Fortified & Sweet Wines (Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guides) - Tapa dura

An exciting addition to Mitchell Beazley's highly successful series of pocket books, this new title is an invaluable guide to fortified and sweet wine producers. It features a wide range of wines, from Spain's crisp, invigorating fino sherry to Australia's sticky, toffee-like liqueur Muscat; from nervy, slaty Mosel Auslese to potent Tuscan Vin Santo. Wines from every sweet and fortified wine-producing country are explored and for each wine there are recommended producers with descriptions of their top wines and star ratings. - Divided into two distinct sections on fortified and sweet wines. - Includes star ratings for each producer. - Features nine maps of the key wine regions. - Offers advice on matching wines with food. - Written by two of the world's leading experts.

John Radford, author of Glenfiddich award-winning The New Spain, is an unrivalled specialist in Spanish and fortified wines. He is a consultant to the Spanish Commercial Office and lectures for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Stephen Brook's books Liquid Gold: Dessert Wines of the World and Sauternes and Other Sweet Wines of Bordeaux have confirmed his status as a leading expert on sweet wines. More recently, his book Pauillac won the Special Award from Andre Simon in 1999.