6 Best Wine Coffee Table Books for Vino Lovers

Buying a gift for someone who knows their way around a wineglass is no walk in the vineyard. Have they tried this bottle before? Did they like it? Have they moved onto a different varietal?

This is when swapping a bottle for a book about bottles is not an unthinkable deed – with the latter also lasting much longer upon the shelf or coffee table.

From the historical background of each grape variety to detailed itineraries of weekends away in Australia and New Zealand’s best wine regions to tips for improving blind tasting skills, we’ve curated an edit of coffee table books about wine for the oenophile in your circle.

*(Credit: Dallas Kilponen/aremediasyndication.com.au)* *(Credit: Dallas Kilponen/aremediasyndication.com.au)*

6 full-bodied coffee table books about wine

Cover of "Wine Trails: Australia & New Zealand" by Lonely Planet, featuring a vineyard landscape.

Wine Trails: Australia & New Zealand by Lonely Planet Food, $26.95 (usually $34.99), Lonely Planet

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The Impossible Collection of Wine book cover featuring an ornate red illustration of a figure with grapes.

Impossible Collection of Wine by Enrico Bernado, $2193, Assouline

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Cover of "Wine Grapes" book by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, José Vouillamoz; guide on 1,368 grape varieties.

Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1368 Vine Varieties, including Their Origins and Flavours by Julia Harding et al., from $180.80 Penguin UK

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Cover of "The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste" by Rajat Parr and Jordan MacKay, featuring a vineyard landscape.

The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste, $48.97 (usually $69.99), Random House US

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Cover of "The World Atlas of Wine, 8th Edition" by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, with a teal background.

The World Atlas of Wine (eighth edition) by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, $76.99 (usually $99.99), Octopus

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Cover of "Wine Folly: The Master Guide" by Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack, featuring elegant design and wine glass.

Wine Folly: Magnum Edition by Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack, $33.08, Penguin Putnam Inc

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Author Jess G. Lynch Shopping Editor

Journalist and sometimes screenwriter Jess G. Lynch is a Shopping Editor at Are Media, working across some of Australia’s leading titles such as Gourmet Traveller, Home Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens and Australian Women’s Weekly. With a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from UTS, and a Bachelor of Media from Macquarie University and the University of Bologna, Jess brings a rich blend of expertise to her work. As the vertical lead for travel, homes and lifestyle affiliate content across the publisher’s digital titles, she knows a thing or two about cultivating rich experiences both near and far from home. Based on Gadigal land, Jess is a regular at off-the-beaten track swim spots and inner west coffee haunts – often deep within a research spiral of destinations here and abroad. Her work has also appeared on titles such as marie claire, ELLE, news.com.au, Homes To Love, Who, body+soul, FBi Radio and in The Australian.

6 full-bodied coffee table books about wine

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