6.- BEST BOOK ON MATCHING FOOD AND WINE

Books about matching food and wine continue to progress. They are very much in demand, in all countries. It is a rather recent trend, which started with the end of last century.

2001 Sweden – Jens Delk, Liselotte Forslin (Kakao)

2002 France – Lenotre et Olivier Poussier (Solar)

Germany – (Deutsches Wein Institut)

2003 Canada – D and C Duby (Douglas McIntyre)

2004 Canada – Jacques Orhon (Edition de L’Homme)

2005 Singapore – Emmanuel Stroobant (Marshall Cavendish)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

1.- ARGENTINA

Maridaje Vinos y Comidas

 Vinos Argentinos – Cocina Internacional

 Blas Ramos Saubidet

 (Imaginador – Argentina)

In Spanish and French you marry food and wine. Here it is Argentinian wines with international cuisine.

2.-FRENCH – FRANCE

Accords Mets et Vins

 Un Seul Vin de l’Entrée au dessert

 Evelyne Malnic et Odile Pontillo

 Préface de Georges Lepré

 Photographies Recettes: Pierre Louis Viel

 Photographies Vin: Pascal Boy

 Stylisme: Catherine Nicolas

 (Le Savour Club-Solar)

 The concept of this book is interesting, with one wine from start to finish.

3.- GERMANY

Königs Küche

 Köstliches Rheinhessen – Feines zum Wein

 Michel König

 (Societäts)

 This book focuses on regional wines and regional food, a good match .

4.- THE NETHERLANDS

Wijn & Feest

 Hubrecht Duijker

 (Inmerc)

 Hubrecht Duijker is one of the best wine writers in the world.

 He already won a “Best in the World Award” in 1999.

5.- SLOVENIA

Truffels and Wine

 Tartufi in Vino

 100 Recipes

 In cooperation with the Order of the Slovenian Knights of Wine

 By Dino del Medigo

 Illustrations Zvest Apollonio

 (Mlandinska Knjiga Zalozba)

This is the second book we see on wine and truffles. The other one is from Editions Feret in France, Le Vin et La Truffe, published last year.

 They are both excellent, and very different in content and format.

6.- SOUTH AFRICA

Vin de Constance

 With Michel Roux Jr.

 Co-author: Jos Baker

 Illustrations: Tara Fisher

 (Lannice Snyman – South Africa)

Michel Roux Jr. is one of the best chefs in London, with a knowledge of wines that is quite unusual even among his peers. He has been working for years at matching food and wine, and this great book is most informative.

7.- SPAIN

Guia de las Harmonias

 Bodegas Domecq

 (Vino y Gastronomía)

This is a Spanish view of food and wine, which is culturally different from Northern countries.

8.- SWEDEN

Vinets magi : en kulinarisk resa runt jorden
Bengt-Göran Kronstam

Photo: Claes Löfgren

Food Photo: Björn Lindberg

Layout: Patric Leo, Jesper Arfors

(Max Ström)

It won ”Best Book of the Year” in the Swedish Cookbook Awards, ahead of all other cookbooks and wine books. The author is the editor of the leading wine magazine of Sweden ”Vin and Mat”. Sweden’s most acknowledged wine writer Bengt-Göran has been working more than thirteen years on this magnificent book.

9.- USA

What to drink with what you eat: The Definitive Guide to pairing food with wine, beer, spirits, coffee, tea, even water, based on expert advice from America’s best sommeliers.

 Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page

 (Bulfinch)

The authors have published reference books on chefs and restaurants which have become classics. They have developped their own research methods which really work. They have a great sense of humour, common sense, and respect for the serious business of entertaining with food and wine.