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[winoweenie]

Hi Jared and welcome to the board. Seems you have a lot more understanding than you think. When you have a wine you enjoy, note the name of the vineyard, the type of grapes ( Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, etc.) and the vintage date. Keep a reference file just like cribbing in school. Attend as many tastings as possible. Hopefully your local dealer has free tastings, if not suggest he start some on Friday nites and give a discount on any bottles purchased by the participants. This is a win-win situation...he helps educate your palates and makes for some wine-drinking converts and adds to the days receipts. It's a long road but one well woth travelling. Good Luck! WW