Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine: The perfect gift for every wine lover

by Oz Clarke

Uncork a whole new take on the fascinating story of wine, captivatingly told by everyone’s favourite wine expert Oz Clarke.

This fully updated edition takes us through the riveting twists and turns of the history of winemaking all the way to the very latest trials and innovations of the present day…

Join Oz Clarke on a journey through the ages as he explores the places, the people and the bottles that have shaped the captivating history of wine.

Starting from the probable birth of a wine culture in ancient Georgia, Oz travels from 6000 BC through the fact and fiction of Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, and then along the winding trail right up to the latest innovations in winemaking today.

Packed with sparkling wit and charismatic storytelling, Oz shares more than a hundred fascinating tales and woven into these are probably a hundred more. From revered medieval monks to revolutionary discoveries, Oz paints a wonderfully vivid picture of the ever-evolving story of wine.

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 9, 2023

Reviews

[Mia Caven]

An interesting, educational & witty perspective on wine

[Ed Wells]

Genuinely outstanding fun. A great, lighthearted journey through significant wines, places, people and ideas.

[Matthew Barker]

Full of fun facts about everything to do with wine. Thought it came to a rather abrupt end, but thoroughly enjoyable.

[Joe Mallabone]

nice to hear oz clarke’s voice again, good audiobook for falling asleep on a plane or bus

[Vassilena]

I may have gone in there looking for a different book. I liked Clarke's writing style, but I found some of these story way too short to provide any value. I can assume that people unfamiliar with the background of some of these stories, such as the wine scammers of the late 90s and early 2000s, would feel terribly confused. I'd have preferred 50 or even 20 stories that dive way deeper, especially for things like the story of bottle stoppers.

I'd have given it a 3 if it wasn't a subject I'm really interested in right now and if I didn't know Clarke's style is really, really good.