Criticism is welcome; however, if you do not leave specifics or at least a valid email so we can talk about your critique, your post will be removed.

Nice website. Good website design and programming team. Thanks design team and company.

Great Site

very nice site!

your site is good. Can you please furnish info on the demand supply position of wine ...machinery makers and consultants to establish awinery in INdia.

Thanks, I learned a lot.

Hi you have an imformative site.
Thanks. I like wine alot. Bye.

Great site. Thank you. We are adding your site to our links and promoting it in our Vinote Notes.

This site is great, I'm a restaurant manager and use this site to help educate my servers Thank you for putting all the info in the clear.

Thanx for this site!!! I just bought "Wine for Dummies" on an internet auction site, and it hasn't arrived yet... this site answered a lot of my questions as I try to become educated. I will be back and will recommend this site to others. THANX ^v^

I'll be back!!!

Years ago I was given a gift of a wood carved wine lid. The carving comes from Germany pre/1900 and is of a wine cellar sciene. Four men are gathered around a wine barrel gesturing and talkin. One seems to be a monk, one a judge, one a business man, and one appears to be the mayor of the town. Behind the men is a huge wine barrel with a ladder resting against it. On the wine barrel is a crest or or symbol. The image is of a man with a tall hat. In his right hand he has a three crossed cross and in the left hand an axe. He has bib or vest. Also on the barres is written on hone of it's crossmembers 300R.M.5S.7M. On the back of the lid is written in pencil C C Strout Ticket # 153 June 3rd 1903. The carving is in great detail and must have taken months to carve.

CAN ANYONE HELP ME LOCATE WHERE THIS WINE CELLAR CARVING CAME FROM IN GERMANY?

Thank you for taking the time to put all this wonderful info on the web.It is very kind of you to share your knowledge with us ignorant individuals! It has truly been a big help with my dealings in society!

it is an amazing jungle of vines and a plethora of wines and this site is definitely the best for starters like me. i do hope i can try a krug sometime.

This is a great site for a beginner like
myself. Some Canadian wines please. Other
than that, I am impressed. Thanks

You have to be thyself to know thyself.
Scott G Betton

great site.
mike.

first time to the site, and i think it's great! i've only taken an onenology course which was quite basic, and have been looking for more education on wines. i am from Canada, and i'm quite disappointed that you have nothing in relation to the wines produced there. i hope that one day, you can find the time to add us to this website. and i will definately be a return reader.
thank you for the education!

L. Liang

If anyone has any info on opening a new bar/restaurant in California with a wine/beer license, I would be interested in hearing about the wine distributing and so forth. Please contact me. Thanks, this site is great!

Very informative. My wife and I are new to the wine industry. It's good to see there are sites out there to give some guidance to those who may need it. Thanks, we'll be back again!

***VERY NICE site!***
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The vintage chart looks like it came from "[edited]".
I agree that it is the best available.
Even better would be posting the latest version with
three more vintages and arranged with the latest
year on the left side?

Fantastic site and very informative and I will be recomending it to all my friends who are also interested in wines. We particulary liked the wine quizes which where great fun!

Wonderful informative site.Starting a new career in the wine industry shortly. This site as opened my eyes and given me great confidence,thank you to everyone involved
with this site.

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WOW!!! Fabulous site with tons of information. I am seriously considering opening a wine shop and this site afforded me real insight, without the SNOUTINESS that most wine site offer. Thanks. PS...looking for distributors in California and contacts for purchasing..any assistance will be greatly appreciated!!

Very informative site. I am a beginner in evaluating and understanding wines even though I have been enjoying them for years. I specifically like the German White wines in the Spatelese from the Nahe River valley or Kabinett varieties. I have tried several different American wines but have been unable to find one that compares to the German wines. I have found a discount grocery store in my hometown that has a very nice selection of wines including the Kabinetts from Germany. But would like to find an American wine of the same characteristics. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Thank you for the information. It is a very usefull site.I'm from Bulgaria and I work in a Wine Club. So I look for usefull information about wine.If somebody have something interesting about wine please send me e-mail.Thank you.

Great site keep up the good work! im always disapointed that canadian wines are rarely mentioned anywhere except here in canada, and the values and quality of niagra wines are truly exceptional Canada produces much more than just icewine thanx again for the informative site

What a great site. Although I love wine, I have just begun to study it. I have lots of friends who are pretty well educated in all aspects. I'm trying to catch up to them. I'm putting a notebook together and using a lot of your information. I only missed one on the first two wine tests and that was the one about warning labels. I'll try the third one a little later. I am from Dundee, Oregon (Yamhill County) as you no doubt know we do really wonderful wines. There are at least thirty wineries within a twenty five mile area here. Thanks for your website and the educaton it provides.

