First time for wine

[TheEngineer]

Hi! from a fellow newbie!

In addition to trying wine and going to wine tastings to see which ones I like, I've also done two other things which I think have helped me out.

I went to a local, well respected wine store and told them that I would like to learn more about wine. They introduced me to their staff and have promised me that they would take me on a wine introduction over the course of the year, trying out new things at a pace that I am comfortable with and a budget that I can afford. They also put me on their email list so I get the rest of the wine banter.

I also purchased a couple of wine books. They helped me to better understand what I was suppose to be looking out for and helped me to better appreciate things sooner. The books that I have are (1) The Wine Bible, (2) the Wine Atlas and (3) Oxford Wine Reference.

The internet is also a fabulous place for information as long as you don't take everything to be definitive. As the people on this board have already shown me, wine is meant to be fun, educational and nutritional....but never pretentious.

The long timers here have lots of experience. I've enjoyed reading their posts on a daily basis.