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Books: Hugh on Hugh
To judge from Hugh Johnson’s latest book – Wine: A Life Uncorked (£20; Weidenfeld & Nicolson) – he has spent the past 40 years purely swanning around the world enthusing over fine wines. Of course, Hugh has had two strokes of luck: as André Simon’s ‘adopted’ son, and being chosen by publishing genius James Mitchell to edit the first of his two masterpieces, The World Atlas of Wine. But this ignores the enormous effort required to write those two classics, the Atlas and The Story of Wine. He also largely passes over the contribution he made to spreading the gospel of wine through The Sunday Times Wine Club. Unfortunately, such omissions make the book seem rather self-indulgent. ...
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