In this extraordinary addition to the Ultimate Collection of Assouline, Enrico Bernardo, the best sommelier in the world, imagines the perfect cellar full of the most exceptional wines of the twentieth century: the impossible collection of wines. By weighing the virtues of rarity, terroir, taste and historical mystics, that of Bernardo is a list that every connoisseur can only dream. To transform the grape into poetry into the bottle, the winemaker must be a sort of alchemist. Despite the technological and taste changes of the last 100 years, the trade has remained substantially unchanged; A great wine remains the product of countless factors, not least the smile of Providence. In these pages, Bernardo celebrates the most exquisite vintages from all over the world, from the 1928 Champagne Krug to Penfolds Grange Bin 95 of 1951 to the 1973 State Summer Slv, inviting the reader to a journey through history to savor an impossible collection. This edition of luxury bound by hand in oversiz