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The encyclopedia includes information on wine-growing areas, viticulture and vinification, and all aspects of wine production and tasting.Encyclopedia about viticulture, vinification, wines
Advanced searches have drop down menus to create gigantic glossaries, and the ability to search by categories, keyword combinations on all databasesAdvanced search offers index options using dropdown menus
Click on the grapes icon at the top for a summary table of varietal properties. Click the icon with no search term for a general summary of white and black varietals with links to encyclopedia entries for each varietal.Database of information about grape varietals
The database of aromas and compounds has information on the aromas found in wine and the chemical compounds responsible for them.Database of aromas and compounds in wine
Tasting notes on wines can be searched by wine or producer Tastings notes on wines
Click the vintage chart icon and then select by country or enter directly the name of a wine region for vintage charts and notes for all major wine-producing regions of the world and summaries of vintage ratings from other sources.Vintage charts for all regions of the world
Wine profiles include information on region, classification, features and include links to tastings and auction databasesProfiles of individual wines
Navigate through a tree of appellations that shows where each appellation fits into the hierarchy. Appellations are linked to encyclopedia entries and to vintage charts.Use our unique tree to navigate through wine regions
Auction database allows searches for price of any wine, catalogued by region, producer, or vintage. Many tools are available for analyzing comparing, and graphing wine prices Auction prices for vintage wines worldwide
The producer database can be searched for individual producers. Information includes contact details, wines produced, and grape varietals planted. Most producers also have a link to their map location and a link to place their appellation on the treeSearch producer database by individual names, or by towns, regions, or wines
List of 3000 books on wine can be searched by index for wine- producing region or topic or by keywords for title or author. Direct links to buy books in print from Amazon.Exhaustive list of books on wine
Links to web sites on wine are continuously updated to maintain list of the most informative sites, classified by topic and wine-producing regionLinks to worldwide internet wine sites
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The Buzz about Bordeaux

What Price Bordeaux? by Benjamin Lewin MW will be published in summer 2009 by Vendange Press.

Asking whether the great châteaux make wines based on unique terroirs or whether they are merely brands, how Bordeaux's unusual market system determines price, why the style of Bordeaux is changing, and whether Bordeaux can survive global warming, this book provides new insights into the mysteries of the en primeur system, the rising influence of oenologues and critics, and the rise and fall of individual châteaux. What Price Bordeaux? concludes with the first reclassification of the wines of the Médoc since 1855 based on the original system of assessment.

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