WINE BOOKS finalists 2012
FINALISTS 2012
SHORTLIST - WINE BOOKS
13 December, 2012
W1-1 HALL OF FAME
UK – Wine Grapes – Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, Jose Vouillamoz (Allen Lane)
W1-2 – PUBLISHERS
Sweden – Grenadine
W1-3 – WINE MAGAZINE - VACANT.
W1-4 – WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Belgium – Le Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Gert Crum, Jan Bertelsman (Lannoo)
France – Les Métiers du Vin, Pierre Citerne (Nouvelles Editions Loubatières)
Russia – Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados (Eksmo)
Spain – Els Vins i Caves de Catalunya (Andana)
Sweden – Tjugo Skanska Vingardar, Jansson (EBBAB)
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W1-5 – FRANCE
China – Seasons of the Vineyard, Alain Castel, Lancat Su (Citic)
France – Le Vin de Paille du Jura, Philippe Bétry (Aréopage)
Italy – I Vini Francesi del Guardiano del Faro, Roberto Mostini (Agapantos)
Sweden – Champagne, Andreas Kjörling (Grenadine)
USA – The Finest Wines of Burgundy, Bill Nansen (University of California)
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W1-6 – EUROPE
Austria – Wein-Gut Österreich , Hans Stoll (Trauner)
Italy – Trentodoc, Nereo Pederzolli, Francesco Spagnolli, Romano Magrone (Artimedia-Valentina Trentini)
Spain – Los Vinos y Cavas de Cataluña (Editorial Andana)
Sweden – Cava – Sparkling Happiness, Anna Wallner (Grenadine)
USA – Brunello di Montalcino, Kevin O'Keefe (University of California Press)
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W1-7 – NEW WORLD WINE
Argentina – Vino Argentino, Laura Catena (Catapulta)
French Polynesia – Vin de Tahiti, Dominique Auroy, Dominique Jézégou (Feret)
Lebanon – Zawaq Guide, Muriel Rozelier, Sibylle Rizk (Le Commerce du Levant-Tamyras)
Mexico - Guia Catadores del Vino Mexicano, Rodolfo Gerschman (Planeta Mexico)
USA– The Vineyard at the End of the World – Malbec-Ian Mount (WWNorton)
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W1-8 – TOURISM AND WINE
France – Sur la Route du Vignoble de Cognac, Denis Montagnon, Olivier Bompas (Hachette-Tourisme)
Germany – Wein und Architektur (Detail)
Italy – Grandi Vini di Piccole Cantine, Pozzali, Graziani (Gribaudo)
Spain – Rutas del Vino , Manuel Colmenero (Lunwerg)
UK – Quintessentially's 100 Most Iconic Wine Estates, Matthew Jukes (Quintessentially)
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W1-9 – GUIDE – VACANT IN 2012.
W1-10 – WINE BOOK FOR PROFESSIONALS
Brazil – Wine and Territory – Antonio Cesar Ortega, Daniel Lemos Neziorny (Alinea)
Chile – Manual de Vinificación, Philippo Pszczólkowski; Consuelo Ceppi de Lecco
(Ediciones Universidad Catolica)
France – Le Gourou du Vin – Michel Rolland (Glénat)
Italy – Symposion, Menghini (Firenze University Press)
Spain – Cuatro Siglos de Pazo Baión (Coop.Condes de Albarei)
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W1-11 – WINE BOOK TRANSLATION
China – French Wine, Michael Joseph (Tourism Education Press)
France – Gigondas (Editions du Bottin Gourmand)
Georgia - The Best Georgian Wines and Spirits (Parnassus-Vinotheca)
Hong Kong – Bordeaux Wine Guide, Gault Millau (Divin Palais)
USA – Saint-Emilion, Dufrénoy, Laugéry (Wine Appreciation Guild-Féret)
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W2-1 – NON – ALCOHOLIC
China – Non Alcoholic Juices for Health (CHLIP)
Denmark – Safter, Soren Ejlersen, Umahro Cadogan (People'Press)
France – 1001 Secrets sur le Thé, Lydia Gautier (Prat)
Korea – The Gourmet Guide to Mineral Water (Pica Books)
Sweden – 101 Smoothies, Eliq Maranik (Stevali)
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W2-2 – COFFEE
Austria – Die Kaffeekenner , Wilhelm Gutmayer (Trauner)
Belgium – Latte Art, Peter Hernou (Tectum)
Brazil – Café (Melhoramentos)
Cameroun – Café et Acteurs de la Caféiculture, Martin Cuete (L'Harmattan Cameroun)
USA -Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee, Freeman, Duggan (Ten Speed)
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W2-3 – TEA – WITH W2-1 NON ALCOHOLIC.
