Coates, Clive 1941–

PERSONAL: Born October 21, 1941, in Darlington, England; son of John (a writer) and Sonja (van Blaaderen) Coates; married Rosalind Cohen, 1964 (divorced, 1982); married Juliet Burns, 1982 (divorced, 1994); children: (first marriage) Emma, Ben. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Westminster Hotel School, graduated (with honors); earned Master of Wine, 1971.

ADDRESSES: Home—76 Woodstock Rd., London W4 1EQ, England. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Wine merchant, 1964–84; wine writer, 1984–. Publisher of Vine, 1985–. British Transport Hotels, executive director of Wines division. Public speaker in Europe and United States.

MEMBER: Academie International du Vine, Malmaison Wine Club (founding member), Saintsbury Club.

AWARDS, HONORS: Decorated chevalier, Ordre du Mérite Agricole (France), 1994; named wine writer of the year, Champagne Lanson Awards, 1998–99; Prix des Arts et des Lettres, Confrérie de Tastevin, Burgundy, 1999, André Simon Award, Champagne Veuve Clicquot Prize, and James Beard Award for best wine book of the year, all for Côte d'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy; rame d'honneur, Verre et l'Assiette; Ruffino/Cyril Ray Memorial Prize for writings on Italian wine; special commendation, Wine Guild of Great Britain, for Vine.

WRITINGS:

Claret, Wine Appreciation Guild, 1982.

The Wines of France, Wine Appreciation Guild, 1990, revised edition, 2000.

Grands Vins: The Great Châteaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1995.

Côte d'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1997.

An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 2000.

The Wines of Bordeaux, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 2003.

Contributor to wine periodicals.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Wines of Burgundy; The Great Wine Estates of France.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, September 15, 1997, Wendy Miller, review of Côte d'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy, p. 96.

Wines & Vines, August, 1999, Philip E. Hiaring, review of Côte d'Or, p. 58; May, 2000, Larry Walker, review of The Wines of France, p. 70; June, 2001, Philip E. Hiaring, review of An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France, p. 157.