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Hachette

The French wine guide "Le Guide Hachette des Vins" is published by "Hachette Livre", a publishing house founded by Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800-1864) in 1826. It was first published in 1985. François Bachelot and Stéphane Rosa are jointly responsible as Direction de l'ouvrage (editors).

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Edition 2024

In the current 2024 edition with 1,216 pages, 8,000 wines from France and Luxembourg are described and evaluated. These were selected in blind tastings by 900 experienced wine critics (winemakers, merchants, sommeliers) from 35,000 wines of all appellations from 6,500 producers. According to the Hachette philosophy, "the scores must be compared within an appellation, as it is impossible to judge different appellations by the same yardstick". The grading system is:

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