Book Review Please advise on Oldman's Guide to Outsmarting Wine says... First, welcome to the group. Next, I am not familiar with the book that you list. However, I have a short- list of some favorite volumes on wine: Great Wine Made Simple (Straight Talk from a Master Sommelier), by Andrea Immer, Broadway Books, ISBN 0-7679-0477-X Windows on the World Complete Wine Course (A Lively Guide), by Kevin Zraly, Sterling Publishing Co., ISBN 0-8068 plus 1-7649-7 Wine for Dummies (A Reference for the Rest of Us), by Ed McCarthy & Mary Ewing-Mulligan, IDG Books, ISBN 1-56884-390-9. IIRC, they also do a Red Wine for Dummies, and a White Wine for Dummies, but I have not read either of these. This book was a gift, and languished in my library for years, until I had read about everything else, that I had. I am not a fan of the ... For Dummies series, as a rule, but this book was an unexpected exception. Wine Lover's Companion (Comprehensive Definitions for More Than 3500 Wine- Related Terms) by Ron Herbst & Sharon Tyler Herbst, Barron's, ISBN 0-8120- 1479-0. An encyclopedic reference book, unlike the others, but a very good source for basic info. Fair maps of wine regions included. Both of the Immer and Zraly books are fun, as they are set up as "courses," and the "homework" is the best part. Both well done and informative. There are tons more, but these are good starting points, as the mentioned book might well be. Good reading, good wine, and again, welcome, Hunt 
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