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In order to choose a good wine, it is essential to have a good reference guide.

The Gourmets Group specialized in gastronomy and wine press A new edition of the Gourmets Wine Guide 2017 is already on sale, which gives us the opportunity to enter the fascinating world of wines, wineries, specialized stores and wine-producing areas of our country.

This thirty-second edition of one of the specialized publications of the wine sector oldest, brings us everything related to wine world to be able to illustrate and accompany both professionals and amateurs in the knowledge and choice,

The group’s philosophy regarding the elaboration of the content has not changed since the 80’s, when the first edition was published, and it continues to evaluate the products under the blind tasting system, without knowledge of its brand, avoiding suggestion in grades.

The evaluations of the different wines are prepared by the Tasting Committee composed for the occasion by a score of professionals including winemakers, sommeliers, journalists and tasters.

The Data of the 32nd edition of the Gourmet Wines guide

• Total Wines tasted: 4.320 wines with their characteristics and prices.
• Total Wines tasted blind, commented and rated: 1529.
• A total of 1.115 referenced wineries.
• More than 200 specialized stores.

The products that are housed in the interior are from one of the 122 referenced wine-growing areas, and the entire Map of Spain is also developed in which the Wine Denominations of Origin divided by Autonomous Communities are indicated.

Regarding the reference of foreign wines, we highlight the mention of Champagne Wines from France.

All this with a rating for the reader where the price scale is marked with scores between 90 and 100

The paper guide continues to be a clear reference for the sector, but the emergence of digital media makes its version for mobile phones in app format an interesting proposal for users, professionals or amateurs in the world of wine.

An application to choose the best wine

This year’s edition of the Gourmet Wine Guide presents a 100% intuitive mobile application with which to become an expert winemaker thanks to its comprehensive content.

Its advanced search engine allows the user to find the wines by name, price ranges, grape variety or area, and thanks to the geolocator they will be able to find the closest wineries and plan wine tourism routes.

In addition, they allow you to interact with the members of the Tasting Committee, store your favorite wines, add notes and share them with your contacts. The best consultation tool for those who want to have the content of the GVG at any time.

You can choose between the free Lite version, which contains data on a selection of 1.115 Spanish wineries, wines rated between 84/100 and 87/100 points and those with an excellent value for money.

The Pro version contains all the technical information of the Guide, as well as a detailed description of the tasting of 1.529 wines from our country that have reached a minimum score of 80/100 points.