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Book recommendations: Andrea Immer's "Great Wines Made Simple" (she has another book on pairing wines with food) and "Wine for Dummies." Both have basic information on grape varietals, characteristics of the wines, storing and serving wine, etc. Later on you may want to look at books that specialize in a region such as Burgundy or Germany or a large encyclopedia of wine such as Hugh Johnson's, but the Immer and "Wine for Dummies" will get you started.