W2-4 – SPIRITS BOOK
Canada – Canadian Whisky, Davin De Kergommeaux (McClelland Stewart)
China – Investing in Spirits, Zeng Yu (Beijing Zito Books)
Germany – Sake, Rainer Schillings, Ansgar Pudenz (99Pages)
Russia – Single Malt Kitchen – Anton Bylygin, Erkin Tuzmvhamedov (Eksmo)
Sweden – Steffos Spiritbibel, Steffo Törnquist, Helen Pe (Lind and Co.)
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W2-5 – COCKTAILS BOOK
Brazil – Ponto Chic, Angelo Iacocca (Senac)
France – Cocktails by Le Forum, Deborah Rudetzki (Le Chêne)
Italy – Cocktails, Gianfranco di Niso, Davide Manzoni (White Star)
Spain – La Ginebra en la Gastronomía del siglo XXI – Rafael Ansón, Isabel Mijares, Carmen García Romero (Lunwerg)
UK – World Best Cocktails, Tom Sandham (Jacqui Small)
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W2-6 –FOOD AND DRINKS
Canada – Papilles Pour Tous, François Chartier, Stéphanie Modat (La Presse)
France – Accords Mets et Vins, Olivier Bompas, Stephane Davet, Rachel Cazadamont (Hachette)
Iceland – 64º Reykjavik Distillery, Snorri Jonsson, Judith Orlishausen (Reykjavik Distillery)
South Africa – Cellarmasters in the Kitchen, Wendy Toerien (Random Struik)
Sweden – Sommarkvâll Med Mat Och Vin, Häkan Larsson (Bonnier Fakta)
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W2-7 – COOKING WITH DRINKS – WITH W2-6.
W2-8 – BEER BOOK
Belgium – Alles Belgische Bieren, Hilde Deweer (Stichting Kunstboek)
France – Aimer la Cuisine à la Bière, Patrick Villechaize (Ouest France)
Guatemala – Cerveceria Centro Americana, 125 Años (Bourda Editorial)
New Zealand – Beer Nation, Michael Donaldson (Penguin NZ)
USA – The Economics of Beer, Johan F.M.Swinnen (Oxford University Press)
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W3-1 – DRINK HISTORY BOOK
China – Les Vins d'Histoires, Les Vingt à Boire, He Nong (Lijiang)
France – Vin de Bourgogne – Louis Latour (L'Armançon)
New Zealand – George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story, Kerry Tyack (Random House NZ)
UK – Alcohol and its Role in the Evolution of Human Society, Ian S.Hornsey (Royal Society of Chemistry)
USA – Vintage Moquegua, Prudence M.Rice (University of Texas Press)
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W3-2 – DRINKS EDUCATION
China – Tasting Wine, Yao (Chemical Industry Press)
Israel – The Kosher Grapevine, Irving Langer (Gefen)
Serbia – O Vinu – Mika Dajmak (NKK)
Spain – Como Quiero que me Sirvan el Vino, Arturo Pardos (Alianza)
Sweden – Vinet Och Miljön, Britt and Per Karlsson (Carlssons)
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W3-3 – DRINKS PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
China – Seasons of the Vineyard, Alain Castel , Pascal Faucouneau (Citic)
France – Elixirs - Jane Anson, Isabelle Rozenbaum, Francis Ford Coppola, Sophie Brissaud (La Martinière)
Norway – Sushi og Vin, Salvesen, Nancy Bunt (Ashehoug)
Sweden – Styrkans Magi – Bengt Goran Kronstam, Claes Lögren (Max Strom)
USA – The Wine Region of Rioja, Ana Fabiano (Sterling)
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W3-4 – DRINKS WRITING
China- Charms: In the River of Wine – Shen Ai Nin (Jiangsu People Publishing House)
France – Florilèges et Discours Savants sur le Vin – Azélina Jaboulet-Vercherre (Feret)
Japan - Wine and Dine Diplomacy, Megumi Nishikawa (Sekai Bunka)
Peru – Pisco Allegories, Alegorias al Pisco, Gustavo Tataje, Leticia Rengifo (Universidad San Martín de Porres)
USA – The Juice, Jay McInerney (Knopf)
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W3-5 – DRINKS LITERATURE – NOVELS - WITH W3-4.
