Vandyke Price, Pamela

Wines of the Graves.

London, UK: Sotheby's Publications, 1988.

Quarto (25 x 19 cm.), 388 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. A serious history of the region sometimes called the "Cradle of Claret". The author, "the doyenne of U.K. wine writers... was the first woman to be made a Gourmette of the Bontemps du Medoc et des Graves, and was elected the first woman of the Jurade of St. Emilion" (jacket copy). In publisher's burgundy colored cloth, gilt-titled at the spine. Fine, in a like, unclipped dust jacket.

Price: $50.00