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Pages: 192 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1862057869
Pub: Pavilion Books
Pub date: 2007-10-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4887
Editorial Review:
Oz Clarke, Britain's most popular wine writer, is absolutely in tune with what wine drinkers want today - flavour, individuality, excellent value for money and wines that are readily available. Oz has tasted thousands of wines and selected his "250 Best Wines for 2008". This new edition of Oz Clarke's phenomenally successful annual "Wine Buying Guide" also covers: storing, serving and tasting; a guide to wine flavours; wine finder by country; buying for the long term; and a directory of the UK's top retailers, from fine wine merchants to high street chains. "Oz Clarke: 250 Best Wines" is the must-have shopping guide to make wine buying hassle-free. Oz's independent, enthusiastic and reliable recommendations will help you find the wines you want at the prices you want to pay. Oz Clarke's top 250 wines for 2008, described in Oz's well-known, chatty style. Includes directory of 130 best places to buy wine in the UK.
Reader Reviews:
Poorly designed, but some good finds (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is not a bad guide, but nothing amazing. It is a little let down by a poor layout design, which makes it quite hard to read - it is disappointing that a book like this couldn't include more labels and images. Also, it is unexpected that there is no full colour printing!
There a few good finds in the book - the best thing is that it is quite easy to find majority of the wines in particular supermarkets and the average cost of the wines are definitely cheap. At a guess I would say about over half would be around the £4-7 mark. There aren't many 'fine wines' in the book, but it is definitely good for a few supermarket bargains.
Vino (2/2 people found this helpful)
What do I want from a guide?
Easy to use
Value for money choices
I like the wine recommended
I am more informed after using guide
Ticks all the boxes use with Matthew Jukes as a comparison.
Oz knows best (3/3 people found this helpful)
This is an excellent book.
Oz manages to pack loads of information into this small and concise volume, he readily explains the best wines available from dealers and the local shop / supermarket, I have tried a few from the book and he is spot on every time.
Being a relative beginner to the world of good wine this is the first book I have bought and I find it very informative but not in a posh snobby way, it is easily accessible and he really does well in bringing good wine to the masses and beginners.
Well done Oz.
Brilliant guide to the best wines on sale now (7/7 people found this helpful)
I hate choosing wine because I have absolutely no knowledge on what types are the best for drinking with what etc... and often spend at least ten minutes pacing up and down the aisle in the supermarket trying to best guess what will be a nice drink. I do not have this problem anymore - this book is really easy to follow and Oz just tells you instantly what the big hitters are. Includes all the supermarkets and wine merchants. I bought a £3.11 red wine and a £10 bottle of white from Majestic following the book and both were much much better than anything I would have chosen myself.
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