Hugh Johnson (wine writer)

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Hugh Johnson (born 1939) is a British writer and expert on wine. He is the world's best-selling writer on wine, with total sales of about 15 million.^{[citation needed]}

Johnson was a member of the Cambridge University Wine and Food Society while an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge in the 1950s. He also received an £200 annual Keasbey bursary for "good living". He describes the moment when a friend first interested him in wine-tasting:

[Adrian] came in just after dinner with two glasses and said, "Come on, Hugh. Are they the same? Or different?" …[O]ne was magic and one was just ordinary. This caught my imagination. It was my Damascus moment.^[1]

He has criticized highly influential wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr. as a "dictator of taste".^[2]

Johnson has been writing about wine since 1960. He has written for many magazines and published several books, a few of which are listed below (see Works) and is Editorial Adviser to The World of Fine Wine magazine.

He is also interested in gardening, with a particular interest in trees.

1 Works
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Works

Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book (published annually since 1977)
The World Atlas of Wine (6th edition, 2007, co-authored with Jancis Robinson)
A Life Uncorked (2006, autobiography, anecdotes and opinions)
Vintage: The Story of Wine (1989, published by Simon & Schuster)
Wine (1966)
Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion
The International Book of Trees (1973)
The Art and Science of Wine: The Subtle Artistry and Sophisticated Science of the Winemaker, (2006, co-authored with James Halliday)

[edit] See also

List of wine personalities

[edit] References

^ "University library plans new expansion", Cam, University of Cambridge Development Office, No 47, Lent Term 2006, pp. 45–46.
^ Styles, Oliver. "Parker: I'm targeted and misunderstood", Decanter, 2006-05-23, p. 8. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. (Note that Decanter is a competitor to Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate magazine.)