Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide The Complete, Easy-to-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions

Name: Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide The Complete, Easy-to-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions
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ISBN: 9780684800141

ISBN-10: 0684800144

ISBN-13: 9780684800141

Edition: 5th 1999

Authors: Robert M. Parker, Robert M. Parker

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Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 12/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1704
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 2.50" tall
Weight: 4.092
Language: English

Robert M. Parker, Jr., lives in Parkton, Maryland.



Introduction


How to Use This Guide


Organization


Viticultural Areas Covered


Rating the Producers and Crowers


Vintage Summaries


Tasting Notes and Ratings


Quoted Priees


Wine Price Guide


The Role of a Wine Critie


About Wine


How to Buy Wine


How to Store Wine


The Question of How Much Aging


How to Serve Wine


Food and Wine Matchups


What's Been Added to Your Wine?


Organic Wines


The Dark Side of Wine


The Growing International Standardization of Wine Styles


Destroying the Joy of Wine by Excessive Acidification, Overzealous Fining, and Abrasive Filtration


The Inflated Wine Pricing of Restaurants


Collectors versus Consumers


Unspeakable Practices


Wine Producers' Greed


Wine Writers' Ethies and Competence


What Constitutes a Great Wine?


The Wines Of Western Europe



France


Alsace


Bordeaux


Burgundy and Beaujolais


Champagne


The Loire Valley


Languedoc-Roussillon


Provence


The Rhone Valley


Bergerac and the Southwest



Italy


Piedmont


Tuscany



Germany and Austria



Spain and Portugal


The Wines Of North America



California



Oregon



Washington State


The Best Of The Rest



Australia and New Zealand



Argentina and Chile


Index