2021 book reviews – Algeria, California and a step back in time

Academie du Vin On California book cover

The last group of books that arrived in 2021 is an eclectic bunch that not only roves from America to Africa but also includes a quartet of books written between 70 and 130 years ago and reprinted by Académie du Vin Library.

On California 
From Napa to Nebbiolo… wine tales from the Golden State 
Various contributors 
Published by Académie du Vin Library 
ISBN 9781913141202 
£30 

This is a collection of 39 essays, by 35 authors, written over a period of 50 years between 1971 and 2021, on the fourth-largest, in terms of volume produced, wine region in the world...