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Title: Biased and unfair
Review: The book is good for listing producers but the ratings are very biased and unfair. Unfortunately, there is no other major German wine book, that is current. Two scandals of fall 99 and spring 2000 revealed that the samples are not tasted blind and that Armin Diel even sold leftover samples. The wines of the top producers are great, no doubt, but the better values are found elsewhere. The authors have certainly helped Herman Doennhoff for example to establish his high pricelevel, while I found the wines of 99 that I tasted were not to that level. Great other winemakers are left out, because they do not grease the wheel, just make great wine. Check out the producers with the lower ranking and you find best values.
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