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Evening Standard London Wine Guide 1996

Andrew Jefford

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Buyer's Guide to American Wines: The Right Wine for the Right Price

Anthony Dias Blue

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Complete, comprehensive 3 out of 5 stars.
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A great book with a lot of information. Now the question is where to find an up-to-date version of this comprehensive volume ?

Comprehensive listings of American wineries 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is a book that should be re-released with updated information. It is the wine connoisseurs indispensible resource.

Guia De Vinos, Augardentes E Bodegas De Galicia, 2006-2007

Sumilleres Gallaecia

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An Introduction to Australian Wine

James Halliday

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Wine Spectator's Guide to Red Wines of California and Other U.S. Regions: More Than 2500 Wines Reviewed, 1997 (Wine Spectator's)

"Wine Spectator" Magazine

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Resonably complete and well organized 2 out of 5 stars.
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With 2,500 wines reviewed, you'd think that the whole spectrum of California vintages would be covered...however, I found many of my favorite wines missing. Overall, its a good solid reference and worth the price.

Take the guesswork out of wine selection. 4 out of 5 stars.
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If you don't know a Zinfandel from a Merlot, this is the book for you. The very first wine I selected using this guide was my best purchase to date. It's a must if you plan on touring the wineries of California. This simple to read and easy to understand book makes a pseudo-connoisseur out of a novice.

Daniel Johnnes's Top 200 Wines: An Expert's Guide to Maximum Enjoyment for Your Dollar, 2004 Edition

Daniel Johnnes, Michael Stephenson

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Honest suggestions, good accompaniment 4 out of 5 stars.
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I think this book deserves at least one review, so here I go...

When I purchased it, I hoped it would help me understand vast production and offering of quality wines in the world. Well, it did not. Without color pictures, maps and other fancy illustrations I was not as keen on proceeding. That maybe tells more about my reading habits then about the book. So I bought "The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia instead" which is really inspiring and I am reading it enthusiastically and gaining knowledge. At this point I am founding Daniel Johnnes's book to be good resource to help me find wine values. With tasting notes on 200 wines, hot shot producers and honest suggestions, I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on "grand vin" and still can enjoy top quality.

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You don't have to be a wine expert to get a good deal on a great bottle. Without stuffy, technical terms-and without talking down to the inexperienced wine buyer-Daniel Johnnes lays out all the basics that the consumer needs to know before making his or her next purchase. This edition, newly updated for 2004, includes:
* Daniel Johnnes's opinion of 200 wines, including more than 80 wines of recent vintage added since the first edition
* Explanations of grape varieties and the wine-making process
* How to start a wine cellar for only $750
* Helpful hints on everything from uncorking the bottle to complementary dishes
Most important, Johnnes makes the distinction between cheap wines and wines of good value-if a wine is truly great, it may be worth paying a little more than you expected.

Andrea Immer Robinson's 2006 Wine Buying Guide for Everyone: Revised Edition (Andrea Immer Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone)

Andrea Robinson

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Editorial Review:

The ultimate buying guide to America’s most popular and accessible wines is now in its fourth edition and features more than two hundred brand-new listings.

Completely updated with information on more than seven hundred of the country’s top-selling wines (fifty more than were included in the 2005 edition), Andrea Immer’s buying guide is dedicated to the best-quality, most popular, and readily available wines found in stores and restaurants. In addition to giving the lowdown on taste and value, this compact resource is packed with unique features such as:

• Candid “from the trenches” comments from consumers and wine pros alike

• Results of “kitchen survivor tests,” revealing how every wine fares as a leftover

• Immersion Course: easy lessons in label reading and wine-list decoding

• Immer’s Best Bets for solving every buying dilemma, from hip wines to impress a date to blue-chip choices for a client

• Listings of the year’s top-performing wines at every price level, from steal to splurge

Had a Glass: The Top 100 Wines for 2006

James Nevison, Kenji Hodgson

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Editorial Review:

A buyer's guide for the modern wine lover.

James Nevison and Kenji Hodgson have once again put their pens where their mouths are, this time bringing you their top 100 wine picks for 2006. Shedding complicated terminology and pretensions, Had a Glass offers key information on wines that will give you the best bang for your buck. The picks -- all carefully chosen by the "wine guys" -- are available throughout western Canada and, best of all, let you swirl, sniff, and sip for less than $20 a bottle.

La cultura de vino: Una guia amena para pasar de iniciado a experto en vinos

Oriol Segarra

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Editorial Review:

This reference for wine enthusiasts wishing to expand their knowledge of wine offers a perfect combination of basic, complex, expert, and technical information resulting in a thorough and practical text.

Esta referencia pensado para aficionados que quiera iniciarse en su fabuloso mundo y en su cultura proporciona un equilibrio perfecto entre el básico, el complejo, el experto, y el técnico del los vinos que se resulta en un texto practico y ameno.

Wine 101

Gerald C. Hammon

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What a Wonderful Book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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"Wine 101", how can you beat this title? It was a wonderful and informative book. I really liked the information about what wines went with various food categories. This book really helps when you take a date out to dinner and you know which wine to choose. I enjoy the light hearted, one-liners of Gerald Hammon.

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Wine 101, practical information with a minimum of technical language. Won't go out of date the minute a new vintage hits the shelves. Written for the novice who wants enough information to purchase, serve and enjoy wine but who doesn't want to plow through endless descriptions of obscure vintages or wineries. Wine 101 is the first line of defense against wine snobs.