Hachette Wine Guide 2002: The French Wine Bible (Hardcover)

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Absolutely unique and astonishingly comprehensive--a completely new selection of 9,000 French wines selected from 30,000 tasted blind--this ultimate guide to the most delicious fruit of the vine offers suggestions so irresistible you'll just have to run out and try them. Each entry includes an amazing 20 separate pieces of information--many given in wonderfully compact symbols and found in this book alone--including the number of bottles produced and the area cultivated. And, there are 49 detailed maps and four indexes, so you can look up a wine by its name, producer, appellation, or commune. For every wine-making region in France, you'll get the latest news on the past year's vintage, from the very best to others perfect for the daily dinner table. Every one is recommended. Whether you're setting up a wine cellar, work in the business, or are just an aficionado, you can't go wrong following this advice!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1328 pages
• Publisher: Hachette; Revised edition (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0304362484
• ISBN-13: 978-0304362486
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 4.9 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,952,113 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For True Wine Nuts!, April 8, 2003

By	W. John Switzer (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

The Hachette Guide is the best, most comprehensive book of wine reviews I have yet encountered. It covers every region of France and incorporates review notes from a huge panel of tasters who submit their notes and ratings to the compiler of this book. It has been translated from French and this is only the second version of this annual to be available in English. The translation is first-rate.
The book is full of true wine discoveries so for someone planning to travel to one of the French wine districts this is an ideal planning resource.
For each wine reviewed (I suspect only the highest ranked wines are included in this book - there are thousands listed, BTW) there are review comments, rating stars for the truly outstanding wines, details on the vinification processes used and address, telephone and fax numbers, visiting hours, e-mail address details, etc.
Every wine lover should have a copy of the Hachette.