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How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:46 pm
by Jeff B
I love his little pocketbooks and make it a point to buy one each year. I have one for each year going back to 2004. :)

Jeff

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:49 am
by Tim York
None. That doesn't mean I don't think them good; only that I'm shedding wine publications from my budget rather than adding them.

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:03 am
by ChaimShraga
I've bought them all since 2003, but I've handed out older ones to newbies, to lure them into the fold.

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:29 am
by JC (NC)
I think I purchased one years ago. I also met Hugh Johnson once at a Les Amis du Vin dinner in Washington, DC.

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:40 am
by Brian Gilp
Two but both of them are pre-1995.

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:11 pm
by Peter May
I bought it when it first came out and for a very year afterwards for maybe fifteen years butthen lapsed. I did buy the 30th anniversary 2007 issue, and that' s the most recent I have.

OTOH - I have bought Platter's South African wine guide very year since 1996 and have them all in their multicoloured spines on my shelf here, plus the very first 1980 edition and the tenth anniversary 1990 edition.

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:55 pm
by Carl Eppig
One, circa 1998; not good for much anymore!

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:20 pm
by Robin Garr
I wish you had asked this question a couple of years ago, before I donated my older copies to the local library. At that point, I had them all from 1979 through 2013. :lol: In the early days, it was a pretty near indispensable reference, and it's still a darn good one, an awful lot of information loaded into a pocket-size volume, from a very decent fellow who seems better able to contain his ego than some of the Americans who stand on his shoulders whether they admit it or not.

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:54 pm
by Jeff B
Robin Garr wrote:I wish you had asked this question a couple of years ago, before I donated my older copies to the local library. At that point, I had them all from 1979 through 2013. :lol: In the early days, it was a pretty near indispensable reference, and it's still a darn good one, an awful lot of information loaded into a pocket-size volume, from a very decent fellow who seems better able to contain his ego than some of the Americans who stand on his shoulders whether they admit it or not.

I get the same impression. He seems passionate about wine yet humble in his writing. It's the reason I look forward to his guides each year. It's like purchasing a friend. :)

Jeff

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:01 pm
by Jenise
None. When I first got serious about wine, they were indispensable, but I'm knowledgeable enough these days and the wines I'd likely need help with are the ones Hugh would need help with too!

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:44 am
by Mark Lipton
Because I'm a bit of a packrat, I've still got 7-8 of them from back when they were a requisite annual purchase (actually, I never bought any of them as it made for an easy Xmas present from my in-laws).

Mark Lipton

Re: How many Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Books do you own?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:20 am
by Bill Spohn
Gave all mine away years ago to students in some of my wine courses.