456 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0671633791 Drawings, maps. "....presents consumer-oriented, independent reveiws and commentaries on the wines and comprehensive evaluations and analyses of the major growers and negoci ants of these important regions. The growers and/or negociants are rated in detail according to the style and quality of their wines, their relative quality as well as their recent histories, and their relative market value. The growers are c o v e r e d year by year in a highly specific manner, with the author's tasting notes included in most cases for the years 1976-1986. The text is organized according to the wine-producing regions and appellations. The Northern Rhone, the Southern Rh on e, a nd Provence are the three major geographical regions. Within each of these, Parker evaluates the growers and producers by appellations, working from north to south....Finally, Parker offers his valuable classifications of the growers a nd neg oci ant s ( there has never been an official classification of the red Chateauneuf-du-Pape wines, for instance); his comments on the vinification of the wines; extensive vintage charts assessing the quality of the different appellations withi n t he r egio ns; and his guidelines for cellaring and serving the wines. For the traveling wine lover, there are recommendations for visiting the Rhone Valley and Provence, including notes on the best hotels and restaurants, and those vineyards mo st w orth a cal l." Sma ll light liquid stains in margin of page 365, bottom margin of pages 412 to 416, and bottom of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, has minor edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning to edges . Ve ry Goo d-/V ery G ood-

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