Getting Started With Wine

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Welcome to the board. Do you know if the wines your coworkers are sharing with you are recent bottlings or wines with a little age to them? It may be that they are bringing wines they've stored at home that have matured a little beyond what you pick up at the store. Next time you like one brought by someone else, write down the specifics--vintage, producer, region. Ask what grapes go into the wine if you don't know. You might try picking up some Beaujolais Villages or Cotes du Rhone to see if you like those for red wines--both are quite inexpensive. Try a Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc or a Macon white wine (the Macon is from the Chardonnay grape) and see if you like those. Let us know how it goes.