Oz Clarke Wine Buying Guide 2000 B Special

OZ CLARKE'S WINE BUYING GUIDE is the most authoritative and up-to-date wine-buying handbook available today. Thousands of wines are listed by name, producer, vintage and price, and all are available from wine merchants, off-licences and leading supermarkets in Britain. This special edition for 2000 includes an additional 'party planner' colour section which gives useful tips on bulk buying for entertaining, glass hire etc and the results of Oz's champagne and sparkling wine tasting. As in previous editions Oz makes his own personal recommendations, lists 'best buys' and picks the top of the supermarket own-brand wines. This combined with a wealth of useful background information, including region-by-region assessments, detailed vintage charts; maturity charts and cost-of-a-bottle diagrams make this an indispensable reference source. Established in 1984, this guide, now in its sixteenth edition, is considered to be the bible of the UK wine trade.

From 1984 to 2005 OZ CLARKE'S WINE BUYING GUIDE has been the most authoritative, accessible and up-to-date guide to buying wine in the UK, the trusted bible of the wine trade and consumers alike. But, the growth in internet use has made the publication of detailed price comparisons in annual book form almost redundant. Keeping the wealth of wine recommendations and Oz Clarke's personal selections, and stripping out the historical duplication of information between POCKET WINE BOOK and the WINE BUYING GUIDE, leaves the most valuable content intact and makes this pocket-sized edition a true companion to OZ CLARKE'S POCKET WINE BOOK 2006. The guide offers readers 250 wine recommendations from 'The Wine Man', culled from the thousands he has tasted. The book contains sections on: Best Buys and Supermarket Selections - Oz Clarke's 250 favourite wines for 2006; Buying Wine on the Web; Oz Clarke's Wine Style Guide; How to Taste Wine - a step-by-step guide and finally, a Retailers' Directory - featuring the best wine retailers in the UK.

In this guide, thousands of wines are listed by name, producer, vintage and price, and all are available from wine merchants and leading supermarkets in Britain. Oz Clarke also offers his own particular recommendations.

An introduction to the world of wine by the acclaimed wine writer covers the basics of grapes, regions, and vintages, and ends his tour on the wine rack with valuable advice on how to choose the best bottle.

In this accessible and up-to-date wine-buying guide, thousands of wines are listed by name, producer, vintage and price. The book also features a wealth of other essential information including region-by-region assessments, detailed vintage information and maturity charts. There are also profiles of over 100 top UK wine retailers. As in previous editions, Oz makes his own personal recommendations for Best Buys, Value-for-Money Wines and Top Supermarket Wines.