Customer Reviews

The Italian Wine Guide: Where to Go and What to See, Drink, and Eat (Dolce Vita)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I collect Italian wine and at first glance thought this book would be perfect to plan a trip to the Italian wine regions. Then I tried to find the top 20 Italian wineries - not one is listed. Nonetheless, all the reviews were just glowing - all the wines were great, all the hotels were perfect, etc., etc. Then I read the statement (I paraphrase): "All members of the National Association for Wine Tourism as of XX date are listed in this book." Hey, that's advertisement - no one should be tricked into paying money for that. If I'm buying a book, I want - and expect! - the views of an independent writer.

This book looks great but is actually just a listing of hotels and wineries that belong to a trade association. I looked for the names of 10 wineries and 5 top restaurants that my wine merchant told me to visit. Not one of them is listed. The ones that are listed are very small and most of them don't even export their wines to the US. No thanks!!

The Italian Wine Guide is a delightful travel guide to the various regional wines and 325 wineries of Italy. Virtually every page of this comprehensive and detailed reference features colorful photographs, maps, lists of amazing facts, and much more. Enhanced with 167 maps and 99 detailed itineraries (complete with lodgings and restaurants), The Italian Wine Guide is a truly great reference for wine connoisseurs traveling abroad in the Italian landscape ranging from Tuscany and Florence, to Milan, Naples and Venice, as well as the armchair traveler who truly loves learning about good wines and the places from which they come!

We generally like the work of Touring Club of Italy. This wine book is no exception. It won't give you a subjective list of great wines--there are plenty of books and magazines filled with this information. Instead, it gives you genuine INFORMATION like the location of the DOC and DOCG zones, the exact requirements of each along with suggested driving tours through all the wine zones big and small. If you want to know what grape is used to make Rosso Conero, how large the production area is, what the typical percentage of alcohol might be and how long it must be aged, this book is for you. Look elsewhere for information on trendy wineries and lists of "Top 100" and other subjective rankings. This book is a valuable resource in our library.

this is a wonderful book: beautifully done and full of good information about sampling the wineries of Italy. It also lists golf courses and antiwue shops near the wineries. It mentions associations and websites to learn more about wine, alough it neglects "theitalianwinestore.com"