Learning about wines

[graywolfe]

Going against the grain, I'll suggest reading Mark Oldman's book of shortcuts for making wine buying and drinking easier. It's an amazing book, and while I haven't read Immer's, it also looks like a more user friendly bookd for novices. It details essentially every major and most of the minor wine's a novice will come across, and is clear and succinct, with a light, and simple expository writing style. He doesn't write like an elitist trying to "learn ya" something, he writes like a guy with experiences that's attempting to show you what wines are like, and what might work or not for you. An amazing book, and if i were to shill for anyone, it would be him. Apparently it won a "wine book of the year" award for when it was published by a rather prestigious group as well. That's the book for novices, and even lightly experienced drinkers to use, at least from my p.o.v.