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The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings

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Authors: Robin Goldstein, Alexis Herschkowitsch
Publisher: Fearless Critic Media
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

11 reviews
Sales Rank: 3799

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
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
6,000 glasses of evidence that will change the way you buy wine: Hide the label...and the truth comes out. Acclaimed Fearless Critic Robin Goldstein has gone around the country serving 6,000 glasses of wine from brown paper bags to experts and everyday wine drinkers around America. Here, in print for the first time, are the shocking results, including full-page reviews of the 100 wines that beat $50 to $150 bottles in the blind tastings.

Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Fun book, although I wish there was more complete data September 8, 2008
I enjoy the premise and concept of this book, and have been happy with the recommended wines that I have tried so far. Descriptions are short, tangible, and accurate. I have enjoyed the challenge to some of my opinions, and plan to host a blind tasting with friends in the near future. This book is a quick read and a handy reference, and each review includes a picture of the bottle, which is great for someone like me with a visual memory.

I was disappointed that there were not complete lists and rankings of the wines tested, but I guess there needs to be some material for a sequel, which I plan to purchase. Would have been five stars with a list for each category.

4 out of 5 stars

Wine Trials September 6, 2008
The book "The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings" is a valuable guide for wine drinkers that ignores the mystique associated with high priced wines and offers a straight forward blind taste test. The results of the test show most people would prefer wines under $15 over $50 to $150 wines.

A great book to peruse before shopping for that next dinner wine.

1 out of 5 stars

muckraking yellow journalism August 23, 2008
1 out of 10 found this review helpful

For an author that is not a wine critic, nor trained in wine tasting, wine fermenting etc. it is shocking to see so many false statements, innuneono etc. tossed at the wine industy. The wine selected were not fully blind tested. They were staged for the unsuspecting public. In most instances he did not go to wine tasters for opinion, but rather folks off the street whom were not educated in wine tasting.

This is the same "author" that recently pulled hoaxes on major magazines, laughed about it, just to sell this book.

Book is not worth a plug nicle or a bottle of Ripple.

5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Guide! August 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is hands down the best book out there for the casual value-conscious wine drinker. Goldstein and Herschkowitsch have hit the nail on the head. The book uses honest reports from blind tastings staffed by regular people and experienced tasters. The book uses data from these tastings to tell you how to shop for quality wines when on a budget. You can see that the big vineyards have no influence on the ratings, as some of the highest rated wines are from small producers. I take it with me now on every trip to the wine shop. Well Done!

5 out of 5 stars

did arrived on date August 20, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful

I used standard shipping and the book arrived very quickly, much faster than anticipated. I thought the authors did a great job on that front. There are some other authors out there whose books don't ship on time, so I guess they are more liars than authors. That's OK for fiction, but I think this one is non-fiction so I am glad.

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