Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone (Andrea Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone) [Paperback]

Andrea Immer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Andrea Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone | Publication Date: May 14, 2002

The Ultimate Buying Guide to America’s Most Popular and Accessible Wines

The first guide to buying wine that grades the top-selling premium wines in stores and restaurants: popular supermarket brands, trade-up brands, and super-premium labels. Andrea Immer, one of America’s foremost wine authorities, surveyed thousands of wine professionals and ordinary consumers, who assess what really matters most–taste and value for the money. She also provides:

•Best-of lists: The top performing wines

•Immer Best Bets: Andrea Immer’s top picks for every major buying dilemma, from inexpensive crowd pleasers to blue-chip choices for business entertaining

•“The Top Fifty Wines You’re Not Drinking”: These wines are less well known, but offer good availability and great value

•Immersion Course: Quick and easy label-reading lessons to give you instant buying expertise

•Kitchen Countertop (and Fridge) Survivor™ grades: How long will the wine keep after it’s opened? Now you’ll know the wines’ “freshness window” after opening.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Aiming to provide practical buying guidance on more than 400 of the most popular and available wines on the market, Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone narrowly misses the mark. Immer, a master sommelier and author of Great Wine Made Simple, devotes the bulk of this buying guide to lists, such as "30 Most Popular Chardonnays," "The Top 50 Wines You're Not Drinking," and "Impress the Date: Hip Wines," and, in a separate section, short written reviews. Unfortunately, the lists, with no more than wine names and value and price ratings, aren't very insightful, nor are the reviews, which often seem to favor style over substance. One wishes Immer perhaps had skipped the lists entirely and made her reviews a little more full-bodied. There are redeeming qualities, however, including the Kitchen Fridge Survivor Grade, which measures how long a wine will keep after it's opened; cuisine lists, which suggest wines to go with Chinese food, pizza, and so forth; and a blank area for notes after each review so readers can track wines they've tried and jot down their impressions. This book, however, as Immer said of one wine, "offers less flavor for the money than its competitors." --Andy Boynton

About the Author

ANDREA IMMER is the author of GREAT WINE MADE SIMPLE. One of only ten women in the world to hold the title of Master Sommelier, she is the wine and spirits columnist for Esquire and is dean of wine studies at the French Culinary Institute.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (May 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767911849
• ISBN-13: 978-0767911849
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 3.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,249,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Pocket Guide to Wine Purchase, May 30, 2002

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone (Andrea Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone) (Paperback)

Being a real Andrea Immer fan (her book is the best to learn about wine) this book makes the perfect companion to take when purchasing or ordering at the restaurant.

Not only are over 400 wines commonly found on wine lists and at retail establishments, but the other helps here on so right on! There is "Best of Lists" "Immer's Top Picks" "The Top 50 Wines You're Not Drinking" "Immersion Course" and "Kitchen Fridge/Countertop Survivor".

She brings the confusing world of wine down to ordinary people level in her book and now in this practical wine tool. What I love the best about this is her suggestions, e.g. "You're Invited--Inimpeachable Bottles to Bring to Dinner" and "What to drink with Mexican Food."

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Wine Book, August 7, 2002

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Tristan Fornicci (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone (Andrea Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone) (Paperback)

What's good about this book is that a lot of the wines in it are in stores so you can compare the book to what you are about to purchase. It's great that the book is narrowed down to only 400 of the best selling wines in the U.S. I LOVED the categories for best wines for pizza, picnics and other everyday dining experiences. This book is indispensable for anyone who likes to buy good wine for less than fifteen dollars a bottle.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The wine buying guide for me, July 23, 2002

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"sam3415" (Glen Rock, New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone (Andrea Robinson's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone) (Paperback)

Finally, a book that makes it easy to select wine. All I want is a list of what tastes good for a good price - this book is it.

The wines are ranked by price AND value for the money. I've gotten several selections and they have all been great. Believe it or not, there are wines that go with Mexican and Chinese food. I don't waste money at the wine store any more. Great Job.