A superlative wine for every day of the year?is that so much to ask? As the French say, pas du tout. With The World?s Greatest Wines, two of the wine world?s most respected authorities, Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve, present a calendar?s worth of wines that, in their expert judgment, every wine lover will want to experience. Longtime editors of France?s top wine guide, La Revue du Vin de France, Bettane and Desseauve have an unsurpassed knowledge of their home nation?s wines. But here they broaden their sights, embracing an array of fine wines?red and white, sparkling and still, dry and sweet?from all over the globe. Every major kind of wine and wine-growing region is represented on the author?s meticulously chosen list?from the cabernets of California, to the malbecs of Argentina, to the sauvignon blancs of New Zealand, to the rieslings of Germany?s Mosel region.

Much more than just a catalog of producers and labels, the book contains a detailed profile of each of the wine estates selected, notes on the recent vintages the authors prefer, and a series of spectacular images of some of the world?s most renowned vineyards and wineries.

Customer Review: Potential

I thought the book had very interesting insights into the story of the "world's greatest wines" but stopped short of being a comprehensive guide. It succeeds however as a broad outline and is useful none-the-less.

Customer Review: If you know who Bettane is, you do not want this book

This first significant work by Michel Bettane to appear in any language in years is just a silly coffee-table book. The world's most thoughtful and thorough wine writer has apparently sold his name to a book of photographs with no serious content. Some of the featured wineries are oddly chosen and would seem to have been included for commercial reasons. Anyone who already owns a few wine books does not need this one.

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