The English wine author and wine critic Hugh Johnson (born 1939) is one of the most successful wine writers in the world. He is recognised as both a wine expert and a great stylist. He attended boarding school in Rugby and studied English at King's College, Cambridge. He later worked for Vogue magazine, House & Garden. As successor to the founder André Simon (1877-1970), he became editor of the magazine "Wine and Food" for several years and later General Secretary of the International Wine & Food Society.
His first book, "Wine", was published in 1966. 1971 saw the publication of the "Great Wine Atlas" (subsequent edition "The New Wine Atlas"), his most successful work, in which all the wine-growing regions of the world are described in detail with maps.This was followed by "Wein genießen", "Wie Wein entsteht - Von den Göttern geschenkt, von den Menschen gemacht", "Atlas der deutschen Weine" (with co-author Stuart Pigott), "Atlas der französischen Weine" (with co-author Hubrecht Duijker), "Der große Johnson" and "The World Atlas of Wine" (2001 - with co-author Jancis Robinson).
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