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.

Our Collection

The Classic Wine Library Paperbacks

The Classic Wine Library is a set of wine books for professionals, wine enthusiasts and armchair travellers, designed to enlighten and entertain those serious about wine. 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 in Ireland exclusively with Carrington Wine Merchants. 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.

Côte d'Or, Raymond Blake
Port and the Douro, Richard Mason
The Wines of Northern Spain, Sarah Jane Evans MW
Wines of the Rhône, Matt Walls
The Wines of Piemonte, David Way
Wines of the Languedoc, Rosemary George MW
The Wines of New Zealand, Rebecca Gibb MW
The Wines of South Africa, Jim Clarke
Sherry, Julian Jeffs

Académie du Vin Hardbacks

Carrington Wine Merchants is thrilled to partner with The Académie du Vin Library exclusively 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.

Wine Confident — There is No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine, Kelli A White
Bordeaux — The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide, Georgie Hindle
Rioja — The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide, Fintan Kerr
Drinking with the Valkyries — Writings on Wine, Andrew Jefford
From Bordeaux to the Stars — The Reawakening of a Wine Legend, Jean-Michel Cazes (translated by Jane Anson)
The Bordeaux Club — The Seventy-Year Story of Great Wines and the Friends Who Shared Them, Neil McKendrick