About The Wines of Canada

Canadian wine expert Rod Phillips provides an overview of Canada’s wine regions (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada), their climate, soil, other geographic conditions, and the grape varieties they grow. Discussing the key producers of each region, he analyses vintage variation and noteworthy winemaking techniques.

Rod Phillips is a professor of history at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has written a number of books on European history, and, more recently, on the history of food and drink, with books including A Short History of Wine, Alcohol: A History (named a Book of the Year for 2014 on jancisrobinson.com), and French Wine: A History. General Editor of the forthcoming six-volume A Cultural History of Alcohol, he writes regularly for the wine media and also judges in wine competitions.

• Weight 0.41 kg
• Dimensions 156 x 234 mm