8.- BEST WINE GUIDES

There are two general types of guides in this category: wine country guide, with our first guide from Cyprus, and guides to select the best from the offer by retail shops, in the UK or the US. There is very strong competition in this category. Guides sell more and more, but each guide sells less as there are so many in most countries.

1997 UK - Philip Clark (Philip Clark)

1998 Argentina – Manuel Brasco, Elisabeth Checa (Cuisine et Vins)

1999 UK – Hugh Johnson (Mitchell Beazley)

2000 Italy (Nardini)

2001 Ireland – B.Boyle, P.Caroll (Farmar)

2002 UK – Robert Joseph (Dorling Kindersley)

2003 UK – Tom Stevenson (Dorling Kindersley)

2004 Slovenia – Dr.Julig Nemanic, Dr.Janez Bogataj (Rokus)

2005 Spain – (Gourmets)

BEST IN THE WORLD

 April 7, 2007

1.- ARGENTINA

Vino Argentino – Manual Práctico

 Guía Completa Ilustrada para Amantes del Vino

 Jorge Dengis

 Maria Fernanda Dengis

 (Albatros – Argentina)

There are some excellent guides for Argentina wines, which have received our awards in the past. This one is new in our competition.

2.- CYPRUS

The Cyprus Wine Guide. The Best Cyprus Wines, Tasted, Assessed and Rated

 Yiannos Constantinou

 Photography by Nicos Louca

 (Oinou Symvouleftiki - Cyprus)

This is an excellent country guide, which should be in all serious wine libraries.

3.- FRANCE

Les Bonnes Adresses du Vin Bio 2006-2008

 Jean-Marc Carité

 (Utovie)

Organic wine has more and more adepts. This guide has been the pionneer in the field, much before it became fashionable. It continues to be the best.

4.- PORTUGAL

Anuario de Vinhos 2007

 Joao Alonso

 (Livres Cotovia)

 This is one of the two best wine guides in Portugal.

5.- SLOVENIA

Wines of Slovenia

 100 Selected Wines 2006-2007

 (Rokus)

Wines are one of the treasures of Slovenia, a food paradise in Europe. There are now excellent food and wine slovenian guides in English.

6.- SPAIN

Hoteles con Viñedo 2006

Pedro Madera

(Tercer Nombre)

A strong concept that can fill up a guide for the wine tourist: hotels with vineyards.

7.- UK

The Juice 2007

 100 Wines You Should be Drinking

 Matt Skinner

 (Mitchell Beazley)

Matt Skinner is an excellent wine writer, with deep knowledge and strong opinions.

8.- USA

The Wines of France

 The Essential Guide for savuy shoppers

 Jacqueline Friedrich

 (Ten Speed Press)

Another excellent book by Ten Speed, who is one of the leading cookbook publishers, but does not publish enough wine books. Ten Speed has received 5 “Best in the World Awards” from 1996 to 2003.