Good, Better, Best Wines: A No-Nonsense Guide to Popular Wines [Paperback]

Good Better Best Wines is unique--it's the first buying guide to focus exclusively on the most popular wines in the US (most of which are also best-sellers in Canada) with names you know such as Beringer, Woodbridge, and Lindemans. Amazingly, no consumer book compares strictly big brand wines by price and variety, despite the fact they account for the vast majority of the wines we drink in North America... until now.

If you're like me, when it comes to wine, your "wants" are pretty simple: a good wine, at a price you can afford, that's stocked at your local wine shop. Good, Better, Best Wines gives you just that. It reveals in plain English, the good, better, and best wines available for the dollars you're willing to spend--up to $15US--along with photos of clearly labeled bottles to make wine shopping easier.

I left out wine jargon, kept the structure intuitive, made it visually-compelling, and included bottle images of every recommendation to make the book as broadly accessible as possible. I think wine drinkers deserve to know which big brand wines taste best. In the end, the bottles wine critics would expect came out on top much of the time--Concha y Toro, Beringer, and Penfolds shone for instance. But there were less expected winners too.

I hope you enjoy the read.

Here's what the critics are saying so far:

"They're big, they're out there, but they're not all the same. This book cuts a sure course through the ocean of popular wines. Carolyn's enthusiasm and stylistic panache tells you what you need to know -- and fast." --Andrew Jefford, columnist for Decanter and The World of Fine Wine magazine

"It's about time someone of Carolyn's' caliber stepped forward to champion these humble yet satisfying wines. The first paragraph alone is worth the price of admission." --Richard Best, The Frugal Oenophile

"The quality of everyday wines has never been better and this book will help you get the best." --Billy Munnelly, wine educator and author, Billy's Best Bottles

"This book is a fabulous resource. It really filled a niche that needed to be addressed." --Lynne Webb, publisher, [...]

Good Better Best, I ordered it the morning it was reviewed On CTV's Canada AM. Great information I now take it with me to the liquer store. It has pictures of the bottles not just the names. This makes it easier to find in the store. It opens up a whole new wine drinking experience. Enjoy...............