Do you love wine? Do you want to buy some good bottles and, why not, build up your first cellar, but the buying guides seem too expert? Hachette Vins has selected the best deals and the best value for money for you to get started without any hang-ups.
CHOOSE WINE BY COLOR A classification by color and type - reds, dry whites, sweet whites, rosés, sparkling wines, natural sweet wines - for each major wine-growing region
CHOOSE WINE BY AGEING Wines to drink young, wines for medium aging and those for long aging.
GOOD PRODUCERS TO KNOW Based on the expertise of the authors of the Hachette Wine Guide, a selection of regular producers in quality, sure values, with recommendations of vintages and indications of price and aging.
ORGANIZE AND MANAGE YOUR CELLAR Advice on how to organize your cellar according to your storage capacity and your tastes, an introduction to vintages, tasting, grape varieties and the major wine-growing regions to help you choose the bottles that suit you.
The Authors:
Béatrice Mialon worked in various fields (communication and sales) before becoming interested in wine. Trained at the University of Wine in Suze-la-Rousse, she took charge of communications for an AOC before working in the winery.
Olivier Bompas , a former sommelier, is a journalist at Le Point magazine and has been a trainer at the Suze-la-Rousse wine university. He is the author, among other books, of Ma cave en 700 vins (Hachette), in collaboration with Béatrice Mialon, and Les vins et les mets en 2 500 accords (Hachette).
