Speaking of terroir, wine books are often organized around places, grapes or people. It’s more a once-over-lightly juxtaposition of soil types and wine characteristics, along with a look at the grapes that thrive in each type of soil and suggestions of wine producers to seek out. Wine books tend to find their audience among wine lovers or those interested in becoming so. Mr. Koch became a litigious crusader against wine fraud after he was victimized by wine con men like Mr. Kurniawan and Hardy Rodenstock, who once sold Mr. Koch bottles supposedly owned by Jefferson. Ms. Anson, a contributing editor at Decanter, the British wine magazine, briefly outlines these agricultural and winemaking philosophies and offers capsule profiles of wine producers and their bottles.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2017 16:41 UTC