For links to all of Tam's reviews of wine books published in 2015, see this guide.
Tasting French terroir
The history of an idea
Thomas Parker
University of California Press
£24.95, $34.95
Warning note: I am writing this review before I have finished reading this book. My task to do the book reviews was rather last-minute and, between Rhône and Burgundy primeurs, has required all my speed-reading skills and quite a few late nights. This book, however, demands time, a quiet corner, an alert brain, and undivided attention (along with, quite possibly, a glass of lovely wine). So I...