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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9780974014357
ISBN: 0974014354
Label: Fearless Critic Media
Manufacturer: Fearless Critic Media
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Fearless Critic Media
Studio: Fearless Critic Media

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
6,000 glasses of evidence that will change the way you buy wine: Hide the label...and the truth comes out. Acclaimed Fearless Critic Robin Goldstein has gone around the country serving 6,000 glasses of wine from brown paper bags to experts and everyday wine drinkers around America. Here, in print for the first time, are the shocking results, including full-page reviews of the 100 wines that beat $50 to $150 bottles in the blind tastings.




Rating: - Rich sipping list, plus food for thought
As its cover says, the book is based on the tasting of about 540 easy-to-find, best-selling wines under $15, by 500 ordinary American wine drinkers. The book's main strength is that it describes the 100 best of these wines, or rather the 100 top-scoring. A hundred choices is a pretty rich shopping list, and the 25 I've worked my way through so far, are all good wines, though some I would never buy again. And I've found a handful that are, to my taste, real gems that I might not have happened upon otherwise.

It's main weakness is that it is hard to sort subtler information out from the simplistic hype on the book jacket. In other words, it would be wrong to conclude from this book that there are a lot of inexpensive wines ( under $15) that will taste better to the "everyday wine drinker" than most expensive ones ( $25 and up). That might be true, but these wine trials don't take us that far down the path of savvier wine-buying.

The massive tasting was designed ... Read More

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Rating: - The Wine Trials
Very interesting book that shows some wines that are very expensive are not as good as the low priced ones.

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Rating: - good& inexpensive
It's great to get away from those numerical rated reviews.
This book tells you to discover good wines at sensible prices.

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Rating: - Most helpful.
Forget the 100 point review system. Can you really tell the difference between an 89 and a 91? This book will enlighten you to how much you get taken for a ride by a lot of over priced wine, that tastes no better than a twelve dollar bottle. Blind taste tests prove it, and it's all in this book! Have fun with it next time you purchase wine.

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Rating: - The other side of the wine industry
A job well done with very good results for wine lovers. The world of wine is fascinating, because of the experience in tasting it and the ever growing knowledge acquired by it. I believe there should be more studies like the one behind this book. It is about time the truth comes out. Just think about how many mediocre wines are overpriced these days. I understand upstanding wines at very high prices. Making wine is an expensive process. Unfortunately, wine lovers end out buying names instead of good wine.

This book helps a great deal to select quality wine at fair prices. I wonder if the authors plan to continue doing this, at least once every two years. Because in two years or less, it will be difficult if not impossible to find the good wines featured in this book.

With regard to the picks from the book, I have tried a few and there are definitely great wines at affordable prices. By the way, some stores, at least the ones I visit, are raising their prices due to ... Read More

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