks to revolutionary discoveries, Oz paints a wonderfully vivid picture of the ever-evolving story of wine.

©2023 Oz Clarke (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Food & Wine Gastronomy Wine & Beverages Africa

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A wonderful tour de force by Oz Clarke through the history of wine making around the world. The book covers a vast amount of subject matter but in an easy to follow way - great for a beginner like me. Delivered with passion and joy by the author. It makes you want to start your own vineyard!

Great journey through the history of wine making

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I have to confess, I'm a big Oz Clarke fan having been to one of his wine tastings/talks - and what you get here is just like that... without the wine. He has a simply colossal knowledge of wine and its history and this all comes out in the audiobook in Oz's rich, sonorous tones. I dare say - and the publishers won't like this - but this is better than the physical book, because of the narration and the emphasis Oz can put on the text.
You don't have to be a wine buff to enjoy it, he takes the critical events in the history of winemaking and makes them thoroughly accessible. It would be a great Radio 4 series.
Sometimes you have audiobooks read by the author when you think, nice book but I wish they'd got an actor in. This is certainly not the case - in fact at times he sounds a little like the late Vivian Stanshall doing Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End. (also voice artist on Tubular Bells).
There's very few audio books I'd listen to twice (apart from learning French with Mark Frobose) but this is one of them

Oz paints his masterpiece

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A very uptodate not too technical read Gets behind some of the snobbery that comes with wine

Good informative read on a subject close to my heart

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Sped him up to 1.1 for the first few chapters which worked well. Content and performance exemplary. Loved the linear timeline.

Great for geeks

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Fun, engaging and very well read. I really enjoyed this and was a very entertaining listen.

Really fun journey through wine

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