Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2005 (Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guides) [Hardcover]

Oz Clarke (Author)

Book Description

Series: Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guides | Publication Date: November 1, 2004

Indispensable as ever, Oz Clarke's now-classic pocket wine guide has been thoroughly and meticulously revised and updated for 2005, with much-anticipated lists of favorite wines, top values, and producers and regions to watch, as well as with new vintage reports.
As user-friendly as it is complete, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2005 lists each wine, grape, winery, producer, and region alphabetically for easy reference. It is a perfect pocket reference for novices-and essential for the seasoned wine lover wanting the latest information.

Editorial Reviews

Review

PRAISE FOR OZ CLARKE'S POCKET WINE GUIDE

"Reliable Source, Solid Advice: His 'top value wines' and 'best look-alikes to the classics' repay the ... cost." -Howard Goldberg, The New York Times
"For an omnibus guide to wine, the competition comes down to Clarke and Hugh Johnson. Clarke wins hands down." -The Wine Spectator

About the Author

Oz Clarke, one of the world's leading wine experts, is a featured advisor to winetoday.com, the New York Times wine Web site, and he has won all the major wine writing awards. He lives in West London. Margaret Rand is an award-winning wine writer and a former editor of Wine magazine, Wine & Spirit International and Whisky magazine. She contributes to a wide range of wine publications and Internet sites and has been general editor, then wine editor of Oz Clarke's Wine Buying Guide for the last 11 editions. Margaret has also worked as an editor on several other Oz Clarke titles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0151011001
• ISBN-13: 978-0151011001
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,839,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Portable and easy to use, December 6, 2004

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This review is from: Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2005 (Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guides) (Hardcover)

At 4 inches wide, Clarke's annual A-Z guide really will fit in a pocket. The alphabetical listings cover wines, producers, grapes, and wine regions, and inside the front and back covers are vintage charts. Clarke lists his year's favorites, includes a glossary of wine terms and a brief primer on matching food and wine, storing, decanting, etc. Compact and easy-to-use.