BEST IN THE WORLD. DRINK CULTURE 2021
Shortlist Best in the World
There are finalists from 98 countries and regions in the list below.
The ranking of the Best in the World 2021 will be announced at the awards event in Paris on June 5, 2021. In the shortlist below, countries are in alphabetical order, with four countries per category.
We treat all Top 4 in the same way. They already have the right to the Best in the World certificates and self adhesive stickers. They can use their Gourmand Award to promote their work with the media and readers.
Edouard Cointreau
Founder and President
Gourmand Awards
www.cookbookfair.com
W1 WORLD OF WINE
W1-1 PUBLISHERS
France - De Bacchus à Vénus, Jérôme Genée (Jérôme Genée Photographe)
Spain - Vinos de España, Vol 1-2 (Tolosa Wine Books)
USA - White Wine Oenology, Volker Scherrer (Board & Bench)
W1-2 HALL OF FAME CANDIDATE
France - La Bière en France, Emmanuel Gillard, 7469 pages For Restaurants du Coeur (Projet Amertune) ISBN 9782954675664
W1-3 MAGAZINE
France - Fusées # 1, Bordeaux, Benoît Guenot, Dante Nolleau
Mexico - El Somm, Vinos de Mexico, J. Fernando García
Italy - Il Sommelier, Alice Lupi
W1-4 CANDIDATES BEST OF THE BEST
China - Beauty of Tipsiness, Denis Lim (CITIC) ISBN 9787521712773
France - Vignes Premières, Vignes de Demain, Robert Plageoles (Tonnerre de l’Est)
Sweden - Drinking Games, Dryckesspel, Dan Glimne (Grenadine)
UK - Inside Bordeaux, Jane Anson (Berry Bros)
W1-5 FRENCH WINE
Canada - Essential French Wines, Jérôme Cornet (Essential Books)
France - Trévallon, une famille d’ artistes, un vin rare, Guy Jacquemont (Éphémère)
Italy - Champagne and the best houses, Eric Tirabassi
USA - Drinking French, David Lebovitz (Ten Speed)
W1-6 EUROPEAN WINE
Austria - Ruster/Ausbruch DAC, Rudolf Lantschbauer, Yulan Cai (Vinothek)
Bosnia - Wine Stories, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Zeljko Garmaz
Hungary - Tokaj Guide, Ripka Gergely (Scolar)
USA - The New Wines of Mount Etna, Benjamin North Spencer (Gemelli Press)
W1-7 WORLD WINES
Belgium - Cape Winelands, Peter de Leeuw, André Morgenthal (Stichting Kunstboek)
Mexico - Guía Catadores, 2020-2021, Rodolfo Gershman
UK - English Wines, Oz Clarke (Pavilion)
W1-8 DRINK TOURISM
Canada -The Definitive Guide to Canada Distilleries, Davin de Kergommeaux (Appetite PRH)
France - Vignerons Essentiels, Jérémy Cukierman, Leif Carlsson (La Martinière)
New Zealand - NZ Wine Guide 2, Celia Hay
Spain - Rioja, Siete Miradas por el Territorio Centenario del Vino (Rutas del vino, rioja.com)
W1-10 PROFESSIONALS
Hong Kong (China) - Wine cellar design, Wang Chen (Artpower International) ISBN 9789881998538
France - Cavistes, Antonin Iommi-Amunategui (Nouriturfu)
UK - Wine Faults & Flaws, Keith Grainger (Wiley-Blackwell)
W1-11 TRANSLATION
Argentina - Gold in the Vineyard, Laura Catena (Catapulta)
China - Japanese sake, Naohiko Noguchi, Yanomatsu Chiono (CITIC) ISBN 97877521704044
France - Le souffle du vin, Luigi Moio (France Agricole)
Germany - Einfach Wein, Aldo Sohm, Christine Muhlke, Translator Ansgar Knirim (Prestel)
W2 OTHER DRINKS
W2-1 NO ALCOHOL
France - La chicorée ça se cuisine ! (Côte Nord Editions)
UK - How to drink without drinking, Fiona Beckett (Kyle Books)
USA - Good Drinks, Julia Bainbridge (Ten Speed)
W2-2 COFFEE
France - Cafégraphie, Anne Caron (Hachette Pratique)
Sweden - Fika made in Sweden, Stina Almroth (Albertine Publishing)
Turkey - Loyalty Pledge, Ahde Vefa, A Turkish Coffee Story, Cenk Girginol (A7 Books)
Uruguay - Hay Café, Pablo Corrado, Andrés Amodio, Sabrina Srur (Grijalbo)
W2-3 TEA
China - A Decade Miracle of Guizhou Tea, Yuan Xiaiojuan(Guizhou S&T) ISBN 9787553208268
France - Chercheur de Thé, François-Xavier Delmas (La Martinière)
Japan - The Story of Japanese Tea, Tyas Sosen (Tea Crane Publishing)
W2-4 SPIRITS
There will be two number 4
Cuba - El sabor líquido de lo cubano (Corporación Cuba Ron - Artechef)
