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Although it costs as much as a bottle of Perrier-Jouet brut, many wine lovers will consider the new (third) edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide (Simon & Schuster; $40) an indispensable purchase. The nation's pre-eminent guru of grape, Robert M. Parker Jr., is writer-publisher of a plain-as-plonk (no ads, no pictures) bimonthly newsletter, The Wine Advocate. His trenchant opinions, as well as his still debated ratings of wine on a 100- point scale, are recycled into columns for the Prodigy computer network and Wine Enthusiast and Food & Wine magazines. They also feed...
...earshot, some California vintners complain that Parker is unfair to their state's wines. That's a canard when you consider his consistent raves for Kistler Chards, say, or Ravenswood Zinfandels. Still, wine buyers in need of a different perspective may cotton to The New Connoisseurs' Handbook of California Wines (Knopf; $24) by Norman S. Roby and Charles E. Olken. Their judgments are more muted than Parker's, but they appraise some competent producers -- Stags' Leap Winery in Napa County, for instance -- that he ignores...
Montignac's method, based on "a synthesis of my scientific readings," strictly limits starches, sweets and alcohol during an initial weight-loss period of several months. Then, in the maintenance phase of the diet, he allows such goodies as red wine, sausage canapes, foie gras, cheese and the occasional chocolate dessert. Whole grains are in. Soft drinks are "poison." Alcoholic aperitifs are discouraged, and wine is to be drunk only with meals...
...brings a discreet peek from behind freshly painted shutters. A voice murmurs to come around into the garden. Suddenly, we could be in Miami. American rock plays softly; red and blue lights color a trimly clipped lawn. Our host offers a hamburger, steak, perhaps a lobster? Red or white wine? A rum collins...
...small fee: red wine, white wine (cheapo California vintages), domestic beer, imported beer, vodka, gin, rum, Bailey's, Kahlua, Tequila, whiskey, bourbon, cognac, brandy...