Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition: The Complete, Easy-to-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions
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Featuring a fresh layout, revised maps, and more detail than ever before, the eagerly anticipated seventh edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide offers collectors and amateurs alike the ultimate resource to the world's best wines. In every way, this edition bears out Parker's stated goal: "To make you a more formidable, more confident wine buyer by providing you with sufficient insider's information to permit the wisest possible choice when you make a wine-buying decision."
Understanding that buyers on every level appreciate a good deal, Parker separates overvalued bottles from undervalued, with wine prices instantly shifting according to his evaluations. Indifferent to the wine's pedigree, Parker's eminent 100-point rating system allows for independent, consumer-oriented, inside information.
The latest edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide includes expanded information on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Australia, Argentina, and Chile, as well as new sections on Israel and Central Europe. As in his previous editions, Parker provides the reassurance of a simple number rating, predictions for future buying potential, and practical overviews of regions and grapes. Altogether, an indispensable resource from the man the Los Angeles Times calls "the most powerful critic of any kind."
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A good but long read I was surprised by the length of this book. Its over 1500 pages. Plenty of information and I liked that he covered several vintage years for each region and gave a reason (primarily weather) why some vintages were better than others. The reason I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 was because I found it was lacking information on new world wines. Most of his attention was focused on French wines.
Robert Parker's 2008 Wine Buyers Guide You can't tell the players without a scorecard and Parker is my most reliable scorer. I have all of his prior books and this one is essential to me for the wines produced between 2000 and 2005. Since I don't subscribe to his publications I rely on these books he writes. Too bad he took so long to write this one since it has been six (6) years since his last one. So this book is something I had to buy and to date I haven't been disappointed. Somewhat different format from previous editions in that he doesn't... more info
100 Points! Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No. 7 is outstanding. It is chock full of information and insights that are extremely helpful in purchasing and exploring wines from the most significant critic of our time and his team. Whether you're an experienced `cork dork' like me or new to buying fine wine, this guide helps immensely. Parker and his team start from the simple point of view that the best producers consistently make the best wine. Emphasis is put on ranking the producers as well as describing the wine... more info
Best Parker Buying Guide Yet I've read and still have every Parker Wine Buyer's Guide since the first edition back in the 1980's. That first one will always be special for me because it was a gift from my wife and, more than any other book, it was my introduction to fine wine (and to Parker, for that matter). As my interest in wine and my cellar have grown so has the Wine Buyer's Guide. That first edition was 731 pages (in paperback) and this newest one is 1513 in hardback. One can now accurately say the book covers virtually the... more info
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