Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine : 50 Years of Tasting the World's Finest Wines

About this book

The half-century of Michael Broadbents wine trade experience has seen unprecedented change throughout the wine world. Published to coincide with his 75th birthday and a celebration of 50 years in the wine trade this book concentrates on the wines which are now in universal high-level demand those that are being collected consumed and traded by vast and increasing numbers in all corners of the globe. More selective than his earlier works this book features personal reflection as well as specific opinion. Years of cellars visited and pillaged for sale at Christies involving the checking and packing of dust and grime-laden bottles in distinctly dank and chilly conditions plus the jet-set auctions around the world the legendary tastings and the society events have yielded a store of vinous anecdote and amusement as well as an extensive wine-tasting record.