Richard Mark James, Roussillon: ’French Catalonia’ Wild Wine Country, Oct 2020
“Richard Mark James has spent more than half a lifetime dabbling in the wine world from tasting, talking, writing and blogging about wine, to translating, doing qualifications on it and even buying and selling wine. His blog is WineWriting.com and he occasionally runs wine education courses and tastings in Belfast. In a previous life, Richard lived for nearly six years in Les Pyrénées Orientales, the Roussillon region’s official name or number ‘66’, where this particular wine adventure began.”
His book is very much a personal journey, taking in many of the wineries and wines the region is famous for or that deserve to be better known.
He gives background to and history of the Roussillon wine region touching on its vines and grapes, landscape and terrain, explanation and discussion of the different wine styles, areas and appellations, production techniques and other developments in viticulture and winemaking.
Richard hopes to encourage readers to either seek out a bottle of wine or go and explore the stunning wild Roussillon wine region, giving tips on where to eat and stay, wine-related events and must-see sightseeing.
You can find Richard’s book on Amazon – ROUSSILLON: ‘French Catalonia’ Wild Wine Country (with colour photos): Amazon.co.uk: James, Richard Mark: 9798697768525: Books
Blog: https://www.winewriting.com/2020/10/roussillon-french-catalonia-book.html
