DRINK CULTURE 2021

May 25, 2021

Best in the World 2021, from 80 countries and regions

The ranking of the Best in the World 2021 were supposed to be announced at the awards event in Paris Louvre-Tuileries on June 5, 2021. Due to the Covid-19, we had to change the plan. We decided to announce the results on May 25, 2021 to help now the authors and publishers. The awards ceremony will be November 29, at Les Cordeliers, Paris 6.

Les Cordeliers may be the most beautiful place we ever had for the Gourmand Awards. It is certainly the most historical, a middle ages monk convent turned intoo the French Revolution Club led by Danton. In November 2021, we hope to meet there all the Best in the World in this list.

We treat all Top 4 in the same way, they are all Best inthe World. 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

1. Spain - Vinos de España, Vol 1-2 (Tolosa Wine Books)
2. USA - White Wine Oenology, Volker Scherrer (Board & Bench)
3. France - De Bacchus à Vénus, Jerome Genée (Jerome Genée Photographe)

W1-2 HALL OF FAME CANDIDATE

1. France -La Bière en France, Emmanuel Gillard, 7469 pages For Restaurants du Coeur (Projet Amertune) ISBN 9782954675664

W1-3 MAGAZINES

1. Italy - Il Sommelier, Alice Lupi
2. France - Fusées 1, Bordeaux, Benoît Guenot, Dante Nolleau (Fuzées)
3. Mexico - El Somme, Vinos de México, J. Fernando García

W1-4 CANDIDATES BEST OF THE BEST

1. UK - Inside Bordeaux, Jane Anson (Berry Bros)
2. France - Vignes Premières, Vignes de Demain, Robert Plageoles (Tonnerre de l’ Est)
3. Sweden - Drinking Games, Dryckesspel, Dan Glimme (Grenadine)
4. China - Beauty of Tipsiness, Denis Lim (CITIC) ISBN 9787521712773

W1-5 FRENCH WINE

1. France - Trévallon, une famille d’ artistes, un vin rare, Guy Jacquemont (Éphémère)
2. USA - Drinking French, David Lebovitz (Ten Speed)
3. Italy - Champagne and the best houses, Eric Tirabassi
4. Canada - Essential French Wines, Jérôme Cornet (Essential Books)

W1-6 EUROPEAN WINE

1. Austria - Ruster/Ausbruch DAC, Rudolf Lantshbauer, Yulan Cai (Vinothek)
2. USA - The New Wines of Mount Etna, Benjamin North Spencer (Gemelli Press)
3. Hungary - Tokaj Guide, Ripka Gergely (Scolar)
4. Bosnia - Wine Stories, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Zeljko Garmaz

W1-7 WORLD WINES

1. UK - English Wines, Oz Clarke (Pavilion)
2. Mexico - Guía Catadores, 2020-2021, Rodolfo Gershman
3. Belgium - Cape Winelands, Peter de Leeuw, Andre Morgenthal (Stichting Kunstboek)

W1-8 DRINK TOURISM

1. France - Vignerons Essentiels, Jérémy Cukierman, Leif Carlsson (La Martinière)
2. Canada -The Definitive Guide to Canada Distilleries, Davin de Kergommeaux (Appetite PRH)
3. New Zealand - NZ Wine Guide 2, Celia Hay
4. Spain - Rioja, Siete miradas por el territorio centenario del vino (Rutas del vino, rioja.com)

W1-10 PROFESSIONALS

1. UK - Falts & Flaws in Wine, Keith Grainger (Wiley-Blackwell)
2. France - Cavistes, Antonin Iommi-Amunategui (Nouriturfu)
3. Hong Kong (China) - Wine cellar design, Wang Chen (Artpower International) ISBN 9789881998538

W1-11 TRANSLATION

1. France - Le souffle du vin, Luigi Moio (France Agricole)
2. China - Japanese sake, Naohiko Noguchi, Yanomatsu Chiono (CITIC) ISBN 97877521704044
3. Argentina - Gold in the Vineyard, Laura Catena (Catapulta)
4. Germany - Einfach Wein, Aldo Sohm, Christine Muhlke, Translator Ansgar Knirim (Prestel)

W2 OTHER DRINKS

W2-1 NO ALCOHOL

1. UK - How to drink without drinking, Fiona Beckett (Kyle Books)
2. USA - Good Drinks, Julia Bainbridge (Ten Speed)
3. France - La chicorée ça se cuisine ! (Côte Nord Editions)

W2-2 COFFEE

1. Turkey - Loyalty Pledge, Ahde Vefa, A Turkish Coffee Story, Cenk Girginol (A7 Books)
2. Sweden - Fika made in Sweden, Stina Almroth (Albertine Publishing)
3. France - Cafégraphie, Anne Caron (Hachette Pratique)
4. Uruguay - Hay Café, Pablo Corrado, Andrés Amodio, Sabrina Srur (Grijalbo)

W2-3 TEA

1. France - Chercheur de Thé, François-Xavier Delmas (La Martinière)
2. China - A Decade Miracle of Guizhou Tea, Yuan Xiaiojuan (Guizhou S&T) ISBN 9787553208268
3. Japan - The Story of Japanese Tea, Tyas Sösen (Tea Crane Publishing)

