Looking for good informational websites

Dear Mr. Knight, First of all, thanks for looking in the FAQ before posing your question. All those who contributed to the FAQ will feel the warmth of knowing that someone actually made use of their labors. As to your question, what you're after (in its crudest form) is known as a "vintage chart." Any number of them can be found on the Web by Googling for that term. One of the more prominent is that maintained by the wine critic Robert Parker on his website:

Keep in mind, though, that these are gross generalizations based on one person's tastes, and that in any year there will be numerous exceptions to the rule. Also keep in mind that an "off" year will often produce soft, supple wines that can be drunk with little to no aging, whereas those from a "great" year might require a decade of cellaring to be truly drinkable.

HTH Mark Lipton

It does indeed help, as the term "vintage chart" is the bingo term for searching.

I understand that this will be far from perfect, but it will help greatly when selecting wines for long-term storage rather than those to be drunk in the short term, and also because I do not have the time or inclination to find out how much it rained during the harvest in regions around the world :)

Fell

If you are prepared to pay a small annual subscription for the pick of its information — although quite a lot is free — you could do a lot worse than look at Jancis Robinson‘s site -

Tim Hartley

Any red-blooded European will tell you that knowing the exact amount of rain falling in a certain region is HUGELY entertaining. Almost as fun as a new coal shovel.

Eric Olwaite