Now in its 26th year of publication, this book offers up-to-date news on more than 6,000 wines, growers and regions. With comprehensive vintage information and recommended wines for current drinking, this is the only annual wine guide anyone really needs.

Hugh Johnson is the world's pre-eminent writer on wine. First published in 1977, his Pocket Wine Book sells hundreds of thousands of copies a year. Its winning formula of insight, critical appraisal of the world of wine, plus valuable vintage news and wine recommendations has been often-imitated but never bettered.