James Beard Foundation - Wine & Spirits Book Awards

Established in 1990, The James Beard Foundation Awards are the premier honors for fine food and beverage professionals in North America. Each year, more than sixty awards are given to chefs, restaurateurs, cookbook authors, journalists, broadcasters and restaurant designers. Award nominees and winners are selected by secret ballot by their industry peers. More than 500 food and beverage professionals vote. Each judge is assigned to vote in one or more award categories, based on his or her areas of expertise.

One of the categories is for the best book in the wine and spirits category. We've collected all of these awards (and the finalists) for wine and spirits books for this prize category into two lists. Please note that, in the following lists, any book title preceded by *** means that it is currently out of print. However, often Amazon or Powell's will have listings for used books and it may still be available.

Year	Winning Book Title and Author
2004	Wines of South America by Monty Waldin	Powell's	Amazon
2004	Plus: The following book won the Single Subject category: The All American Cheese and Wine Book by Laura Werlin, Andy Ryan	Powell's	Amazon
2003	Vintage Wine: Fifty Years of Tasting Three Centuries of Wine by Michael Broadbent	Powell's	Amazon
2002	Wine by Andre Dominé	Powell's	Amazon
2001	American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine by Paul Lukacs	Powell's	Amazon
2000	Terroir by James E. Wilson	Powell's	Amazon
1999	1855: A History of the Bordeaux Classification by Dewey Markham Jr.	Powell's	Amazon
1998	Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy by Clive Coates, M.W.	Powell's	Amazon

1997	A Wine and Food Guide to the Loire by Jacqueline Friedrich	Powell's	Amazon
1996	Wine Spectator's California Wine by James Laube	Powell's	Amazon
1995	The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson	Powell's	Amazon
1994	Wine Atlas of California by James Halliday	Powell's	Amazon
1993	The Vintner's Art: How Great Wines Are Made by Hugh Johnson and James Halliday	Powell's	Amazon
1992	Oz Clarke's New Classic Wines by Oz Clarke	Powell's	Amazon
1991	Wine Atlas of Italy: A Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards by Burton Anderson	Powell's	Amazon
1990	Vintage: The Story of Wine by Hugh Johnson	Powell's	Amazon
1989	***Champagne: The History and Character of the World's Most Celebrated Wine by Serena Sutcliffe	Powell's	Amazon
1988	Wines of the Rhone Valley by Robert M. Parker, Jr.	Powell's	Amazon
1987	Vines, Grapes & Wines: The Wine Drinker's Guide to Grape Varieties by Jancis Robinson	Powell's	Amazon

In addition to the winners, the Beard Foundation also lists the finalists which we have included in the following table.

Year	Finalist Book Title and Author
2004	Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine by Charles L. Sullivan		Amazon
2004	The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food by Garrett Oliver		Amazon
2003	Great Tastes Made Simple by Andrea Immer		Amazon
2003	Oz Clarke's New Wine Atlas by Oz Clarke		Amazon
2002	Italian Wine For Dummies by Mary Ewing Mulligan and Ed McCarthy		Amazon
2002	Red and White: Wine Made Simple by Max Allen		Amazon
2001	Great Wine Made Simple by Andrea Immer		Amazon
2001	The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America by Bruce Cass and Jancis Robinson		Amazon
2000	Champagne For Dummies by Ed McCarthy		Amazon
2000	Christie's World Encyclopedia Of Champagne & Sparkling Wine by Tom Stevenson		Amazon
1999	Clarke & Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide by Oz Clarke and Steven Spurrier		Amazon
1999	* Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century** by Paul Harrington and Laura Moorhead		Amazon
1998	WINE WITH FOOD by Joanna Simon
1998	New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson	Powell's
1997	* Rhone Renaissance: The Finest Rhone and Rhone Style Wines from France and the New World** by Remington Norman		Amazon
1997	EXPLORING WINE: CIA COMPLETE GUIDE TO WINES by Stephen Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, Michael Weiss
1996	Wine For Dummies by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan		Amazon
1996	*** Romanee-Conti: The World's Most Fabled Wine by Richard Olney		Amazon
1995	World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson		Amazon
1995	The Heartbreak Grape: A California Winemaker's Search for the Perfect Pinot Noir by Marq de Villiers	Powell's
1994	Great Domaines of Burgundy: A Guide to the Finest Wine Producers of the Cote D'or by Remington Norman	Powell's
1994	THE WINE ATLAS OF CALIFORNIA by Bob Thompson
1993	***The Wine Atlas of Spain by Hubrecht Duijker		Amazon
1993	RIESLING by Stuart Pigott
1992	Bordeaux: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wines Produced from 1961 to 1997 by Robert Parker, Jr.	Powell's
1992	***Hugh Johnson's Modern Encyclopedia of Wine by Hugh Johnson		Amazon
1991	MAKING SENSE OF BURGUNDY by Matt Kramer
1991	THE WINES OF GREECE by Miles Lambert-Gocs

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