Do you have a favorite?

On Feb 17, 11:16*pm, wrote:
> Do you have a favorite?

Decanter

"Mark Slater" > wrote in message
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On Feb 17, 11:16 pm, wrote:
> Do you have a favorite?

Decanter

Decanter

I also like "Decanter".....

I have a flyer for Hugh Johnson's "The World of Fine Wine"..... While
I've never read it, I am curious to have a look.....

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:09:19 -0800 (PST), Tom
> wrote:

>I have a flyer for Hugh Johnson's "The World of Fine Wine"..... While
>I've never read it, I am curious to have a look.....

Take a look at their website then, where they have quite a few
articles to download
http://www.finewinemag.com/

--
Steve Slatcher
http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

No Wine Spectator readers?

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> Do you have a favorite?

On Feb 17, 11:16*pm, wrote:
> Do you have a favorite?

Like others here, I'd probably opt for Decanter. It's what I grab if
I'm in Grand Central and don't have a book. Some good articles
(reviews outside Bdx are often for wines not readily available in
US).

I do have (expiring) subscriptions to a couple of food mags with a
bit of wine content (F&W and Saveur).

I've heard great things about The World of Fine Wine,but never seen
(and it's expensive). I subscribed to WS years ago, and then Zachys
gave me a subscription for a year or two, but never felt like
renewing- too much "lifestyle."

Then there are newsletter format pubs. In the past I've subscribed to
the Wine Advocate (Parker) and the excellent Fine Wine Review (Kolm).
Now my only subscription is to John Gilman's "View from the Cellar",
due to the excellent comprehensive articles about estates and their
histories (disclaimer- in in a tasting group with JG).

I second the reccomendation for The World of Fine Wine. It is costly and
cheap at the same time. Cellar Tracker users (I am a paying Cellar Tracker
member) got a nice discount a few months ago which I don't know if it is
yet available.

I have also seen some excerpts from John Gilman and I really like the
comprehensive winery comments.

s.

On Feb 17, 11:16 pm, wrote:
> Do you have a favorite?

ROFLMAO

> UC

Welcome back


Italian wines suck
YM

> wrote in message
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> Do you have a favorite?

Wine Advocate, not for all articles or authors (IMHO constantly overrated
wines from Spain and Latin America in reports by Dr. Jay Miller), but you
will always find interesting selections among the "values" selected by
Robert Parker. I know that this guy is too influential in the eyes of many,
but when it comes to judging young Bordeaux, "he screws it up less often
than the other wine writers", as a leading Bordelais wine producer told me.

I have not read Decanter for some time. About a decade ago, a had a
subscription of this magazine and I was always intrigued by the fact that,
very frequently, you could find a full page advertisement for a wine or an
estate that got four stars or a "higly recommanded" note on the next few
pages... Hmmm? Did they pay for the ad to show how thankful they were for
the recommandation or... was there no connection at all?

Yves

I agree. IMHO, Jay Miller overrates every wine he tastes for about 5
points. And his drinking windows are way too optimistic. Most of the
spanish and portuguese wines he says will drink well in ten years will
probably be dead in five years.

OTOH, Antonio Galloni is usually an underscorer (for about 2-3 points
IMHO).

My favorite taster from the enlarged WA tasters panel is David
Schildknecht.

best from Spain.

s.