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| The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robin Goldstein, Alexis Herschkowitsch
Publisher: Fearless Critic Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3803
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0974014354
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9780974014357
ASIN: 0974014354
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
6,000 glasses of evidence that will change the way you buy wine: Hide the label...and the truth comes out. Acclaimed Fearless Critic Robin Goldstein has gone around the country serving 6,000 glasses of wine from brown paper bags to experts and everyday wine drinkers around America. Here, in print for the first time, are the shocking results, including full-page reviews of the 100 wines that beat $50 to $150 bottles in the blind tastings.
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 Fantastic Guide! August 21, 2008
This is hands down the best book out there for the casual value-conscious wine drinker. Goldstein and Herschkowitsch have hit the nail on the head. The book uses honest reports from blind tastings staffed by regular people and experienced tasters. The book uses data from these tastings to tell you how to shop for quality wines when on a budget. You can see that the big vineyards have no influence on the ratings, as some of the highest rated wines are from small producers. I take it with me now on every trip to the wine shop. Well Done!
did arrived on date August 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used standard shipping and the book arrived very quickly, much faster than anticipated. I thought the authors did a great job on that front. There are some other authors out there whose books don't ship on time, so I guess they are more liars than authors. That's OK for fiction, but I think this one is non-fiction so I am glad.
 Why you should buy this August 19, 2008
Skip or skim the first 62 pages (wine tastes are subjective, the industry is complicated, our trials were conducted fairly, we are oh-so-clever and funny, yada yada yada) and dive into the lists and the alphabetically organized reviews.
Now, carry this into your favorite wine shop and ask the clerk/purveyor/manager to help you find the wines you've already flagged on pages with post-it stickers or spit or thumbtacks. My wine guy was delighted to see that I had this book... and he also used the "best of" selections to guide me to a couple of other inexpensive and less well-known varieties that he (correctly!) told me were good. No shame there!
Keep a pen with you to note your own opinions and facts in the book. For example, it turned out that the sparkling wine winner listed at twelve bucks actually cost me only $8.99 at World Market. Certainly that's worth writing down, don't you think?
Last advice of all: Buy multiple copies and keep the extras on hand. I just ordered my fourth because this makes a GREAT gift when you pair it with, say, two or four or six or so bottles of the wines in the book. (The volume of wine accompanying the book depends on the volume of your regard for the intended recipient. Or what's left in the current paycheck.) I'm bringing it as a hostess gift to my next dinner party... 'cause we still have that kind of tradition here in the South. ;]
Just what I've been looking for July 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The best thing about this book for the beginner is that it gives you a lot of wines to choose from that should be easy to find and enjoy. In the past I either wasn't able to track a particular wine down, or once found, hesitated to pay the asking price given the mixed results I'd had to date. As a result I didn't find many wines I liked.
So far, I've tried a half dozen wines recommended in the book and been very happy with them. They were a lot better than the random choices I made from the same grocery store shelves. All in all a good place for the novice to start.
If Truth Be Told June 29, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The strongest aspect of this book is its wry, irreverent destruction of the myths propagated by the self-appoInted oenologists of the world. I was personally gratified to discover on their list as under five dollars a favorite in our household, Crane Lake Sauvignon Blanc, for which I was once charged eighteen dollars in a restaurant - an extravagant markup typical in the States and made issue of in the text. Like many in this world, I am sure, I am also grateful to be able now to ask for a bottle of Freixenet with absolute certainty as to its pronunciation, as well as with knowledge of the difference brut and extra dry. All in all The Wine Trials makes buying wine, especially when it is to be served to guests, both reassuring and more fun.
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