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CLIVE COATES MW (Master of Wine) is one of the world's leading wine authorities. Coates' lifetime of distinguished activity in the field has been recognised by the French government, which awarded him the Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole, and he's also been honoured with a "Rame d'Honneur" by Le Verre et L'Assiette, the Ruffino/Cyril Ray Memorial Prize for his writings on Italian wine, and the title of "Wine Writer of the Year" for 1998/1999 in the Champagne Lanson awards. Coates published THE VINE, his independent fine wine magazine for 20 years, from 1985 to 2005. Keenly read by oenophiles the world over, THE VINE has received numerous awards, including a special commendation for its "considerable contribution to the knowledge and understanding of wine" from the Wine Guild of Great Britain. In addition to his work with THE VINE, Coates has written for nearly all the world's foremost wine publications, and enjoys a reputation as an accomplished and engaging speaker among audiences throughout Europe and the USA. Prior to his career as an author, Coates spent twenty years as a professional wine merchant, during which he served as Executive Director of the wines division of British Transport Hotels and established the legendary Malmaison Wine Club. Frank Prial of the New York Times has written about Clive Coates' wine writing. "...Is there a body of work about wine that is well written and lasting? I think so.... For my taste, a trio of British writers lead the list: Hugh Johnson, Gerald Asher and Clive Coates. ....From London, Mr Coates writes, edits and publishes a small, elegant magazine called The Vine. Each issue deals with three or four wine properties, usually in France; discusses various vintages and offers Mr. Coates' notes and impressions from tastings. A number of his profiles of châteaux and Burgundy estates have been collected in two magisterial volumes called, for Bordeaux, "Grands Vins" (1995); and, for Burgundy, "Côte d'Or" (1997), both from the University of California Press. Mr. Coates is a superb historian. Even someone only vaguely interested in wine will be riveted by his in-depth histories of the vineyards and châteaux...." Coates' books are widely considered the classic works on their respective subjects. They include: Claret (1982), Wines of France (1990), Grands Vins, The Finest Châteaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines (1995), Côte D'Or, A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy (1997), which won the André Simon Award (UK), the Champagne Veuve Clicquot prize (USA) and the James Beard Award (USA) for the best wine book of the year. Côte D'Or also won the annual Prix des Arts et des Lettres awarded by the Burgundian Confrérie de Tastevin, the first time a book on wine and a non-Burgundian has been so honoured for 30 years and An Encyclopaedia of the Wines of France (2000). His latest book The Wines of Bordeaux was published in October 2004. | |||
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