With Thanksgiving having just passed by, the wine-drinking world has also seen the release of the 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau wines. Experienced drinkers each have their own take on this well-marketed, commodity wine made from the Gamay varietal. Being an intermediate wine drinker (that’s right – I’m no longer a beginner!) who’s been paying […]

Restaurant wine lists can be extremely confusing with long lists of wines that you know nothing about — in fact, many of the wines you cannot even pronounce. When the waiter comes to offer assistance, you realize that he or she does not know anymore about the wine list than you do. At […]

It’s no secret that De Long’s Wine Info produces great resources for wine education. A recent post of Neil’s talks about his efforts to become a member of the wine century club, which promotes tasting of at least 100 grape varietals. In the past, I’ve been impressed by their wine tasting notebook and wine periodic […]

Let’s face it, there are a lot of aromas and flavors in wine to keep track of when you’re just starting out. To help you, we’ve created our wine aroma chart, which is part of our wine 101 section.
The common aromas found in white and red wine are listed separately, and we also provide […]

Since starting to drink wine, I’ve digested many books, magazines, and blogs on the subject. If you’re new to wine now, you may be wondering what the best wine books for a beginner drinker are. I mean, it’s pretty disappointing to spend $20 on a wine book that’s corked.
Great Wine Made Simple by […]

When I first started drinking wine (a very long six months ago), I tried hard to get a grasp on all the different wine varietals. This seemed an important step towards compartmentalizing the different tastes I was encountering. I wanted to learn what typical wines made from the famous grapes tasted like.
There are many grapes […]

In the first post of this series, Beginner’s Wine Journal, I laid out my plan to go through the wine tastings in our Wine 101 series. This is my experience with our first tasting that highlights two of our Wine 101 styles: Smooth & Bold red wines.
My original plan was to do this tasting […]

We think that one of the best things our site has to offer is that is authored by two wine drinkers at very different stages. Neil has been drinking wine for around thirty years, and I have just started drinking and learning to taste a variety wines in past six months (though I drank the […]