France - Oenotourisme et spiritueux, Alain Marty (Eyrolles)
Japan - The Japanese Sake bible, Brian Ashcraft (Tuttle)
Switzerland - Rum, Rhum, Ron, Pascal Kählin, Sina Buhler (Alambic Books)
Turkey - Evde Raki, Siofrasi, Gulen Cakir (Overteam Yayinlari)
W2-4 COGNAC
France - Cognac, la culture de la qualité, Bertrand Blanchetron (Ellipses)
UK - Louis XIII Cognac, The Thesaurus, Karen Howes, Rémy Martin (ACC Art Books)
USA - The Sazerac, Tim McNally (Louisiana State University)
W2-4 WHISKY
Belgium - Het whisky boek, Fernand Dacquin (Lannoo)
Ireland - Irish Whiskey, Gary Quinn (Collins Little Books)
Japan - 50 Japanese Whiskies, Marc Antomattei
Turkey - Angel’s Share, Whisky, Dr. Burkay Adalig (Epsilon)
W2-5 COCKTAILS
Australia - The Viking Feast, Sven Almenning, Greg Sanderson, The Mjolner team: Joachim Borenius, Andrew Wright (Speakeasy Group)
France - Le Cocktail Book, Florian Thireau (La Martinière)
Sweden - Jakten på en perfekt Dry Martini, Hans-Olov Oberg, Emil Åreng (LB Forlag)
USA - Spirits of Latin America, Ivy Mix (Ten Speed)
W2-6 FOOD & DRINK
France - Vin & Gastronomy, Jocelyn Pérard, Olivier Jacquet, Jean-Robert Pitte (PU Dijon)
South Africa - Passion for Pairing, Jean-Vincent Ridon, Photos Gerda Louw (Ridon Communications)
Spain - Juan Mari Humada, El chef del vino, Manolo González (Al Gusto Ediciones)
UK - Wine & Food, the perfect match, Ronan Sayburn, Marcus Verberne (Jacqui Small)
W2-8 BEER
Belgium - Bierland België, Eric Verdonck (Lannoo)
Switzerland - Randos Bière en France, Fabienne et Benoit Luisier (Helvetoq)
UK - Craft, an argument, Pete Brown (Storm Lantern)
W3 LIFESTYLE
W3-1 HISTORY
China - Wellknown Old Chinese Wines, (Zhejiang Fine Arts) ISBN 9787534079054
France - L’ivresse du soldat, Charles Ridel (Vendémiaire)
Sweden - 101 Snapsvisor, Dan Glimne (Grenadine)
Scotland - A long stride, Johnny Walker, by Nick Morgan (Canongate)
W3-2 WINE EDUCATION
France - Apprendre le vin avec les Gouttes de Dieu (Glénat)
Spain - Con vino con todo, Meritxell Falgueras (Oberon)
Sweden - Winesplaining, Anders Mellden (Roos & Tegner)
UK - Wines & Recipes, Raul Diaz, Foreword Michel Roux Jr, Steven Spurrier (Winetraining)
W3-3 ILLUSTRATIONS
Argentina - Gold in the vineyards, Laura Catena, illustrations Fernando Adorneti (Catapulta)
China - Beauty of Tipsiness, Denis Lim (CITIC) ISBN 9787521712773
Turkey - Loyalty Pledge, Ahde Vefa, Cenk Girginol, Illustrations Hasan Kale (A7 Books)
W3-3 PHOTOGRAPHY
France - Trévallon, Photos Hans Silvester, Denis Laveur, Thierry Veson (Éphémère)
New Zealand - NZ Wine Guide, Celia Hay, Photos Kevin Judd
W3-4 WINE WRITING
France - Le monde du vin d’ aujourd’hui, Jacky Rigaux (Terre en vue)
Morocco - Vin, Poèmes traduits de l’arabe, Mohammed Bennis (Escampette)
UK - Wine from another galaxy, Noble Rot book, Mark Andrew, Dan Keeling (Quadrille)
W3-4 NOVELS
Armenia - Waking Noah’s Vines, Vahan Zanoyar (Gampr Books)
Australia - The Champagne Wars, Fiona McIntosh (PRH)
Canada - Les fruits de l’ exil, Jacques Orhon (Éditions de l’ Homme)
France - Les vignes du pendu, Nicole Provence (City)
W3-6 DRINKS & HEALTH
China - How to drink wine to get better (Beijing Publishing ) ISBN 9787521415599
France - En pleine forme, François Mansotte, Bernard Jégou, Jaen Jouzel (Hygée)
UK - How to be a mindful drinker, Laura Willoughby, Dr Jussi Tolvi, Dru Jaeger (DK)
W4 SPECIAL AWARDS
W4-1 DRINK SPECIAL AWARDS
Special Awards are final, They do not compete with each other.
France - Irouleguy mon Amour, Eric Remus (Editions Persee)
France - Pierre Overney !, Hariet & Marcus de Vere (Tonnerre de l’Est)
France - Accords, Vins & Mets, Philippe Faure-Brac (EPA)
OIV . Strategic Plan 2020-2024 (OIV) 42 pages, Free PDF
USA - Wine and the White House, Frederick J. Ryan (White House Historical Association)
Zambia - Moonshine Markets, Alan Haworth, Ronald Simpson (Routledge)
