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[Innkeeper]

Hi Anchor, and welcome to the Wine Board. Drink the whites in the next six months. Drink all the reds before the end of '03, and some, e.g. Mistic Cliffs, immediately. 1. Wine For Dummies is an excellent primer. 2. The dimple is to impress your friends. Put your thumb in it, with the rest of your fingers around the bottle, and pour. 3. False. 4. Unless you want to spend around $200 or $300, forget about aging whites. You can get ageable reds for around $15. A good example is Chateau Les Fiefs De Lagrange, which will go to five or eight years after harvest (vintage). 1997 California Cabernet Sauvignons, if you can find them, will start at $25 (Markham) and go well up from there.

Remember that well over 95% of all wine produced in the world is meant to be consumed immediately.