Amazon readers rate this one 5 stars and since Michael's son Bartholomew was kind enough to send me a nice bottle recently, I'm going to agree! "Payola" is associated with radio, so raspberries to any who let that thought cross their minds.

After devoting five decades to sampling, studying and selling wine, Broadbent boasts encyclopedic vinous knowledge. Head of Christie's wine department since 1966, the author has tasted almost everything. In this volume, Broadbent offers detailed accounts of wines he's tried (always mentioning when his last tasting took place), peppered with anecdotes of wine dinners and wealthy oenophiles.