 | The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.17 This ought to be your first wine book purchase. MacNeil is unintimidating, yet provides good detail on the major varietals and wine regions of the world. A great starter reference.
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 | How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine by Jancis Robinson
Buy new: $22.23 / Used from: $1.59 You can't bring up wine and not bring up Jancis, the reigning queen of female wine guzzlers! This goes into more detail and also provides solid tips on learning how to sip and appreciate wines.
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 | The Oxford Companion to Wine
Buy used from: $15.91 THE big heavy reference guide for wine - it is also beautifully edited and put together. You can also bean a household intruder with it over the head! Whap!
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 | The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World by Lawrence Osborne
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $0.25 Less of a wine guide, more of a relaxing weekend read! Osborne introduces you to the movers and shakers of the wine world.
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 | Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $0.01 Again, much like #4 - this is a collection of short essays from an accomplished writer who just happens to be wine-obsessed...
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 | Oldman's Guide to Outsmarting Wine: 108 Ingenious Shortcuts to Navigate the World of Wine with Confidence and Style by Mark Oldman
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $1.71 NOW we are getting detailed. This book might be slightly intimidating because Oldman wants you to have a firm grasp on just about every varietal! Take it bit by bit...
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 | Matt Kramer's New California Wine by Matt Kramer
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $2.74 California is a great all-encompassing region from where to start your wine travels. This is the guide to help you!
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 | A Wine Journey along the Russian River by Steve Heimoff
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $4.39 Some of the most quaffable wine in the US is being made here in CA in the Russian River Valley. Definitely a region you should grow to know especially if you have the $$$ to spend on top notch Pinot!
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 | The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste by Elin Mccoy
Buy used from: $0.33 You also can't talk wine without bringing up Monsieur Parker - learn about the American who put his footprint all over the wine world. Save this one for later in your exploration...
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 | Cheese: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best by Max McCalman
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $14.99 This cheese guide boasts sumptuous art direction and is full of information on wine's best friend.
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 | Jancis Robinson's Wine Course
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $12.99 More Jancis. This DVD set will showcase for you some of the premiere wineries from around the world as well as some unique wine world personalities. We flew through this easy-going documentary set!
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 | Anthony Dias Blue's Pocket Guide to Wine 2006 (Anthony Dias Blue's Guides) by Anthony Dias Blue
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $0.01 I will probably start picking up the Blue guide every year. Dias has well-formed opinions and the guide is easy to flip through.
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 | Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2006 by Hugh Johnson
Buy used from: $0.01 Maybe I'm just a compulsive book buyer, but it doesn't hurt to have a back up wine guide, especially from this well-known wine professional!
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 | Mondovino
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $6.79 Is wine dead? Will a global wine style emerge and kill the idea of terroir? Can you drink a DVD? I tried, the answer is no.
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 | Sideways (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $0.01 Obviously this would come up, right? But the film also functions as a great starter guide to some wonderful Santa Barbara wineries! Use the pause button & check out where Miles and Jack are sippin'
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 | Wine Spectator
Buy new: $49.95 Don't be intimidated! Start by reading the reviews first - they can help you pick up a lot of wine vocab and of course, focus in on the best current releases & even better: WS features BEST BUYS.
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 | Food & Wine
Buy new: $14.95 Do you know what goes with wine? FOOD. This beautifully produced magazine also manages to be accessible to readers/cooks/imbibers at all levels.
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 | What I Tasted: A Wine Journal (Potter Style) by Potter Style
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $1.44 Keeping your own tasting notes is essential! And most importantly, you will remember all the great wines you sipped - the morning after can sometimes be a little hazy.
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 | The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses by Charles Bukowski
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $8.46 Follow me here, but I think bein' a little tipsy goes very well with the poetry of Charles Bukowski. Maybe a little TOO well.
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 | Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black
Buy new: $30.99 / Used from: $19.95 Yes sir, you will definitely need this.
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