JEREMY WATSON

The new generation of Spanish wines, which are recognised now as being amongst the best in the world, has resulted from the combination of two essential factors: on the one hand, the sound tradition and experience of winemaking in Spain; on the other hand, the latest technology and practices that have been adopted during the past thirty years, both in vineyards and wineries. This has given place to a wine revolution without precedent which Jeremy Watson has witnessed at first hand. English wine writer devoted to Spain, Watson is the former Director of Wines from Spain in Britain. In this outstanding book, he offers an exhaustive examination of Spain's wine industry. He first explains the main viticulture and vinification factors that have influenced the transformation and creation of new styles of traditional and modern wines. After that, he describes the 64 Spanish Denominations of Origin and profiles on more than 350 Bodegas with over 750 wines carefully selected and commented. This is definitely an exceptional, value-added book, backed by 74 specially commissioned maps and 500 mostly original photographs and illustrations covering vineyards and Bodegas throughout the country.

La nueva generación de vinos españoles, reconocidos hoy entre los mejores del mundo, es fruto de la conjunción de dos factores fundamentales: por un lado, la sólida tradición vitivinícola de España, y por otro, las mejoras tecnologicas que en los ultimos treinta años se han introducido tanto en los viñedos como en las bodegas. Todo ello, ha dado lugar a una revolucion sin precedentes de la que Jeremy Watson ha sido testigo de excepcion. Residente en España y gran conocedor de sus vinos, Watson fue director de Vinos de España del ICEX en Londres. En este esplendido libro, hace un examen exhaustivo de la situacion. Primero, explica los principales factores vitivinicolas que han influido en la transformacion de las bodegas y viñedos, y la consiguiente aparicion de vinos de nuevo estilo, clasicos y modernos, en España. Luego, describe con detalle las 64 D.O. españolas, asi como los Vinos de la Tierra, con mas de 350 bodegas y 750 vinos cuidadosamente seleccionados y comentados. Todo ello, con el apoyo inestimable de 74 mapas de todas las zonas vinicolas y mas de 500 fotografias exclusivas que hacen de este libro lujosamente editado un documento de enorme valor.

A very old great uncle passed, and it fell on me to clean out his apartment. He was a diarist all his life. I threw the twenty-some hardcover diaries in the trash. As I did so, one flipped open, and I just caught, out of the corner of my eye, the word "nackt," which means "naked" in English.Being a typical, red-blooded American male, my curiosity got the best of me, and so I started reading that diary. What I found was so fascinating that I took all the other books out of the trash and browsed through them.One book, in particular, caught my attention so completely that I sat and read for an hour before continuing to clear out the apartment.