"Brush up your wine education
and eliminate your dependence
on wine salespeople"

The best way to give wine gifts is to first "Boost" your wine education. You want to give wine they'll enjoy. Something different and memorable. But you also don't want to spend a fortune.

You could also go with the wine clerk's recommendation. But how does HE know what you like and don't like? What if he's trying to push a wine that he desperately needs to get rid of?

Shopping for wine can be hassle. With so many labels and so many choices how do you pick? What if you get it wrong?

The best thing to do? Expand your knowledge! Check out the links below.

Buying wine online - A little help with avoiding some of the common problems.

How to store wine - Its not in a hot sunny upright position.

Types of wine - A few of the many many popular types of wine.

Wine dictionary - Foxy, Flinty, Corky? Er, what?!

Wine ratings - The difference between an 89 and a 90 is what exactly?

Dionysus god of wine - According to those wacky Greeks Dionysus was the wine god who's mother was mortal and father was a god named Zeus.