Champagne (Octopus Publishing Group)

A stunning box set, complete with seven vintage maps in a pull-out drawer.Based on six years of on-the-ground research and unprecedented access to actual Champagne growers, Champagne is the first book to actually describe producers and wines based on their terroir - enlightening readers żeby showing them exactly where, how, and aby whom these great wines are made.Champagne is one of the most iconic, sought-after wines in the world, beloved żeby serious wine collectors as well as everyday wine drinkers.

However, it is also one of the most misunderstood wines out there - obscured aby a multimillion-pound marketing industry that makes it difficult for consumers to honestly judge value and understand what they're drinking.Included in the stunning box set are the Louis Larmat vinicultural maps - the only detailed wine maps of the region, which were commissioned by the French government in the mid-1940s and have never appeared in print in English.