I am a total novice.My wife has just booked me on a wine tasting/appreciation course as a Christmas present.This site has given me hours of pleasure and some wonderful knowledge to begin with.

Sir,
Your web site is interesting.But my question is
why you have given "none of the above" as an answer.
Instead you can mention some other answer so that
people can learn that answer too. My suggestions is
to pick questions from topics mentioned below:
>Meaning of wine
>Classification of wine
>Names of the grapes and their characteristics.
>Factors influncing thew quality of wine and vine.
>Production of still wine - Red,Rose&White wines.
>Production of sparkling wine.
>Production of Fortified wine - Sherry, Port, Madiera,
Marsala, Malaga.
>Wine laws of countries producing wines eg:
France,Italy,Germany,Spain, Portugal,USA etc.
>Questions can be given on wine terminology.
>Questions can be asked on wine taste,approval,colour,
nose etc.
This is my first time I am visiting the site.I Hope
the above mentioned topics will be very usefull for
the students.
Thank you,
COIMBATORE M.SRI HARI
16-12-2000

i am a beginner, very informative!!!i was on you site for hours!!! thanx!!

Thank you for the information and the education.I manage an establishment that provides various wines and spirits for our clients. And as in all businesses information, and being able to communicate that information effectivly provise us with the oppertunity to be more professional and better serve our clients. Great site.

i visited your site for the first time tonight and found it informative and enjoyable. i'm a classically trained chef, many years under my belt. johnson & wales alumni etc. when i was in school we had two wine and cheese courses, but since school policy probhited drinking of alcohol on campus, we were unable to taste the wine we were studying. imagine trying to describe an american cheeseburger to someone who has never tasted one, it can be cooked in many ways giving it a distinct taste, it can be cooked rare, med, well done, add ket, mustard , pickle etc.,all will change the flavor, same with wine. my true wine training came from a wine class offered at a restaurant where i was exec. chef. i went out of my way to prepare special dishes for the class, in return, the instructor allowed me to attend his class free. there i learned the love for wine, the true experience and the burning desire to learn more. i had the pleasure to train under CHEF PAUL PRUDHOME for a while and learned his love for wine, he signes his books "good food good wine and good loving make for a good life" how true! any way, i learned from your sight and agree with your personal like of pinot noir (one of my favorites also) , but have a problem with what you stated about beaujolais "served with more fan fair and hoopla than it deserves", i happen to find this wine enjoyable and am of the belief that good wine like good food is a matter of personal taste. also you are right on the money with what you said about matching wines with certain seasonings and sauces. with my experience/knowledge of cooking i, as well as you, know the importance of seasonings and sauces and how they effect the taste of food and wine, and how one can compliment/destroy each other. at any rate thank you for sharing your knowledge i learned from your web sight

Your web site is very interesting!
I've recently begun to enjoy the wine.
My husband took me to Europe last summer and for the first
time I could drink a wine I liked. However I know nothing
about wine except that I like sweet wine.
I've sampled a California White Zifandel which was alright.
My husband can't find a German wine in the stores that he knows of so,
Would you have any suggestions for a white and even sweet
red wine, if there is such a thing?
I would appriciate it very much. Thank You.

Great site!!
Recently, I had a birthday party to attend and could not think of a thing to get the birthday boy. Turns out he loves wine, so I decided to get him a bottle. When I went to the store, I had no idea what was what. I ended up buying an expensive Merlot, trusting...hoping, rather, that the price was parallel to the quality. I stummbled on to your site, and I was wrong...
But I learned so much in the process. My mother collects wine and isn't as knowledgable as she should be. I'll pass the info and the site along!
Thanks again.
Kendell

Thank you for a great way to the knowledge world of wine
Please send details on your Internet Wine Training Courses
I am from South Africa if anybody would like to try some of our greats
I am sure it can be arrange - drop me a note and we will discuss varieties

I liked your quizz. Only one remark: The
question for the highest quality region
(whatever that may be anyway) is a bit
misleading. While [edited - contained answer from quiz] certainly
produce (among a lot of plonk) top wines the
same may be said about the other regions
(e.g., Doenhoff)

[Note: I disagree, I think my answer,
while subjective, is the correct one.

