Product Description

This new look at French Wine will help you to:
* Find out which French wines are made from your favourite grape varieties
* Discover the wine bargains that only the experts or locals know about
* Try new wines and grape varieties that are similar to those you already like
* Have this knowledge at your fingertips when you are buying wine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61063 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Nicholas Faith, wine writer
At last, a clear and readable key to the complex conundrum which is French wine.

Robert Joseph, wine writer
Any intelligent attempt to make sense of France's complex wine world is as welcome as an oasis in a desert.

Serena Sutcliffe, Sotheby's
The concept is very good and new and beautifully explained. I particularly like the "also try" sections.

Customer Reviews

Cracking read!!
For someone who enjoys the pleasures of French wine but who chooses normally by dipping my hand into a big box and just pulling out anything, then this book is a godsend. Easy to use, very informative and best of all pocket sized (so can be carried around the supermarket).
I can now faithfully say that the quality of wine that I drink has improved, the cost has not dramatically risen but the hangovers are a hell of a lot better!!
Go on and buy a copy and you will not be disapointed - unless you hate French wine!!

Cracking book!
It's true, my mother's favourite phrase is 'I love Merlot' - so how does she know what to get on her visits to France - or Sainsbury's?
This book is the answer. Small enough to fit in your pocket, it has all the essential information, clearly set out so you can sneakily look things up, in a restaurant if necessary. It turns out that mum really needs to buy is a bottle of Chateau Petrus Pomerol, but the good news is that Cracking French Wine even alerts you to the kind of prices to expect for different appellations, so mum can start saving up! I've even had my friend in Paris ask me to buy her a copy...

Great way of finding wines you like!
This book is a great way of finding new wines that you should try. Before using the book, I went into a supermarket and bought according to which label looked good. Now having decided I like one variety of grape, I have been able to find other grapes and wines which I wouldn't have dared try before.
Altogether really useful - well done.