W3-6 – DRINKS AND HEALTH
France – Vin et Médecine, Marc Lagrange (Féret)
Germany – Die Bier – Diät Buch, Jens Bujar, Ulrike von Bülow (Ullstein)
Spain – Els Caputxins les Herbes Remeieres, Fra Valenti Serra de Manresa (Mediterrania)
UK – The Little Book of Alcohol, Vanessa Rodgers (Jessica Kingsley)
USA – Drink Thin, Haddad (Createspace)
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The Gourmand Awards are the major Food Culture event in the world.
They started in 1995 for cookbooks and wine books, at Frankfurt Book Fair. They now include all Food Culture content. The Gourmand Awards are open to all, big or small, print or digital, for sale or for free, with or without ISBN, trade or self published, private or public, in any language. It is free to participate, anyone can send entries. There is no comparable international cultural event in the world, except the Olympics. We are inspired by the Olympic spirit.
1- The countries
This year we had entries from 215 countries and regions. There are 193 countries in the United Nations. For the Finalists, we have considerably reduced from the entries the number of countries, and entries. There are now Finalists for Food from a total of 134 countries (116 UN members) and regions. There are 40 countries and regions for Drinks.
2- Categories
There are 100 categories for Food, 30 for Drinks. This is necessary to reflect the wide diversity of world food culture. It gives a chance to many countries to win in a category. In the Olympic games, they have 303 competitions/categories for 202 countries. On our list our finalists, we have 130 categories for 134 countries and regions. In total, there are 1372 entries now finalist, 1144 for food, and 228 for drinks. This represents less than 3% of the total of similar books and other formats published and available every year. It is a major achievement to be on this list of Finalists. There are 67% of the categories with 12 or less finalists, 26% with 13 to 19 finalists, and 7% with 20 to 30 finalists.
3- Trends
Food Culture is now taken very seriously by most governments and individuals. Food is at the heart of the issues of our future, collectively and individually.Trends in Food and Drinks culture are now global, everywhere in the world, which this list of finalists makes very clear. We see six major trends, combining or competing at a different pace in different countries, with change accelerating:
- Tourism is becoming the force driving food culture. Food is the first positive criteria and motivation generally, for 35%, up from 25% fifteen years ago. We have 160 entries for tourism (12%). See our categories B15, B17, B21, W1-8, W1-12.
- Social media and television continue to expand the food culture market, helping print. See our categories A07, A08, A09, A13, B18, B19.
- Health and Nutrition have joined with Ethics and Environmental concerns, spreading the same issues worldwide. For instance Vegan has become mainstream in very few years, everywhere. See our categories D01, D02, D08, D09, E06, E13.
- Local has become the key word. There is a major effort everywhere to save local food culture, and transmit it. It is helped by tourism and the locavore trends. Slow Food has won. See our categories C01, D05, D07.
- Quick and easy comfort food is still very important, especially in Asia. See our category E01. In 1995, when we started, this was the leading category.
- Children and Family food books are rapidly expanding. See categories D03, D11.
- There are minor new trends starting now Sports and Food, see D13.
- Seniors and food, see D12 Breakfast, see E15.
- Embassies and Gastro Diplomacy, see F08.
4- Digital
We have 19 categories (15%) exclusively for digital, with 195 digital entries now finalists (15%). You can find in the list of Finalists approximately 50 free Food and Wine PDF to download, selected for their quality, nearly all produced by public institutions. Unfortunately, they tend to disappear quickly, so do not be surprised if you cannot find them. We cannot help. See categories A06 for FAO, UN-IOM, UNDEP-Canada, UNESCO, UNWTO or B17, W1-12. For cookbook professional online newsletters, see B03.
5- The next step
The Best in the World will be announced in Yantai, China at the Gourmand Awards annual event May 25-28, 2018. The top 3 in each category will have the right to Best in the World. We do not announce results before the event. It is not necessary to attend to win. Apart from the honors at the event, the major opportunity is meeting the other participants, for business and pleasure. As previous participants have written, it may be the best four days of your life if you participate. Guests from over 60 countries had already indicated they wanted to come as of January 12, 2018. There are among them 81 guests who have already been at our events in Yantai. They come back even if they have no entry in the competition, it is so important for networking, business, and food culture.