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American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook: Delicious Recipes to Help Lower Your Cholesterol

Author: American Heart Association

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Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition: The Complete, Easy-to-use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More Than 8,000 Wines From All the Major Wine Regions

Author: Robert M Parker Jr

Featuring a fresh layout, revised maps, and more detail than ever before, the eagerly anticipated seventh edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide offers collectors and amateurs alike the ultimate resource to the world's best wines. In every way, this edition bears out Parker's stated goal: "To make you a more formidable, more confident wine buyer by providing you with sufficient insider's information to permit the wisest possible choice when you make a wine-buying decision."

Understanding that buyers on every level appreciate a good deal, Parker separates overvalued bottles from undervalued, with wine prices instantly shifting according to his evaluations. Indifferent to the wine's pedigree, Parker's eminent 100-point rating system allows for independent, consumer-oriented, inside information.

The latest edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide includes expanded information on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Australia, Argentina, and Chile, as well as new sections on Israel and Central Europe. As in his previous editions, Parker provides the reassurance of a simple number rating, predictions for future buying potential, and practical overviews of regions and grapes. Altogether, an indispensable resource from the man the Los Angeles Times calls "the most powerful critic of any kind."

Publishers Weekly

Amateurs and experts alike will find this handbook valuable and easy to use. Parker evaluates the world's major viticultural regions, their best producers/growers and the quality of recent vintages, and provides wine-buying strategies. The heart of the volume is an easily grasped grading system that the author developed for his monthly newsletter the Wine Advocate, where portions of this work previously appeared. Parker never succumbs to florid writing or rehashed legends: the straightforward advice is meant to help readers understand wine and buy it knowledgeably. Assessments are well informed and thought out, although they naturally exhibit a personal element. This reference is packed with solid information presented with common sense. Illustrations not seen by PW. Author tour. (May 20)

Library Journal

Parker, a well known wine expert and an excellent writer, reviews the wines of France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, California, and Oregon in depth. After a particularly well written beginning chapter that includes lots of helpful facts, he lapses into 600 pages of tasting notes and chatty commentary. For each region, he gives accurate, concise information and a summary of recent vintages. In addition to naming the best growers, he rates them and offers a buying strategy for investors. Parker also includes the retail price and his numerical rating for each wine. Tiny chapters on the ``best of the rest'' conclude the book. Offering much valuable information, the book has only minor flaws and is an excellent buy. Recommended for libraries with serious wine readers. Carolyn I. Alexander, USACDEC Technical Information Ctr., Fort Ord, Cal.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
	How to Use This Guide	1
	Organization	1
	Viticultural Areas Covered	1
	Rating the Producers and Growers	2
	Vintage Summaries	2
	Tasting Notes and Ratings	3
	Quoted Prices	4
	Wine Price Guide Codes	5
	The Role of a Wine Critic	5
	About Wine	7
	How to Buy Wine	7
	How to Store Wine	8
	The Question of How Much Aging	9
	How to Serve Wine	12
	Food and Wine Matchups	14
	What's Been Added to Your Wine?	17
	Organic Wines	18
	The Dark Side of Wine	18
	The Growing International Standardization of Wine Styles	18
	Destroying the Joy of Wine by Excessive Acidification, Overzealous Fining, and Abrasive Filtration	18
	The Inflated Wine Pricing of Restaurants	21
	Collectors versus Consumers	21
	Unspeakable Practices	23
	Wine Producers' Greed	24
	Wine Writers' Ethics and Competence	25
	In Vino Veritas?	26
	Safety Guidelines	27
	What Constitutes a Great Wine?	29
	Making Sense of Terroir	33
	Recommended Reading	35
	The Wine World's Biggest Lies	38
	A Tongue-in-Cheek Guide to Understanding the Language of the Wine-maker	38
	Wine on the Internet	39
	The Wines of Western Europe	41
Chapter 1	France	43
	Alsace	43
	Bordeaux	126
	Burgundy and Beaujolais	387
	Champagne	624
	The Loire Valley	632
	The Languedoc-Roussillon	645
	Provence	686
	The Rhone Valley	693
	Bergerac and the Southwest	905
Chapter 2	Italy	909
	Piedmont	909
	Tuscany	1023
	Other Significant Red Wines of Italy	1080
Chapter 3	Germany and Austria	1114
Chapter 4	Spain and Portugal	1136
	The Wines of North America	1177
Chapter 5	California	1179
Chapter 6	Oregon	1452
Chapter 7	Washington State	1478
Chapter 8	The Mid-Atlantic States	1499
	The Best of the Rest	1501
Chapter 9	Australia and New Zealand	1503
Chapter 10	Argentina and Chile	1594
Chapter 11	South Africa	1597
	Index	1599