Port and the Douro Paperback

Richard Mayson gives rich detail in describing a colorful region and its wines. Whether the topic is history or analysis of a particular vintage or bottle, there's depth and fact and insight galore. This is a dense book, very well written but kind of intense... like Port wine, in fact! Be prepared to sit and contemplate, not just gulp it down. I learned an incredible amount.

Great book with outsatanding information for the Port lover. I am currently reading it and am getting feedback that I had never learned before.

Love it.

if you are a WSET Diploma student forget this book, too many discrepancies, production processes not fully and properly explained... it's a nice book for Port lovers but not very academic...