It is a "Wine Diary". It has pages where you can name where, when, how and why you were trying a certain wine and how you rated it. Lovely full page illustrations across from the diary entry notes. It also has wine terms and their definition and a few blank pages for additional wines worth mentioning. It was published by Hugh Lauter Levin Assoc, Inc. and printed in Japan. 1st edition. Printed in Japan. ISBN0883630877