just starting out....what to read first

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Here's a book I picked up from a library recently and liked... "Red and White", by Aussie wine writer Max Allen. Nice relaxed style... real 'Wine tasting in shorts and t-shirt" kind of thing.

Meanwhile, I nearly tossed a book by Malcom Gluck against the wall for his amazing ability to advise against wine snobbery in one breath, then turn into the worst kind of prentious wanker in the next. (This guy likes to smell the glassware before pouring, in case his uber-sensitive sniffer gets put off by too much detergent, for instance. Give me a break, malcom...)