I am soliciting slow traveler favourites regarding wine reference books

I'm interested in general tasting references, wine and food, country specific and wine touring.

Any and all help appreciated..
Thank you Dennis

I could be very crude and flip and saying that trying to learn wine from a book is like trying to figure out what sex feels like fromr reading porn or what gelato tastes like from reading a food review. While you may get the general idea, the details and the actual act are where the fun lies!

Having said that, the best books to me are ones with maps. If you don't understand where a wine comes from, then you cannot understand what the wine is. The biggest divide in wine today is traditional vs modern. Even here, a map and a sense of palce is crucial. How does one know a modern Barolo if one doesn't know a traditional one? Hugh Johnson had alway had a great series in his World Atlas of Wines. I love Victor Hazan on Italian wines as well. Subscribe to Sergio's newsletter from Italian Wine Merchants. But spend way m ore money popping corks than on reading about wine!

There are 2 Italian wine books I really find beneficial. The Touring Club Italia book on wine and Vino Italiano by David Lynch