The World Atlas of Wine, by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson with maps editor Julia Harding, has been the reference atlas of the wine world for decades. The ninth edition, published 22 September 2026, is the first in seven years, and it arrives at a moment when the maps genuinely need redrawing.
What is new is substantive: 18 brand-new maps, and a text overhauled to address climate change, the arrival of serious wine-growing in the far north of Europe, and the global sustainability initiatives reshaping how wine is made. The format remains the familiar large hardback: 432 pages, 298 x 238 x 40 mm, weighing 2400 g.
For the collector, the atlas is the working document behind every buying decision about region and site. The publisher's page for the prior edition confirms the 9th edition ISBN (9781784729707) and availability to order; the dedicated 9th-edition title page had not yet been indexed on the publisher site one day after publication, so the linked page is the Octopus page announcing the new edition.
