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Title: WINES OF THE RHONE VALLEY : Revised and Expanded Edition by Robert Parker ISBN: 0684800136 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9
Rating: 4
Summary: A Solid Effort, but a Trifle Self-Impressed?
Comment: There are a number of books now available on the wines of the Rhone, an area of the wine world with increasing public awareness, and deservedly so. Parker has updated his own volume, but appears to be unaware of any of the efforts of others in the field; he is certainly unprepared to acknowledge the body of work into which his new book will rest. Any book of this type of thoroughness with no bibliography seems to this reviewer to miss the point a bit...
Parker's book is full of the usual indulgences - a preparedness for hyperbole, for speaking with absolute authority and for the general impression that the author is more important than the winemaker. The wines are afforded their status because he writes about them, alas; we would prefer, I suspect, a writer who realises the wines are his reason for being, rather than the other way around.
Nonetheless, the book is a solid effort of research and the tasting notes are a testament to an awful amount of time and care - and love - devoted to the subject. Parker knows the Rhone, and he conveys his enthusiasms well. Recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you like Rhone wines this book is indispensible
Comment: Another colossal work by Mr. Parker! As usual, the author concentrates a little more on grading individual wines, producers and vintages than on the background and the general picture. The book is very coherent, easy to refer to, and is packed with useful (and not so useful) information. It explicitly treats every winemaker in the region with specific notes and marks for every conceivable wine and vintage.
Rating: 5
Summary: WHAT A BOOK ! Impressive tastings, writings and insights!
Comment: As a French and especially a French born in a little town located at 20 kilometers from Chateauneuf-du-Pape, I am really amazed that Mr Parker get to know the wines of my own country so deeply. He really understands their 'spirits' and he is - as no one that I know of - able of explaining them and detailing them in beautiful, and in the mean time, trully informative and practical ways. This Rhone Valley's guide - because I consider this to be a real guide even though it is a shot from one author alone - is really pleasing to read and to use. It is motivating! This is a masterpiece to be highly considered by all wine lovers in the sense that the wines from the Rhone area were - and maybe still are - not very well considered by all wine drinkers. Because Mr Parker, as a well know master taster with a huge knowledge about the wines and wine producers of the Rhone Valley, did write this book, people might now get a better understanding of what these wines are, how they are made, and who is doing them best. Mr Parker loves powerfull wines... (so do I) ...I am not suprised that he wrote such a book about this region because the Wines of the Rhone Valley ARE VERY powerfull - but not all of them. This is what you will learn by reading this book. You will find plenty of details as well as plenty of very good addresses there. This book is definitely THE reference for now. Give it a try. It is worth it. And if you visit the Rhone Valley wine country, bring it along with you or you'll miss most of the fun: tasting the good, the excellent and the exceptionnal. A la votre.
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Title: Bordeaux: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wines Produced from 1961 to 1997 by Robert M., Jr. Parker ISBN: 0684800152 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 02 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide 6th Edition: The Complete, Easy-to-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More Than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions by Robert Parker ISBN: 0743229320 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy by Clive Coates ISBN: 0520212517 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Grands Vins: The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines by Clive Coates ISBN: 0520202201 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Rhone Valley: The 90 Greatest Wines (Grandeur Nature Collection) by James Turnbull, Daniel Czap ISBN: 2851205684 Publisher: Hachette Livre Direction Paris Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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