This the second instalment of Paul O'Doherty's round-up of the 2014 book harvest, which began yesterday with Paul's reviews of the annuals and pocket guides. See this guide to our book reviews.
Alcohol
A History
Rod Phillips
University of North Carolina Press
£19/$30
While this book deals with alcohol in its widest context, there is still enough here to entertain a reader whose primary focus is on wine. Phillips, professor of history at Carleton University, the author of A Short History of Wine, and a wine columnist with the Ottawa Citizen, has put together an enthralling piece of...