The Australian Wine Vintages 2007 Gold Book? is the world's number-1 selling pocket wine guide, having sold over 900,000 copies worldwide since its 1979 introduction. Updated annually, the Gold Book is arguably the planet's premier must-have guide to every drinkable wine produced in Australia and a handy resource for not only the ordinary consumer, but also the avid wine collector. In its 24th Edition, and long considered the bible, the Gold Book is a 440-page, five-color, hard-cover, pocket-sized encyclopedia, which includes over 17,000 entries, 2,020 wines from 427 winemakers and full-color reproductions of virtually each wine label. Each wine is ranked out of a maximum of 5 stars by author Robin Bradley (including some superb wines which earn the Gold Star status - among the great wines of the world)In addition, the winemaker rates each vintage of each wine (from 1 to 7) and stipulates the ideal year to drink it. There is also a dollar value calculated for every entry (except where the ideal time to have drunk the wine is prior to now).