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| The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings | 
enlarge | Author: Robin Goldstein Creator: Alexis Herschkowitsch Publisher: Fearless Critic Media Category: Book
List Price: $14.95 Buy New: $6.17 You Save: $8.78 (59%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 18 reviews Sales Rank: 10916
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 208 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 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 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: NEW BOOK!! WE SHIP 6 DAYS A WEEK!!
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Excellent Buying Guide For The Average Wine Drinker June 22, 2008 12 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you have ever walked into a grocery or liquor store to buy a bottle of wine and felt completely at a loss as to what's worth trying and what's not this is the book for you.
Pros: Large selection of wines under $15.00 taste-tested by over 500 volunteers. There is a section which ranks the taste-tested wines within each wine category and another alphabetical section which assigns a one-page review for each taste-tested wine. If you are into it, there are several sections on the background of and process used for the taste-testing.
Cons: The book is too big to slip in your pocket and use unobtrusively when actually shopping for wine. An included tear-sheet or separate quick-guide listing the wines ranked within each category would be helpful.
The Wine Trials June 14, 2008 1 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a lot of fun, giving opportunities to get family and friends together and do your own wine tastings. I found many wines served in good restaurants in this book. See The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings
Delivers on its Promise May 21, 2008 10 out of 15 found this review helpful
I first read about this book from Eric Asimov, wine writer for the New York Times, in his "The Pour" blog. Mr. Asimov had mixed feelings about the book before even reviewing it. Seeing as the fundamental theory of the book runs fully in the face of the current wine establishment (that more expensive wine = better wine), the authors set out to objectively prove that widely available wines can be both inexpensive and very enjoyable, in a full range of styles (Old Word Heavy Reds, New World Light Whites, etc.). You can read a fuller review of this great and thought-provoking book on my food and wine blog, [...]
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