W2-4 SPIRITS

1. Japan - The Japanese Sake bible, Brian Ashcraft (Tuttle)
2. Turkey - Evde Raki, Siofrasi, Gulen Cakir (Overteam Yayinlari )
3. France - Oenotourisme et spiritueux, Alain Marty (Eyrolles)
4. Cuba - El sabor líquido de lo cubano (Corporación Cuba Ron - Artechef)
4. Switzerland - Rum, Rhum, Ron, Pascal Kählin, Sina Buhler (Alambic Books)

W2-4 COGNAC

1. France - Cognac, la culture de la qualité, Bertrand Blanchetron (Ellipses)
2. UK - Lous XIII Cognac, The Thesaurus, Karen Howes, Rémy Martin (ACC Art Books)
3. USA - The Sazerac, Tim McNally (Louisiana State University)

W2-4 WHISKY

1. Turkey - Angel’s Share, Whisky, Dr. Burkay Adalig (Epsilon)
2. Japan - 50 Japanese Whiskies, Marc Antomattei
3. Ireland - Irish Whiskey, Gary Quinn (Collins Little Books)
4. Belgium - Het whisky boek, Fernand Dacquin (Lannoo)

W2-5 COCKTAILS

1. France - Le Cocktail Book, Florian Thireau (La Martinière)
2. Australia - The Viking Feast, Sven Almenning, Greg Sanderson, The Mjölner team: Joachim Borenius, Andrew Wright (Speakeasy Group)
3. Sweden - Jakten på en perfekt Dry Martini, Hans-Olov Oberg, Emil Åreng  (LB Forlag
4. USA - Spirits of Latin America, Ivy Mix (Ten Speed)

W2-6 FOOD & DRINK

1. France - Vin & Gastronomie, Jocelyn Pérard, Olivier Jacquet, Jean-Robert Pitte (PU Dijon)
2. UK - Wine & Food, the perfect match, Ronan Sayburn (Jacqui Small)
3. Spain - Juan Mari Humada, El chef del vino, Manolo González (Al Gusto Ediciones)
4. Sweden - Vine Vego, Michel Jamais (Tukan)

W2-8 BEER

1. UK - Craft, an argument, Pete Brown (Storm Lantern)
2. Belgium - Bierland België, Eric Verdonck (Lannoo)
3. Switzerland - Randos Bièreen France, Fabienne et Benoît Luisier (Helvetiq)

W3 LIFESTYLE

W3-1 HISTORY

1. Sweden - 101 Snapsvisor, Dan Glimme (Grenadine)
2. China - Wellknown Old Chinese Wines (Zhejiang Fine Arts) ISBN 9787534079054
3. France - L’ ivresse du soldat, Charles Ridel (Vendémiaire)
4. Scotland - A long stride, Johnny Walker, by Nick Morgan (Canongate)

W3-2 WINE EDUCATION

1. Spain - Con vino con todo, Meritxell Falgueras (Oberon)
2. UK - Wines & Recipes, Raul Diaz, Foreword Michel Roux Jr, Steven Spurrier (Winetraining)
3. Sweden - Winesplaining, Anders Mellden (Roos & Tegner)
4. France - Apprendre le vin avec les Gouttes de Dieu (Glénat)

W3-3 ILLUSTRATIONS

1. China - Beauty of Tipsiness, Denis Lim (CITIC) ISBN 9787521712773
2. Turkey - Loyalty Pledge, Ahde Vefa, Cenk Girginol, Illustrations Hasan Kale (A7 Books)
3. Argentina - Gold in the vineyards, Laura Catena, illustrations Fernando Adorneti (Catapulta)

W3-3 PHOTOGRAPHY

1. France - Trévallon, Photos Hans Silvester, Denis Laveur, Thierry Veson (Éphémère)
2. New Zealand - NZ Wine Guide, Celia Hay, Photos Kevin Judd

W3-4 WINE WRITING

1. UK - Wine from another galaxy, Noble Rot book, Mark Andrew, Dan Keeling (Quadrille)
2. Morocco - Vin, Poèmes traduits de l’ arabe, Mohammed Bennis (Escampette)
3. France - Le monde du vin d’ aujourd’hui, Jacky Rigaux (Terre en vue)

W3-4 NOVELS

1. Canada - Les fruits de l’ exil, Jacques Orhon (Éditions de l’ Homme)
2. Australia - The Champagne Wars, Fiona McIntosh (PRH)
3. France - Les vignes du pendu, Nicole Provence (City)

W3-6 DRINKS & HEALTH

1. UK - How to be a mindful drinker, Laura Willoughby, Dr Jussi Tolvi, Dru Jaeger (DK)
2. China - How to drink wine to get better (Beijing Publishing ) ISBN 9787521415599
3. France - En pleine forme, François Mansotte, Bernard Jégou, Jean Jouzel (Hygée)

W4 SPECIAL AWARDS

W4-1 DRINK SPECIAL AWARDS

Special Awards are final, They do not compete with each other.

France - Irouléguy mon Amour, Éric Remus (Éditions 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)