 | 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: $4.81 The book I wish I'd had as budding a wine novice. Mark Oldman provides what might be the best and most well-paced (not to mention most practical) wine introduction book on the market.
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 | Great Wine Made Simple by Andrea Immer
Andrea provides a quick and very easy method for getting to know your wine regions based on typical characteristics, with helpful suggestions on how to taste to build up your wine chops.
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 | How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine by Jancis Robinson
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $6.43 Great reading for the beginner who wants to learn more about how to enjoy wine, all done in an open and not-so-stuffy style.
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 | Wine For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking)) by Ed McCarthy
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $4.50 THE starting point for your induction into the world of wine. I know the brother if one of the authors, both of whom really, really, really know their stuff.
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 | Champagne for Dummies by Ed McCarthy
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $1.24 Probably the most accessible introduction on bubbly that you'll ever come across (apart from being married to the owner of a champagne house near Eperny...).
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 | The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.44 A mighty tome of accessible wine knowledge, with excellent primers for the beginner wine enthusiast but also tons of detail for the advanced wine geek as well. A fantastic achievement and a book that will prove to be a valuable resource to the wine lover for years to come.
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 | Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2007: 30th Edition (Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book) by Hugh Johnson
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $0.01 Updated every year, this book packs a ridiculous amount of handy wine information into an impossibly small amount of space.
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 | The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition by Tom Stevenson
Buy used from: $22.87 A reference that is so handy, I destroyed the binding within weeks from overuse! I know both wine fans and wine industry pros that use this book, and it's handy - and accessible enough - for both.
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 | The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson
Buy used from: $5.63 A beautiful coffee-table sized book for the budding wine geek, it's an essential reference for those interested in increasing their detailed knowledge of where their favorites wines come from and why that plays such an important part in why those wines taste they way they do.
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 | The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd Edition
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $24.61 This weighty tome is *the* wine reference book for the wine geek and wine professional.
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 | Wine Report 2007 (Wine Report) by Tom Stevenson
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.32 Another reference updated annually, this one is for the wine professional (or only the most serious of wine enthusiasts). A great read for finding out what's new and noteworthy in the world's major wine regions.
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