Gilbert and Gaillard Wine Guide 2012

4000 wines selected, scored and awarded The best french winemakers The Bordeaux classed growths 2010 tasted en primeur 450 organic wines selected for their quality New : 500 top italian and american wines

Gilbert & Gaillard began their joint career in publishing in 1989 as directors of a collection for a major publishing house in Paris. In 1991, they began to publish their own wine guides and magazines about wine. Today, they head a multimedia group dedicated to wine that has offices around the world. François Gilbert was born in 1958. He has a PhD in geography and is a specialist in viticulture. He was a professor for fifteen years before devoting himself to his passion for wine. Philippe Gaillard was born into a winemaking family in Touraine in the Loire valley in 1958. He studied winemaking and oenology and later became the sales director of a major French wine distributor.