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Decanter

Decanter

Decanter

I also like "Decanter".....

I have a flyer for Hugh Johnson's "The World of Fine Wine"..... While I've never read it, I am curious to have a look.....

Take a look at their website then, where they have quite a few articles to download

No Wine Spectator readers?

Like others here, I'd probably opt for Decanter. It's what I grab if I'm in Grand Central and don't have a book. Some good articles (reviews outside Bdx are often for wines not readily available in US).

I do have (expiring) subscriptions to a couple of food mags with a bit of wine content (F&W and Saveur).

I've heard great things about The World of Fine Wine,but never seen (and it's expensive). I subscribed to WS years ago, and then Zachys gave me a subscription for a year or two, but never felt like renewing- too much "lifestyle."

Then there are newsletter format pubs. In the past I've subscribed to the Wine Advocate (Parker) and the excellent Fine Wine Review (Kolm). Now my only subscription is to John Gilman's "View from the Cellar", due to the excellent comprehensive articles about estates and their histories (disclaimer- in in a tasting group with JG).

I second the reccomendation for The World of Fine Wine. It is costly and cheap at the same time. Cellar Tracker users (I am a paying Cellar Tracker member) got a nice discount a few months ago which I don't know if it is yet available.

I have also seen some excerpts from John Gilman and I really like the comprehensive winery comments.

s.

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Welcome back

Italian wines suck YM

Blast from the past... !

Wine Advocate, not for all articles or authors (IMHO constantly overrated wines from Spain and Latin America in reports by Dr. Jay Miller), but you will always find interesting selections among the "values" selected by Robert Parker. I know that this guy is too influential in the eyes of many, but when it comes to judging young Bordeaux, "he screws it up less often than the other wine writers", as a leading Bordelais wine producer told me.

I have not read Decanter for some time. About a decade ago, a had a subscription of this magazine and I was always intrigued by the fact that, very frequently, you could find a full page advertisement for a wine or an estate that got four stars or a "higly recommanded" note on the next few pages... Hmmm? Did they pay for the ad to show how thankful they were for the recommandation or... was there no connection at all?

Yves

I agree. IMHO, Jay Miller overrates every wine he tastes for about 5 points. And his drinking windows are way too optimistic. Most of the spanish and portuguese wines he says will drink well in ten years will probably be dead in five years.

OTOH, Antonio Galloni is usually an underscorer (for about 2-3 points IMHO).

My favorite taster from the enlarged WA tasters panel is David Schildknecht.

best from Spain.

s.