What do you think?
Take the Pro quiz and see for yourself. -SR-]

I am looking for resources addressing the management of wine production,and, or, finance analysis designed to help in deliniating the weaknesses of a wine company. If you can help, I have an open and greatful ear.

Great Web Site - very informative. We need more quizzes - what a great way to learn.
Thanks,
Steve

Kudos to the web-master.
This site is excellent fount of wine
information. Much clearer, much more useful
than many wine-education books out there:
e.g. "Encylopedia of Wine", "Complete Idiot's
Guide to Wine", etc.

The site seems a bit dated since you
have a section that is titled "Gems of the
1997 Fall Tasting Season", and the Wine Ratings
don't refer to anything newer than 1994
...but other than this, this is a great site.

This is the kind of site that makes the
Internet worthwhile.

Hi there,
Very interesting website....
I would suggest for anybody to try Sociando Mallet cru bourgeois 1982.

A wonderful wine indeed!

Cheers,

Enjoyed visiting your site and I have bookmarked it for future reference

Very well done! The information is wonderful
and received a genuine knowledge of abundant
information. Have always enjoyed wine and contine
to do so. Definitely the best site!

Just recently gained interest in wine and have been looking for a good no nonsense educational site. This is it! Thanks for all of the info and tips.

What a great site! My husband really enjoys wine and has become a collector. He wanted to have a wine tasting at our home to share some of his favorites, and so we are doing so this weekend. I am in charge of food, and find the task of pairing food & wine daunting. Your site has enabled me to not only feel confident in what I prepare, but also has helped me feel comfortable in telling others why I chose what I did. Thank you! I will definitely tell others about your site!

Great Site !!

After only recently developing an greater interest in wine I found this site Fantastic.
The Australian wine scene has taken off in the past decade, and is without doubt producing some truly world class wines (ie Penfolds Grange early vintages selling for over $2,000Aus). Of course there are other great Australian wines, and if anyone has any questions about specific Australian wines I will do my best to provide you with an answer.
Thanks, Mat from Down under !!

Great site!

On a trip in 1987 to California, my family and I toured a winery. We
were introduced to an inexpensive wine called May Wine. As I recall, it
was produced during the month of May and possibly came from (let me
expose my ignorance here) the last wine in a brewing process... perhaps
the "dregs" as one would say. Can anyone help me determine more about
my experience and where can I order some on the net?

Thanks,
G. H. "Sonny" Hollub, Jr.

I enjoyed your site. I live in the S.F. Bay Area and occasionally take a day trip to the Napa Valley. One of my favorite places is the V. Sattui Winery. The wines can only be purchased at the winery or by mail. Very tasty stuff...Uh, I mean bold, but not arrogant.

I have always enjoyed wine, but am painfully aware of my lack of knowledge in the subject. I have started an amateur wine tasting club amoungst my friends and co-workers, so your site is going to be an incredibly valuable resource for us. We plan to meet once a month to taste wines, discuss our impressions, share information about them, and enjoy appetizers and good company. Do you have any suggestions on how I can determine appropriate selections for each monthly meeting? Your input would be greatly appreciated.
-Adrienne

Great Question - See my Reply -SR-

I would say being a novice in the arena of wine I feel your site was "sparkling" and I feel educated now. I do have the drawback here that we do not get good wines here but hey lets start somewhere! And you guys please keep up the good work.

I did both quizes and faired better than avereage. You must admit that some of the questions were trick ones. I am glad I found it and did it. A votre sante!!

I did better on the quizes than I thought. Great page.

Thank you!

Not the most educated wine lovers, but we are trying just the same.
We fell in love with a bottle of Cote de Nuit Village and have been trying to find other wines that we might like.
Your page finally started to make some sense of it all.

I'm a college student just looking for a little more refinement and this is the best wine site out there. Truly amazing and the webmaster deserves kudos for the time it must have spent making this site. I learned enough to easily make intelligent descisions in both resturaunts as well as when buying my own. Thanks and Well-Done

I'm a culinary student, taking a wines course.
Thanks for the information on a label project.
Actual Maps would be plus.

From WWWiz magazine 2/99:

If you don't know anything about wines, the Web offers several good sites with which to begin your journey. The easiest site to remember is Wine Education. This is also one of the most useful sites, written in a witty style that is easy to understand. The glossary demystifies wine-speak, as well. This site will grow with your knowledge base; it has basic wine information, advanced wine information, scholarly wine information, wine reviews, and even wine quizzes!

Does anybody know something more about the chinese wineindustry? Could the responsable of the site give me his e-mail address so that I can mail him?

