Basic Wine Knowledge

This is the place to look if you are new to wine, or want to learn more about the fundamentals.
Find articles on:

• How to buy a bargain wine
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Food and wine pairings
• A glossary of wine terms
• Disarming the snotty wine steward
  A guide to ordering wine in restaurants

• The right temperature to serve wine
• Wine Regions and Maps:
• France
Regions with detailed maps:
• Burgundy
• Bordeaux
• Rhone
Covered Regions without maps:
• Alsace
• Champagne
• Loire
• Provence
• Languedoc / Roussillon
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• Portugal (no map)
• Australia
• New Zealand
• The US
Regions with detailed maps:
• California
• Pacific Northwest
• New York
• China


• The dos and donts of starting a wine cellar
• The language of wine

Advanced Wine Knowledge

More than you need to know to enjoy wine. Perfect those that enjoy anything technical.

• The ins and outs of wine Accessories
• How to use the Ah-So style cork puller.

• A year in a winemaker's life
• Red wine grapes
• White wine grapes

• How and why wine ages
• A quick look at oak
• Investing in wines

Opinion

Much of the world of wine is opinion. Tasting notes are the best example.
These papers share opinions on broader concepts.

• The great legs debate
• Bottle shock
• Wines of China
• Phylloxera. super bug, or super greed?

Wine Games

• Wine quizes
• SimVin - A FREE winery simulation game. Try your hand as a GM of your own winery. Set up the winery and make choices ranging from Marketing to Wine Making. Can you beat the odds?


• VinTriv the wine trivia game


• FlashJargon the wine vocabulary game

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