Notes on a Cellar-book

George Saintsbury

University of California Press, 2008 - Cooking - 348 pages

Since its first publication in 1920, George Saintsbury's classic Notes on a Cellar-Book has remained one of the greatest tributes to drink and drinking in the literature of wine. A collection of tasting notes, menus, and robust opinions, the work is filled with anecdotes and recollections of wines and spirits consumed--from the heights of Romanée-Conti to the simple pleasures of beer, flip, and mum. Thomas Pinney brings this unique work alive for contemporary audiences by providing the keys to a full understanding of Notes on a Cellar-Book in a new edition that includes explanatory endnotes, an essay on the book's legacy, and additional articles on wine by Saintsbury.

About the author

George Saintsbury (1845-1933) was a journalist, reviewer, critic, editor, and Professor of Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Thomas Pinney is Professor of English Emeritus at Pomona College. Among other books, he is author of A History of Wine in America (in two volumes from UC Press).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Notes on a Cellar-book
• Author: George Saintsbury
• Editor: Thomas Pinney
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of California Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0520253523, 9780520253520
• Length: 348 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / Beverages / Alcoholic / General