TYPES OF WINE

[barnesy]

The book suggestion (wine for dummies) is exactly what i would suggest.

When i first started out, I had two wine shops to choose from. I went to each, asked one of the employees to help me select something based on what I had drank previously. I took one bottle from each store. I went home, tried them both. I did the same thing again (asking the same employee). Well, the one shop picked one wine that I sorta liked and one that didn't like at all. The other shop picked two for me that I really liked. The second shop now has all of my business. I go to that one employee, and he has yet to disappoint me. When he doesn't know about the wine I am curious about, he asks one of the other employees. Turns out, he had been a distributor for Louis Jadot and Georges Duboeuf. Both of which make some of my favorite wines. The best thing is to find a good shop and a good employee to help you learn about different wines. Once you get a list of wines you have tried and like, you can then pick similar ones off of wine lists.

Oh, also ask your wine employee for some food suggestions to go with the wine you are buying.

Barnesy