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Andrea Immer Robinson's 2006 Wine Buying Guide for Everyone: Revised Edition (Andrea Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone)

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If you are like me, you want a medium price wine and you want to purchase with confidence. This book should get you there.

It's arranged so you can look up wines in several different ways: type of grape, alphabetial, etc. It also features wines that are easy to find at your local wine shop -- no running all over town! And, it has a "kitchen countertop rating", so that you can see whether a bottle will last a day or two in the fridge (white) or on the countertop (red) after opening.

Great work, Andrea! I also enjoy your show.

I bought this book to guide in purchasing wine for everyday that is between 5 and 20 dollars. I am so happy I did. The guide has a rating system to tailor your buying decisions based on what matters most to you. For everyday wine, I like wine that is around $10 and has a high "price to taste value" and keeps well in the fridge in case I take a few days to finish the bottle. This book successfully helped me buy well over 10 wines available in my local store. All of said wines matched the ratings very well. I highly suggest this book for anyone looking for everyday pleasant wine drinking experiences.

Now here's a wine guide for real people. Let's rephrase "wine guide" If it's a pocket guide like Oz Clarke, Hugh Johnson, or this one by Andrea Immer...we should call them "wine store guides".

I find this fascinating: My wife and I are never in a wine store without a pocket guide and we rarely get a clunker. I think there's a correlation here. BUT, we never...and I don't mean "rarely" but actually "never" see anyone else shopping the aisles with a guide. It is sooooooooo helpful.

More to the point: Andrea expects you to use the guide at the super market, Trader Joes, CostPlus, and your average wine store. She's not biased toward the high-end of the market (which I think other pocket guides are), so you can find tons of values.

Don't leave home without it. No, not your Amex card. Andrea Immer's wine store guide.

This is a great book to have with you when you happen to see a wine shop or see a "bargain" wine sale or maybe you are trying to pick out a wine at the local grocery. The only reason I did not give this book 5 stars is that although the book is narrow, it is long and difficult to stick in my purse and impossible for my husband to stick in his pocket. I have used it many times already and have not been disappointed with her recommendations. She is not afraid to give a high rating to a relatively inexpensive wine ($8-10) when it's good.

this is exactly what i was looking for as a shpping guide for wines. Its one of the few books that doesnt harp on vintage, but on the quality on the producer of the wine. eassy to understand ratings for taste and value, which make it an easy to use buying giude. I take it to the grocery and wine store everytime.

This wine buying guide is ideal for anyone, wine expert or novice.
It is easily read and organized. The best part is you'll learn what wines taste the best and cost the least!!