ROBERT M. PARKER

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."

Burgundy is a fitting monument to the region that is capable of producing, in Parkers words, the worlds most majestic, glorious, and hedonistic red and white wine.With the publication of his classic volumes, Bordeaux and The Wines of the Rhone Valley and Provence, together with the several editions of his Wine Buyers Guide, Robert M. Parker, Jr., has emerged as Americas most influential and articulate authority on wine. Whether he writes of the fabled French chateaux or of lesser-known growers and producers from around the world, his books have proved invaluable reading for connoisseurs and neophytes alike, for they contain not only hard-headed, frank analysis but an undisguised and positively contagious enthusiasm for his subject.In this book, his most ambitious and comprehensive to date, Parker offers an extraordinary guide to the growers, appellations, and wines of Burgundy, the viticultural region in eastern France that produces the most exotic, sought-after, expensive, and frequently least understood wines in the world.Like its predecessors, Bordeaux and The Wines of the RhOne Valley and Provence, Parkers Burgundy has all the makings of a classic. It is a beautifully produced book, and it boasts more than thirty specially made color maps, with those depicting the individual appellations drawn in such exquisite detail that each and every vineyard is visible. Burgundy is a fitting monument to the region that is capable of producing, in Parkers words, the worlds most majestic, glorious, and hedonistic red and white wine.

Featuring a fresh layout, revised maps, and more detail than ever before, the seventh edition of Parkers Wine Buyers Guide offers collectors and amateurs alike the ultimate resource to the worlds best wines.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 wines pedigree, Parkers eminent 100-point rating system allows for independent, consumer-oriented, inside information.The latest edition of Parkers Wine Buyers 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.

Over the past twenty-five years, renowned critic Robert M. Parker, Jr., has visited both legendary and fledgling wineries all over the world and has tasted hundreds of thousands of wines. Only a fraction of those wines have earned his highest ratings and are considered by him to be truly legendary. In his latest book, Parker brings together what he calls "the best of the best," taking readers on a personal tour of the wineries that have impressed him most with their dedication to quality, consistency, and excellence. The Worlds Greatest Wine Estates pays homage to exceptional wines and the exceptional people who make them. These lavishly illustrated pages showcase 175 of the worlds most accomplished -- and most spectacular -- estates. Parker goes be-yond the labels, bottles, and ratings to present the land, the history, and the dedicated artisans practicing their craft. Though they form a wildly diverse group, all of these producers "share an inexhaustible commitment to their vineyards, a passion to produce as fine a wine as is humanly possible, and a vision that the joys of wine are infinite and represent the pinnacle of a civilized society." Parker begins with an overview of what makes a wine great -- the ability to please both the palate and the intellect, to offer intense aromas and flavors without heaviness, to improve with age, to reflect its place of origin as well as the skill of its producers -- and explains how he came to choose the profound wines he features here. He also offers insider tips for ordinary wine-lovers who want to get their hands on extraordinary bottles. The heart of the book contains profiles of the greatest estates of Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Each region is illustrated with a full-color map and accompanied by an introduction explaining the general wine history of the country. In his profiles of individual estates, Parker offers essential geographical information such as grape varietals, average age of the vines, and density of plantation; details about the estates history and techniques and the wines it produces; visiting information for those who want to see the process up close; and tasting notes on the best recent vintages from each winery. Each profile also includes photographs of the vineyards and the people behind the wines, and labels from their best-known vintages. Complete with a list of up-and-coming wineries ("Future Stars") and a glossary of wine terms, The Worlds Greatest Wine Estates is a very special reference for amateurs and connoisseurs alike.

Are there wines to rival the greatest first-growths of Bordeaux and the grand crus of Burgundy? Robert Parkers answer is a resounding Yesthey are to be found among the finest wines of the Rhone Valley. With this new edition of Wines of the Rhone Valley, Robert Parker, the worlds most influential wine critic, provides the key to enjoying the winemaking worlds best-kept secret.The area contains the oldest vineyards in Franceindeed the heyday of some of the Rhone Valley wines was 2,000 years ago, around the time of the Roman conquest of France. In recent centuries, these wines have been misunderstood and ignoredand consequently undervalued. All of which means that some of the great wines of the world are available for a fraction of the cost of those from better-known regions.Wines of the Rhone Valley is the ultimate resource for every wine lover, highlighting both the greatest wines of the Rhone Valley and the regions finest wine values. With his trademark thoroughness, Parker has fully revised and expanded this edition to reflect changes in the region, new personalities, and the latest vintages.In this edition, Parker returns to the region closest to his heart, exploring the sun-drenched Rhone Valley in unprecedented candor and detail.

Yes, you can buy world-class wine on a budget. With Parkers Wine Bargains, Americas most infl uential wine critic offers a guide to the worlds best wines priced at $25 or less. Robert M. Parker, Jr., earned his international reputation and unprecedented influence as a dedicated consumer advocate -- if a wine isnt worth the money, he says so, regardless of the wines pedigree. In Parkers Wine Bargains, for the first time he and his Wine Advocate team offer budget-minded wine buyers a handy guide to low-priced wines for both everyday drinking and special occasions. Organized by country, the book lists more than 1,500 quality wine producers, as well as abbreviated tasting notes for more than 3,000 of the best value wines. Chapters include an overview of each countrys wine-producing regions, highlight up-and-coming or underappreciated regions, and detail when wines can be consumed. Also featuring a vintage guide and lists such as "the best of the best,"Parkers Wine Bargains is an accessible guide from the expert the New York Times deems "the critic who matters most."

With this fourth edition of the classic that launched his career, Parker strives to maintain his unprecedented independence, objectivity, clarity, and enthusiasm in reporting on the vintages of Bordeaux.Parker has not only added tastings for the vintages in the intervening years since the last edition, but he has also retasted and reevaluated a majority of the earlier vintages. His accessible and direct style welcomes both the seasoned wine collector and the eager beginner to the pleasures of fine wine and Frances most illustrious chateau. Organized by appellation, Bordeaux moves alphabetically from one producer to the next, providing essential information and an overview of the property and its owners. Parker then lists each vintage, and includes numerical ratings and detailed tasting notes for most of that chateaus wines. At the end of each tasting note, Parker estimates the "anticipated maturity"the range of time when the wine should peak in flavor and balanceand each entry concludes with a summary of the chateaus earlier vintages. Hailed by The New York Times as the critic who matters most, Robert Parkers Bordeaux is the most complete consumers guide to the wines of Bordeaux ever written.