I like the quiz. An amasing site! I just start to drink wine recently. I think I am in love with it now.

Beautiful site, love the wine quizes, and can't wait for pro quiz to be "on line"

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and advice. I'm rather new to the wonderful world of wines and don't feel quite so overwhelmed and daunted now!

Being so many light years from Earth, I have to carefully control the consumption of the precious supplies we brought with us on our trip out from Earth. To select the wines to bring with us, we relied on advice from websites like your. In truth, your site provided the most practical and useful tips. We even applied some of your recommendations to deal with a rather difficult Wokian sommelier we encountered on one of our familiarisation visits around this constellation.
Please keep up the good work. Sites like yours make us miss home but helps us to keep our sanity too.

fantastic Site!!!

Fun! Fun! Had a good time geting Information
for my wine class. Thanks
Some good maps would be Great!

Hello / hallo mr. Stephen Reiss
thank for setting up this nice site.
After having explored the interesting Spanish market, i am now trying to get hold on several specific American wines in comparisson with specific French types of wines. Therefore, your site will be very helpfull to me.
Keep up the good job and remember : "alles was ‰ndert, bleibt" (Goethe)

As a waiter, I thank you for the information given to help me inform my guests on the aspects of wine. As a student, I am sick of beer and hope to see more wine at parties, besides, women love a man with class.

Just browsing when your site caught my eye.. lots of solid no bs information. Great job I'll be back

Hi
I found this site while trying to find information about the Pinotage grape in the US.
I love the sensible advice you give, especially about ordering wine in a restaurant.
And I'll be coming back to see if you have been able to answer the questions I submitted!

Peter May

Hi!
You have a great web page.
I have a range of vintage reds from Italy and South Afica from a well established cellar here in S.A. would interested parties contact me at tonybr@isoboard.com, there are various whites,whiskys and spirits included in this job lot package.
This is a genuine bargain deal so please,sincere enquiries only.
Thanks
Tony.

We visit your web pages all the time.
They are useful and well put together,
I wish the rest of the Web was this
easy to navigate.

Help anyone!!! I am a 21 y.o student looking to apprentice with a skilled viticulturist on Vancouver
Island. I would love to learn about growing grapes, but unfortunatly a willing teacher is hard to come
by, If anyone has any advice or info. for me please please mail me!!! Thanks for reading!! Ciao

As a member of the " De-mystify the vino " movement, I am very pleased with the candor and the presentation of information.
Let's all keep working at sharing the romance and not the pretense!!
Christie Love

You have a great site.I liked it.Well done.
If you want to taste a Turkish wine.Contact
me.

I¥m just starting to review the page, I really enjoy drinking good wine, and am always trying to learn a bit more about it. I live in Mty Mexico and am looking forward to joining or starting a tasting group in town. My wife and myself did so in Guadalajara and enjoyed several very enjoyable evenings. I¥d be happy to hear suggestions for wine tasting events.
Thanks,
FXL

Thanks for info
for sale: B/O 1945 ingelnook white pinot
two bottles
1483 rare old parr scotch

Great site! Look forward to corresponding with you in the future. I'm a much bigger buyer of Bordeaux especially 1986 Pichon Comtesse, than California but I look forward to you and your readers recomendations.
Cheers!!!

Great job Stephen, I'm sure your Site is already helping many people all over the world, the way that it is helping me now. Regards.

Interesting site.
My all-time favorite wine has to be the '74 Silver Oak Cab from Napa V.
The "new" all-timer from the State of Washington is Leonetti's Cab, if you can get it. Woodward Cyn seems to get all the press but Leonetti has them beat hands down!

What a great website. Thanks for putting this
info for others to see and share.
My all time favorite wine of Napa Valley is
none other than the Kendall Jackson
Chardonnay. What a delicious buttery flavor
for under $10.
Thanks again.

Cheers,
Pam

Regarding "How and Why WIne Ages" you seem to have provided an incomplete explanation when you put it down to tannin. The white wines of Germany and Alsace are noted for their longevity and they have no contact with oak. It would appear that high levels of acidity, alcohol or sugar can also provde ageing capability. Is this not so?

[read my response - Steve]

Great Site! Wonderfully informative. Keep up the good work.
Royal Oak, MI

As an enthusiast new to the wonderful world of wine, I wanted to let you
know that I am finding your "Buyers & Cellers" web page to be very
interesting and informative.

