Book reviews 2017 – fizz part 1

The first of our end-of-year book reviews starts, perhaps fittingly, with champagne (also surveyed in today's tasting article). And in a sort of ironic reflection of champagne, we have everything here from light aperitif style to pretty serious, intellectual stuff. Look out for tomorrow's book reviews on the more weighty champagne tomes. For the rest of our book reviews, scheduled to run over the next three weeks, see Book reviews 2017 – a guide.