I’m not going to debate the accuracy of one book vs. another as taste is subjective. This book did increase my interest in learning more about wine exponentially with all of its charts and visuals. I keep this book on my bookshelf now for guests who are not as interested in wine (as we are) to thumb through. I love the Wine Atlas and Oxford Companion now - and I wouldn’t have been as interested in sifting through those pages (almost daily) without this book.
People like what they like - if any book, magazine article, movie or anything else enhances someone’s interest in continuing down the bottomless abyss that is wine, I give it a thumbs up.
Agreed Doug. Kevin Zraly’s book “Windows on the World” remains a classic. Well delivered, and does not overly push one region or another. It is getting older, but remains a good reference for me especially on regions I do not regularly drink from.
I think WSET level 3 textbook is a pretty good introductory book if one is serious about learning. It’s updated relatively frequently and doesn’t have unproven myths that I’ve seen in other materials sometimes. Compared to Wine Bible, it covers more of viticulture, vinification and why a certain wine tastes in a certain way. In other words, it focuses more on why rather than what. So, it covers less of each region’s history, classification and statistical facts. And most importantly, it’s not as thick as the wine bible, so it’s easier to read.