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Using his information technology background, Michael Biddick crunches the numbers on climate data, consumer reviews, critic scores, and quality systems to discover the top wine regions and best recent vintages. Join him on his journey as he synthesizes conversations and tastings with winemakers around the world and concrete data to arrive at a list of practical recommendation for wine enthusiasts. 43 Wine Regions offers a compact summary of the aspects defining the wines produced in some of the most famous growing areas in the world. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The clear strength of 43 Wine Regions is that it offers a compact summary of myriad aspects defining the wines produced in some of the most famous growing areas in the world: Burgundy and Bordeaux in France, Piedmont and Tuscany in Italy, Rioja in Spain, Napa and Sonoma in the United States. Particularly useful were the explanations of the quality standards and designations applied in each region, which may well be the single most confusing barrier to understanding the information on a wine label. For instance, Biddick offers straightforward explanations to understand the differences between what AOP means in France versus DOCG in Italy or DOP in Spain or AVA in the United States.
On the other hand, the book has more than a few flaws that detract from its effectiveness as a working guide. Chief among these is the shallowness of the reported analysis mentioned earlier. Two examples of where the paucity of detail matter are the vintage ratings the author lists for each region—for which there is no explanation provided—and the surprising absence of some notable growing areas (e.g., Central Coast in California, Casablanca and Colchagua Valleys in Chile) that presumably missed out on being “Great” in his unrevealed scoring system. Beyond that, there are a number of factual errors in the guide (e.g., inconsistent soil description in Ribera del Duero Spain, no soil description for Vinho Verde Portugal or Wachau Austria, inconsistent grape description in Mosel Germany, confusion of red and white grapes in Hawke’s Bay New Zealand). So, while it definitely has some helpful features, 43 Wine Regions falls far short of being the take-it-everywhere reference the author envisioned. ( )