Nearly 200 engravings reveal 19th-c. grape culture in vivid, botanical detail.

An illustrated cornerstone of mid-19th century American viticultural literature.

An illustrated Victorian bestseller on vine growing.

Science in the vineyard: rare 1802 first Italian edition of Enlightenment (natural) winemaking.

A gentleman’s guide to wine: sharp, witty, and unexpectedly scientific.

Esca vine disease insights from 1898 that still speak to today’s vintners.

Practical vineyard manual with large fold-out plate of training and trellising systems.

Early Vesuvian ampelography, 112 grape types, volcanic terroir, many now vanished.

Simon signs off with style: wine wisdom, wit, and woodcuts in one elegant sip.

Deluxe, richly illustrated guide to pre-1600 wine books.

Simon at his most lyrical, charting wines like a gourmand maps memory.

Romagna's wines, Redi-style verse, and a deluge of footnotes: cheers to excess.

A witty symposium of wine, gossip, and erudition. Redi’s Ode to Tuscan Wine and Its Merry Chorus.

An early milestone in the rise of the modern restaurant, 1780.

Italy’s top minds unite in 1881 to save viticulture from phylloxera.

Early Apulian use of Bordeaux mixture via Cavazza and Menozzi formulas.

Phylloxera-free, richly printed, and packed with grape lore in disguise.

First Italian lectures on phylloxera, with rare technical insights on remedies.

Misquoted into Obscurity: Firenzuola, history of the first mention of Sangiovese.

The First Modern Wine Book: Redding’s Manifesto in a Bottle.

Stevenson’s Napa: Wine Before the Boom.

A Hangover Handbook with a Wink: Postwar Remedies for the Morning After.

Tuscany’s Wine Sage Sent North: Fabbroni’s Fix for Lombardy.