Some of My Favorite Wine Websites

by Richard Berger  author of the DVD: Wine the Basics – A Comprehensive Guide to Wine for Beginners

You will have to copy some of the links and paste them on the address line of your favorite web browser. Not all links have been inserted.

(Of course, most of these pages have other links)

**Some Websites appear more than once…it’s

because I feel their different pages are important**

Fun and Informative – General Info

http://www.wineloverspage.com/

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walter/wine/wines.html

http://www.twis.info/

http://www.grape-nutz.com/links.html

http://www.internetwineguide.com/index.htm

http://www.terroir-france.com/index.html

Tasting

http://www.theepicentre.com/Entertaining/tastewin.html

http://www.wineloverspage.com/taste/

http://www.terroir-france.com/wine/tasting.htm

http://wine.about.com/od/winebasic1/ht/winetasting.htm

http://www.bbr.com/US/wine-knowledge/faq-tasting.lml?ID=null

http://www.winecountrygetaways.com/taste.html

Reading the Label

http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/wine/label/

http://www.wineanswers.com/47.asp

http://www.germanwine.de/english/guide/germanwinelabels.htm

http://www.wineloverspage.com/wines/labels.shtml

http://www.civusa.com/consumerCenter/howToLabels.html

http://www.diwinetaste.com/dwt/en2004016.php

http://www.starchefs.com/wine/features/html/california_label/html/index.shtml

http://ewineplanet.com/label1.asp

http://www.googobits.com/articles/p0-22-how-to-decipher-a-wine-label.html

Vintage Charts

**NOTE: Check several. Vintage Charts can be somewhat opinion-driven**

Click to access VintageChart.pdf

http://wine-pages.com/vintage.shtml

http://wine-pages.com/vintold.shtml

http://www.wineontheweb.com/vintage/vintage.html

http://www.wineontheweb.com/vintage/112_years/112_years.html

http://www.winestore.com/bordeaux-chart.php

http://www.italianmade.com/wines/vintage.cfm

http://www.decanter.com/vintageguides/

http://www.cellarnotes.net/vintage_chart.htm

Pairing Wine and Food

** NOTE: Keep in mind that many opinions

about pairing wine and food are purely subjective**

http://www.inetours.com/PagesWT/Food_and_wine.html

http://www.chiff.com/wine/food-match.htm

http://gourmetsleuth.com/cpairing.htm

http://www.novusvinum.com/pairings/main.html

http://www.winecountrygetaways.com/pairing.html

http://www.drinkwine.com/wine_guide/pairing.html

http://www.rachaelraymag.com/content/23727/

http://www.evite.com/pages/party/wine-pairing.jsp

http://www.winewebcentral.com/winepairing/

Bordeaux

http://www.bordeaux.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US&country=US

http://www.wine-pages.com/regions/bordexp.htm

http://www.terroir-france.com/wine/bordeaux.htm

http://www.thewinedoctor.com/regionalguides/bordeaux.shtml

http://www.greatwinecapitals.com/bordeaux/index.html

http://www.castles-france.net/bordeaux-chateaux/

Burgundy

http://www.burgundywinecompany.com/home/

http://www.terroir-france.com/wine/bourgogne.htm

http://www.thewinedoctor.com/regionalguides/burgundypartone.shtml

http://wine-pages.com/regions/burgexp.htm

http://www.bourgogne-wines.com/

California

http://www.travelenvoy.com/wine/californiaAVA.htm

http://www.totalescape.com/tripez/califwine.html#map

http://carolyntillie_ultimate_california_wine_blog.typepad.com/

http://www.winefiles.org/

http://www.cawinemall.com/

http://www.californiawineandfood.com/

http://vinescape.com/vs/

Other/Different Varietals

http://www.wineonline.ie/winery/varietals.htm

http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grape_profiles/varietals.htm

http://www.pjwine.com/html/101varietals.html

http://www.wine-searcher.com/default.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-grape-varieties

http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Wine_Basics/Wine_Basics_Template/0,,1004,00.html

Other/Different Regions

http://www.wine.co.za/

http://www.germanwineusa.org/

http://www.winesofhungary.com/

http://www.germanwineinfo.co.uk/

http://www.oregonwineinfo.com/

http://www.jacobscreek.com/australian-wine/index.htm

http://www.winesofsicily.info/

http://www.annamariavolpi.com/wine_dictionary.html

http://www.bettertastingwine.com/italy.html

A Little More Advanced

http://www.wineint.com/home.asp

http://www.wineinstitute.org/

http://www.grapestomper.com/

http://erobertparker.com/info/edulinks.asp

Some Government Rules, Regs & Info

http://www.wineinstitute.org/industry/reflib/pub/fed/fedregister/ReserveNPRM.htm

http://vintners.net/wawine/misc/gov_tax.html

http://www.vinography.com/archives/2007/01/ingredients_and_arguments_gove.html

http://www.naa.gov.au/fSheets/FS26.html

http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/EGIL-5HU8LS?open

http://www.wd.gc.ca/mediacentre/2006/june27-01a_e.asp