Good Reading

[astonv0l]

I am just learning and was wondering does anybody have any good suggestions for a book or guide to get me started? I am trying to learn what food to pair with what wine and also about wine in general (I want to become a chef eventualy)
By the way, what a great site

[winedope1]

Hi, Aston, and welcome to the board. A very good source for you would be Wine For Dummies, part of the large "For Dummies" series. I'm sure that others will have suggestions also. Good luck!

[Nguigmi]

I'm also in the learning mode right now -- Wine for Dummies is a great start, and another book that is very insightful (recommended to me on this board) is "Great Wine Made Simple" by Andrea Immer.

[Innkeeper]

Since you are interested in food and wine matching, Andrea Immer has a followup book called, "Great Tastes Made Simple." I have both, and use them frequently.

[astonv0l]

wow! that was quick. thanks everyone, I have tried the "dummies" books and sometimes they can be too simple but I will definitly give them and the other books a read. Thanks again.
By the way, I have found a culinary website that offers a free wine course you can take, Its kinda cool and some of you may want to take a look. just choose free courses (there is also a cheese course that would go great with the wine one) I hope this will be of interest
http://www.prochef.com

[wondersofwine]

Thanks for the tip on the website. I may look into it later on.