Best Wines! 1998 The Gold Medal Winners

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"Best Wines!" is the first consumer guidebook to present the top-rated wines in one source. Every wine cited in "Best Wines!" was named "undisputed champion" by leading wine authorities at national and international competitions, where the judges did not know the wine's identity until after they awarded the gold medals. Because "Best Wines!" is untainted by personal ego, media hype, or commercial bias, readers will come to view each annual edition as the "Consumer Reports" of wine guidebooks. "Best Wines!" is the most objective and reliable wine guidebook to date. The listings are organized in an easy-to-use format, grouped according to wine type and price range. Best Wines! includes hundreds of gold medal wines of the "New World" (the non-European wine regions of California, the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Chile, and more). The entries feature the winemakers' tasting notes, suggested retail price, availability, serving and cellaring suggestions. Peppered throughout are fun and fascinating "Did You Knows" about winemaking, wine history, and wine trivia. "Best Wines!" also has lively and informative essays on subjects ranging from tasting wine to storing wine, and a handy reference sections ranging from tasting wine to storing wine, and a handy reference section that untangles the often mystifying language of "winespeak", with definitions of wine names and wine terms. There are also user-friendly, cross-referenced indices to find just the right wine!