"This book does not aspire to be, in any sense, a treatise on wine, nor does it presume to teach anything to either experts or connoisseurs. Its object is to try and awaken an interest in the subject among those who have not hitherto given much thought or attention to it, and to point out how important it is in these days of fraud and adulteration that wine should be obtained from proper and reliable sources." (1908 - C. E. Hawker)