The Gilbert & Gaillard Wine Guide is the essential guide to discovering wines. In France, Gilbert & Gaillard guides have been among the top references in the wine profession for more than 20 years. Based on blind tastings conducted throughout the year on their premises, 8,000 wines are selected from all origins, commercially available in all sales channels. The tastings are conducted by a French and international panel of tasters: Francois Gilbert, Philippe Gaillard, Sylvain Patard and their team of professional French and international tasters: Olivier Delorme (France), James Turnbull (France), Delphine Veissiere (Italy), Joanne Gibson (South Africa), Jamal Rayyis (USA), and Diego Bonnel (Spain-Portugal). Unique in its diversity and independence - all the wines are selected based solely on the results of blind tastings. This new edition includes 3,000 selected and rated wines, and has a user-friendly layout. An informative and enjoyable read.

Author Biography

Philippe Gaillard was born into a winemaking family in Touraine in the Loire Valley in 1958. He studied winemaking and oenology and later became the sales director for a major French wine distributor. He has been a journalist and wine taster for over 20 years. He started the Gilbert & Gaillard group in 1989. Francois Gilbert was also born in 1958. He has a PhD in Geography and is a specialist in viticulture. He was a professor for 15 years before devoting himself to his passion for wine. He started the Gilbert & Gaillard group with Philippe in 1989.