Steve,
While getting ready to do a educational wine meeting at our store, I byted into your site. WOW! It's terrific. Now for the irony: our store is Sundance Drug & Liquor in Snowmass Village!! Hope to see you soon in person to thank you.

Steve & Barbara Wickes

I was looking at your website -- nice job.

Your site is wonderful; both interesting and educational.

Congratulations on such an informative and fun website.

Great Site.

greetings from a dutch student in the usa.
good work!!!!!!!!

Haven't checked you out in awhile...you still look good to me...;)

Keep up the good work!

From V. 3 I. 1 June 97:

Full of sensible advice on subjects large and small -
what to do with he cork when a server hands it to you,
buying good wine at a bargain price, starting a cellar -
B&C Wine Education is also free of the pretension that
often permeates wine writing. Anyone who's ever been
intimidated by a snotty waiter or wine steward will
appreciate the instructions on selecting and tasting
wine in restaurants (armed with these pointers, the site
promises, "you can smile knowingly, confident that you
now possess the ammo to deflate the pompous ass"),
and the rating of 250 vintages will give you a sense of
the quality of various producers' wines. -SS

Glynn Peacock
glynn@alpha.futurenet.co.za

Very informative, and a pleasant read.

Anthony Middleton/Best Wine Corporation
Bestwine@mail.atlantic-line.fr
www.atlantic-line.fr/bestwine

Helpful page, lots of information.

Jason Tennyson
jtenn@flash.net

For someone like myself, a beginner, this has been an invaluable site. Keep up the good work.

Ezra Gale
ezra@netguide.com
www.netguide.com/server-java/NGPage/Explore

From Net Guide Live - 2/24/97

Straight from the playground of those who can afford a nice bottle of wine -- Aspen, Colo. -- comes this excellent primer on the basics of vino. Sites such as this one can be too highbrow for tipplers, but B&C; gets points for including sections like "Disarming the Snotty Wine Steward" and "Wine under 10!!!!" Also handy: the section detailing which wines go with which foods, where head wine educator Steven Reiss debunks several myths surrounding the pairing of wine and food.

Mike Clarke
mrclarke@netlabs.net

Peter Donahue
PDonaBP@aol.com

Wow, very nice info on grapes! The concise descriptions of different grape varieties is excellent. Just what I needed and just what Parker & Johnson don't provide. Anyway, I really appreciate your effort.

Fabienne MISTRY
Fabienne_MISTRY@NEXUS.ROCH.EDU

Hello / Bonjour! I'm a French student in the U.S. and I happen to surf on your site. I must admit I am really impressed by the knowledge you have about certain wines (cf: coteaux du Layon). Even in France, people usually have never heard about Coteaux du Layon. Two years ago, my parents opened a bottle of Coteaux du Layon of 1968 (the date of their wedding). The color was gold, the aroma and the test were an even!!! We drunk it with "foie gras". Anyway, long life to your site.

David Reams
dreams@rof.net

Great new page Steve. I use your page all the time, superior info and great buys. Thanks for the Education

Keith & Heather Austin
keitha@tiresplus.com

Liked your site!! My wife and I are fairly new to wine, and are enjoying our experiments greatly! :) Thanks for the advice on reasonably priced wines, they have been a source for new found wines for both of us. Once again, nice site and thanks for the advice. Hamtramck, MI

Tim Taylor
ttaylor3@ix.netcom.com

I've reciently become interested in wines and starting a small cellar -- Education is what I seek, and this looks like a great place to start. THANKS! Tim Taylor Hamtramck, MI

Nicolas Lategan
orionsa@iafrica.com

Thank you for your very interesting Web Site. I only discovered it today, but this is surely the first of many vists.

Karen Leckey
karen_leckey@ultranet.ca

I just starting working in the wine industry and am currently taking my second class, so I am always looking for juicy information. I will definitely be back soon.

Dave Lister
dlister@interconnet.com

I'm a beginner at wines and liked what I found. I'll be back.

Steve Baker
sbaker@iglou.com

Thanks for an enjoyable site visit. I have slow access so I don't get to enjoy a lot of pretty graphics and image maps and you offered me access to everything just the same. I linked to your page from a link at Robin Garr's Wine Page.

Stephen Reiss
WineGuy@BandC.com
www.BandC.com

Ok, I admit it, I signed my own book first, but hey it would look silly if there was nothing in it at all? Here are a few nice things the Press have to say:

One of the greatest palates in Colorado ... He can do no wrong
Rocky Mt.. News

Cheerful, knowledgeable advice
Bon Appetit

Aspen's guru of the Grape
Aspen Magazine