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Title: Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2003 by Hugh Johnson ISBN: 1-84000-611-0 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Pub. Date: 09 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Take it everywhere with you!
Comment: I have been a devotee of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Encyclopedias since the 1980's, when I was first introduced to the concept of fine wine. This pocket guide, updated every year to include information on new vineyards and vintages, is a godsend. With so many wines produced today, I need a method to distinguish among the offerings, and this is it. From the cheapest to the most expensive wine, Johnson includes a vast list in a slim, portable volume.
Without snobbery, Johnson discusses grape varieties, food pairings, and the individual character of different wine regions, from France to California to Australia - even to South Africa. While the food recommendations are more guidance than rules, they still provide a solid base for the novice. Connoisseurs will head straight to the easy to read wine listings to discover the best vintages and the characters of individual labels, as well as Johnson's overall starred ratings.
The book is small enough to fit inside a purse or jacket pocket, perfect for taking to a restaurant or wine store. If you are serious about wine, you really do need to buy an updated edition every year. People who have only a casual interest might get away with one every other year.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who appreciates fine wine or who wants to learn more about it. You won't be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pays for Itself
Comment: Like finding the perfect anniversery gift or putting on your snow tires, buying this guide should be one of those things you do each and every year.
Why? Because it will pay for itself the very first trip you make with it to the liquor store. Think I'm exagerating? Then keep reading.
Hugh Johnson is the Roger Ebert of wines. In other words, he knows his subject thouroughly but without ever being snobby or pretentious. He knows you don't find the perfect wine -- whether for cheap pasta, or coq au vin, or to lay down for a decade -- by price. Trying to decide between the 80 buck Cabernet Sauvignon or the simply labelled "red table wine" at ten dollars -- and you've never tasted either? Hugh can tell you the better value. Not to mention which one is just plain better.
With that one purchase, you'll have more than paid for the book.
Hugh has a wonderful sense of humor, and takes great joy in his work -- and it shows.
Rating: 5
Summary: Practical and exhaustive
Comment: There is an amazing lot of information in this book. It is very exhaustive and reliable, with a specific focus on Bordeaux wines. The information has proven to be very objective, as opposed to similar info from Parker that you have to decode before use. It also covers a broad range of qualities which is very helpful for the lower reputation areas.
I have been a regular user for ten years and continue buying it about once every three years.
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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 M. Parker ISBN: 0743229320 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson ISBN: 1840003324 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Pub. Date: 13 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2004 by Hugh Johnson ISBN: 1840007311 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil ISBN: 1563054345 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2003 by Oz Clarke ISBN: 0151008760 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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