Enthusiast and educational wine sites
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About.com wine & food home page - http://wine.about.com/food/wine/
Good starting point for food and wine related sites and questions.
The Court of Master Sommeliers - www.courtofmastersommeliers.org
Information on how to attain the certification of Master Sommelier.
Culinary Institute of America (CIA) - www.chiaprochef.com
"Prochef," The Culinary Institute of America's online resource for culinary and food service professionals.
Enology International - www.enologyinternational.com
Sommelier Society of America Instructor Jordan Ross's informative compilation of his articles.
Fun With Wine.com (Rick Weissman) - www.funwithwine.com
This well-constructed site features an extensive listing of wine events. It is focused in New York and New Jersey but has plans to expand nation-wide.
German Wine Information Bureau - www.germanwineusa.org
Answers to many German wine questions. Includes maps, food and wine pairing information, travel ideas and more.
Home Brew Talk - www.homebrewtalk.com
A community discussion forum for home brewing beer and wine, as well as mead, cider, pub talk, and more.
Institute of Masters of Wine - www.masters-of-wine.org
Information on how to attain the Master of Wine certification. This is truly the PhD of the wine world.
Nat Decants - www.nataliemaclean.com
A lively site with a free newsletter you can sign up for. A sampling:
The situation: Your friends explain to you that shaking the champagne before opening it increases the number of bubbles. To your horror, they start shaking the bottle like Formula One winners. You have nightmare visions of the cork ricocheting off the antique mirror and splintering the china cabinet before lodging in the souffle.
The solution: Gently but firmly bring the motion to a halt by resting your hand on theirs, and talking in the low, soothing voice used by hostage negotiators. Calm them with distracting physics trivia, such as the fact that the air pressure of champagne is three times that of your car tires, and shouldn't be toyed with. Should technical explanations fail, you can always resort to equally bizarre logic: tell them the bubbles are so delicate that they burst when shaken, leaving the wine flat.
Professional Friends of Wine - www.winepros.org
Interesting site which covers a number of topics, including some good information on basics of wine labels and major grape varietals.
Ramapo Wine Club - http://www.edassidio.com/
A gourmet food and wine tasting club, based in New Jersey. Lists tasting events as well as member reviews of wines tasted (often cult or very high-end wines).
Society of Wine Educators - www.wine.gurus.com
An organization wholly devoted to the training of wine educators. Information on how to become a Certified Wine Educator.
Sommelier Jobs.com - www.sommelierjobs.com
Looking to find a Sommelier position (or post an opening)? Try this.
Table Wine.com - www.tablewine.com
Focuses on discovery and discussion of good value wines (under $20)
TBM’s Wine Links - www.bboxbbs.ch/home/tbm/
Links, links, links. Listed by category and with ratings.
WineJobs - www.winejobs.com
A highly useful site with wine industry jobs.
Wine Business.com - www.winebusiness.com
As the name implies, a business-oriented site . It has an extensive listing of people in the trade and
even a space where wine producers can buy what they need on the internet. Other than some articles, it’s probably not of much interest for non-trade consumers.
Wine Institute - www.wineinstitute.org
Particularly strong site for information on US wine law and statistics.
Wine Lover’s Page (Robin Garr) - www.wine-lovers-page.com
A bit of everything. Check out the “Learn About Wine” section of the site. Lots to read, and very informative, especially for the consumer.
Wine Market Council - www.winemarketcouncil.com
Answers to many common questions. Also a starting point for other wine resources on the net, including nice glossary links.
Wine Technologies - www.winetech.com
Site that sells Robert Parker’s software. The address listed here takes you directly to the “Links” page, which is fairly extensive and listed by category