Hugh Johnson (wine writer)

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Hugh Johnson OBE ( born March 10, 1939 in London ) is an English wine critic.

Life

Hugh Johnson was born in St John 's Wood, London, the son of a lawyer. He grew up in London and Kent. Johnson attended a boarding school in the English rugby and studied at King 's College, Cambridge English Studies. Later he worked for the magazine Vogue, House & Garden, and publisher of Wine & Food magazines, where he took over the editorship of wine criticism. After that, he was editor of the travel issues of The Sunday Times. In 1963, Hugh Johnson Secretary-General of the Food & Wine Society in London.

Since 1971 he has published the World Atlas of Wine, which is also available in German translation annually since 1972. Hugh Johnson's books have a total circulation of about 3.5 million (as of 2010) and have been translated into more than ten languages ​​. Well-known German language editions are The Little Johnson (annually in new edition) and The Big Johnson. The Little Johnson is as printed on the cover of the best-selling wine guide in the world.

Hugh Johnson also has sound knowledge of Dendrology and also written books in this area, as well as columns on garden topics. In 1973 he published 'The International Book of Trees ' and in 1975 he became editor of The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society ( The Garden )' for which he has published his own columns. A column published in 37 years, ' Trad 's Diary ' appears online in Hortus magazine. 2010 came to be internationally successful dendrological Handbook forest and garden trees in revised new version out ( German, trees: The forest and garden trees in the world ).

Hugh Johnson lives with his family near Braintree, Essex.