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Hachette Wine Guide (Hachette Guide to French Wines) (Hardcover)

by Pascal Ribereau-Gayon (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 1200 pages
  • Publisher: Cassell Illustrated (21 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842020676
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842020678
  • Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 12.7 x 4.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 632,180 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A guide to choosing, buying and appreciating French wine. It covers 8000 wines, selected from a total of 25,000 by 800 experts after a blind tasting. Published annually, the book contains information, notes and addresses and maps of each wine-growing region. The information covered includes: the year of wine tasted; the quality of the wine; the kind of wine; price; price/quality ratio; best/exceptional years; whether it was matured in the barrel or a tank; the number of bottles produced; the address/email address/name of the proprietor; area cultivated; thermo-regulation; tasting on site; and sales on site. Wines can be referenced via the region, name of the wine, appellation, or via the producer/co-operative/merchant. In addition there is a practical section on everything from reading the label to pairing wine with food.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A LOT LESS GOOD THAN MOST PEOPLE SAY, 8 Aug 2001
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As a Frenchman who has read all upteen past editions of this book, and a great wine lover, please allow me to dissent with the popular praise of this guide. In summary, it is a long compendium of the mainstream production of the French regions. As such, it weeds out the bad wines, but never includes the really great ones. (except for a few token "stars" like Montrachet or Latour which are allways added in for good measure). It is not hard to find out why this guide is so: just ask yourself how it is made. How could they possibly taste tens of thousands of wines? The answer is simple: they don't. The Hachette guide is based on regional tastings where so called experts such as restaurant chefs, sommeliers and wine producers taste the wines. Unfortunately, contrarily to common opinion, this population is NOT expert at tasting wine at all. Most restaurant chefs don't kow wine, most sommeliers never taste wine (they are too busy waiting tables in their bosses' restaurants) and 99% of wine producers know fewer than 20 wines (their own plus those fo their best friends). Moreover these wine producers would never mark a wine down in a blind tasting - in fear that they may be tasting their own production! (remember, the tastings are done at the regional level, so the chances of this happenning are pretty high).

This is a mediocre book. Use it to build yourself a mediocre cellar. Look elsewhere for great wines (at all prices)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and objective guide to French Wines, 6 Jan 2001
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This is the English version of the annual bible for French Wine lovers and professionals. Unlike other guides this one does not accept advertising and all wines are judged on blind tastings by over 800 professionals. Only 30% of the 28,000 bottles submitted from every wine region of France succeed in winning an entry. Every wine is described and rated together with details of the winemaker, visiting times etc. There is also a wealth of other information on vintages, food, tasting etc which makes this such a valuable book for anyone seeking out decent wines in France. As a professional I use it as an indispensible guide to finding new supplies and learning more about wine and France. Most of us do not need to purchase it annually, as inclusion in any year suggests that the vineyard in question is doing most things well. The print is small but this allows for such a wealth of information. Like all good things, I recommend this with some hesitation, as until now it has been almost a secret source of information for me as a professional - now all my customers can access the same information!
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