Daniel Johnnes's Top 200 Wines: An Expert's Guide to Maximum Enjoyment for Your Dollar, 2004 Edition

By Daniel Johnnes

Book Overview

You don't have to be a wine expert to get a good deal on a great bottle. Without stuffy, technical terms-and without talking down to the inexperienced wine buyer-Daniel Johnnes lays out all the basics that the consumer needs to know before making his or her next purchase. This edition, newly updated for 2004, includes: * Daniel Johnnes's opinion of 200 wines, including more than 80 wines of recent vintage added since the first edition * Explanations of grape varieties and the wine-making process * How to start a wine cellar for only $750 * Helpful hints on everything from uncorking the bottle to complementary dishes Most important, Johnnes makes the distinction between cheap wines and wines of good value-if a wine is truly great, it may be worth paying a little more than you expected.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014200149X
• ISBN13: 9780142001493
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 1.0" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Honest suggestions, good accompaniment

I think this book deserves at least one review, so here I go...When I purchased it, I hoped it would help me understand vast production and offering of quality wines in the world. Well, it did not. Without color pictures, maps and other fancy illustrations I was not as keen on proceeding. That maybe tells more about my reading habits then about the book. So I bought "The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia instead" which is really inspiring and I am reading it enthusiastically and gaining knowledge. At this point I am founding Daniel Johnnes's book to be good resource to help me find wine values. With tasting notes on 200 wines, hot shot producers and honest suggestions, I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on "grand vin" and still can enjoy top quality.