DO WINE DRINKERS really read—or even need—wine books anymore? Or can they get all the info they require from online sources? Some books can be bested by a good website or blog, but my six favorite new wine books have no Internet peer. From an atlas of vineyards in Germany, to palm-size travel guides of Napa and Sonoma counties, to the true story of a plot to destroy a great French winery, these books are well written and the products of much research and scholarship. They will certainly be consulted—and cherished—for years to come.

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