The Académie du Vin Library

First and foremost we are wine lovers! The Académie du Vin Library was founded by Steven Spurrier and friends, dedicated to publishing the finest wine writing of the past, the present and the future. The story behind the name came from Steven’s days in Paris in the 1970s, when he began running wine appreciation courses for his English-speaking friends.

Carrington Wine Merchants is thrilled to partner with the Academie du Vin Library and make available in Ireland a host of some of the most popular wine titles in the collection.

Our list is small – and will never be large – because we value quality over quantity. We choose our books with care – above all for their readability, but also because we genuinely believe they have something important to say about the world of fine wine that will enhance your drinking pleasure.

The Classic Wine Library Books is a set of wine books for professionals, wine enthusiasts and armchair travellers. It has a long heritage, stretching back more than 60 years to the first publication of Sherry, by Julian Jeffs. The series in its current guise has been published since 2013 and in 2023 found a new home with Académie du Vin Library and Carrington Wine Merchants in Ireland. Whether you want to increase your knowledge about famed wine regions in the heart of Europe, New World heavyweights, or emerging producers there is no more authoritative source of information on wine.

Paperbacks

  • Cote d’or

  • Port and the douro

  • Spain

  • Rhone

  • Piemonte

  • Languedoc

  • New Zealand

  • South Africa

  • Sherry

Hardbacks

  • Wine Confident

  • Bordeaux – Georgie Hindle

  • Rioja – Fintan Kerr

  • Drinking with the Valkyries

  • From Bordeaux to the Stars

  • The Bordeaux Club