Getting to Know Your Wine for 2009

The Examiner's Website has a helpful article running about the best ways to find, select and learn about new wines. It's my personal resolution to continue to branch out this year, and I feel like the author of this piece has some great suggestions on how to make that happen. She provides some simple answers like asking a lot of questions of the staff in a wine store and going to tastings, but also some less common suggestions like trying varietals you like - but from a different region.

If you're into Pinot, try one from France instead of California. Like Rose? Give a chance to something coming out of Sanoma rather than Italy. And so on, and so forth. It's all about experimenting. The more you try, the more you'll find that you like - and that's how you start to build a really solid knowledge of the game. So drink up, venture out and enjoy. It is a new year, after all.