Wine

Sixteen of the best sites about wine. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Red Wine, California Wine Country, Wine Gift Baskets)

1. Wine.com - Buy wine online, join a wine of the month club, or send wine gift baskets to others. Also offers a “wine basics” section that covers different types of wine and wine growing regions, and a community of wine enthusiasts who review their favorite wines and compile wine lists you might enjoy. (www.wine.com)

2. Wine Enthusiast - From the publishers of Wine Enthusiast magazine comes this site that is both a wine information site and a place to buy wine merchandise (but not wine itself). Go to the magazine section for wine ratings and rankings, wine events, vintage charts and feature stories. Go shopping for wine racks, wine glasses, wine refrigerators / storage cabinets, wine decanters, custom wine cellars, corkscrews and more. (www.wineenthusiast.com)

3. WineLovers Discussion Group - One of the most active, if not THE most active, wine discussion forums on the Internet. Discuss wines, traveling to wine-producing regions, pairing food with wine, more. (www.wineloverspage.com)

4. Good Wine Under $20 - As the name suggests, this blog is dedicated to finding good wine for under 20 bucks. (goodwineunder20.blogspot.com)

5. Dr. Vino - Tyler Colman, who teaches wine classes at New York University and the University of Chicago, writes this popular blog that profiles anything and everything about wine. (drvino.com)

6. Winemaking Home Page - This site is not much to look at, but offers beginners the basics of winemaking and offers more advanced winemakers more advanced advice. You can also get specific wine recipes, read Jack Keller’s wine blog, and more. Note that many of the wine recipes are actually not wines made of grapes, but of other fruits including apple, banana, blackberry, blueberry, cranberry, elderberry, pineapple, plum, strawberry and more. (winemaking.jackkeller.net)

7. Wine Making Supplies at Leeners - If you want to make wine yourself, go here for your supplies, including both starter kits and individual supplies such as wine bottles, wine yeast, wine barrels, corks, grape presses, wine labels and more. (www.leeners.com)

8. Fermentation: A Wine Blog - Tom Wark, a public relations pro serving the California wine industry, writes this daily blog about wines, the marketing of wine, and anything else wine-related. (fermentation.typepad.com)

9. Top Ten Wine Country Restaurants - December 9, 2007 article reprints the top California wine country restaurants as judged by Zagat. (betalive.denverpost.com)

10. Enobytes - Wine ratings, reviews, tasting notes, monthly wine picks, restaurant reviews and reviews of winery tasting rooms. Also includes a food and wine forum, and editors’ wine blogs. (enobytes.org)

11. The Wine Spies - Blog profiles one new wine each day and tells you why it’s great. You can then buy the wine from the site if it appeals to you. Also offers an e-mail list so you can learn about each day’s wine without visiting the site. (thewinespies.com)

12. Vinography: A Wine Blog - Blog discusses specific wines, does reviews of wine books, offers interesting wine photos, and much more. (www.vinography.com)

13. Snooth - Site offers a huge database of different wines, with ratings and recommendations based on reviews from site visitors and other sources. When a wine is available online, you will be directed to sites where you can buy it. (www.snooth.com)

14. Classic Wines - Extensive wine information portal offers articles on wines and winemaking regions, profiles of wines at different price points, the Classic Wines Minute video series, much more. (www.classicwines.com)

15. The Wine List - Cheap, intermediate and expensive wine choices as recommended by Jennifer Faircloth of Anytime Wines in Cary, North Carolina. The choices: Lyrup Crossing 2004 Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon, Foris 2006 Pinot Noir, and Bennett Lane 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon. (www.newsobserver.com)

16. Wine Societies - Has the goal of being a wine marketplace, with individuals owning rare and vintage wines holding auctions with retailers or other collectors bidding on them. Also has many community functions to bring together lovers of fine wine. Unfortunately, there was not a lot going on there last time we visited, but maybe you can help get the ball rolling again by becoming a member. (www.winesocieties.com)